Cereal Box Problem: Model

Modeling the Cereal Box Problem in Class

To do this part of the lesson, you will need:

dice
pencil and paper

Below is a blank table for you to print out and use.

Prize #1 . . . Prize #2 . . . Prize #3 . . . Prize #4 . . . Prize #5 . . . Prize #6 . . . Total Number of Rolls

Trial #1

Trial #2

Trial #3

Trial #4

Trial #5

After you have have completed your table, find the average of all the trials done by your class. (For example, in the table above, the average is 77/5 = 15.4) This is your experimental expected value. Now check and see how close this is to the theoretical value.

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	Prize #1 . . .	Prize #2 . . .	Prize #3 . . .	Prize #4 . . .	Prize #5 . . .	Prize #6 . . .	Total Number of Rolls
Trial #1
Trial #2
Trial #3
Trial #4
Trial #5