Author: ACS

How to Play

Math Day 2008

One student is heads and one student is tails. Students start their markers on the star in the middle of the snake. If the coin lands on heads, the heads person moves his/her marker one space toward the head of snake. If the coin lands on tails, the tails person moves his/her marker one space toward the tail of the snake. The first person to reach the head or tail of the snake wins the game. Students should enter the winner (Heads or Tails) on the class tally chart as a data collection exercise.

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SUNY Cortland

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Heads & Tails Probability Game

By Amanda Korr, Jessica Vivalrdi, & Amanda Schoepflin

Block 1 : EDU 374

What is Probability?

The Math concept that is highlighted in our math game is probability. Probability is the chances that something will happen. This math game will focus on a quarter and the probability of the quarter landing on heads or tails.

How is Probability Relevant to your Child’s Life?
Learning probability allows your child to understand that there is logic as to why certain events and things happen. It will allow your child to make educated guesses and predictions related to chances.
Sample Question:
Here is a sample question that your child might see on the New York State math test that they will take in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade:
There are 10 objects in a bag. In this bag, there are 3 circles, 4 squares, 1 triangle, and 2 rectangles.
what is the probability that the object pulled out of the bag is a circle?
10/3
B. 2/3
C. 3/5
D. 3/10
(Answer: D. 3/10)
The New York State Standard for this topic and that best applies to this game is 2.S.2, which reads: “Collect and record data (using tallies) related to the question.
Our game requires the students to record data based on whether they landed on heads or tails when flipping the coin.

SUNY Cortland

Made by:
Jessica Vilardi, and Amanda Korr, and Amanda Schoepflin