Quiz or No Quiz
I, as the most awesome math teacher, will make you a deal:
• Toss a coin four times. Heads means
move down and left. Tails means move down and right.
• Cups 1, 2, or 5 = NO QUIZ
• Cups 3 or 4 = QUIZ
Is this a fair deal? Use a marker to test it out.
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1. How many times did you have NO QUIZ?________ QUIZ?________
2. According to your results, is this deal a fair deal?
3. Explain why the results turned out this way.
4. Take the four flips in Trial #1 and rearrange the order of
the flips. NOW where does the marker finish?