Tossing a Number Cube
Toss a six-faced number cube 60 times and observe the number of dots on the top face. Record your results in the accompanying table.
Toss / # of 1’s / # of 2’s / # of 3’s / # of 4’s / # of 5’s / # of 6’sTally Marks
Total
Use your data to answer the following questions.
1. Did you toss all 6 numbers? Would you expect that for 60 tosses, each number would come up at least once? Explain.
2. Estimate the probability of tossing a 5?
3. Estimate the probability of tossing a 4?
4. Are your answers to numbers 4 and 5 nearly equal?
5. Estimate the probability of tossing an even number with your number cube. How does this answer compare to the answer to question number 3?
6. If you tossed your cube 100 more times, about how many 4’s would you expect to see among the 100 tosses?
Using the combined data from the entire class, answer the following questions.
7. Estimate the probability of tossing a 5. How does your answer compare to number 2?
8. Estimate the probability of tossing a 4. How does this answer compare to number 3?
9. Estimate the probability of tossing an even number. How does this answer compare with your answer for question 5?