Random means the next pick is a surprise. A computer can pick random numbers.
Random means a surprise: nobody can know the next one ahead of time.
Every card in the bag has the same chance, but one can come twice in a row.
Random is not tidy and does not take turns. Some numbers come up often, and one may never come up.
Computers can pick random numbers too, like shaking a bag of cards. Games use them for dice, shuffled cards and surprise treasure.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
Yes. Nobody can know the next number.
No. You can know the next number.
Yes. Every card has the same chance, and one can come twice in a row.
No. There is no card with a seven on it.
7. 4 + 3 = 7.
Write the numbers one to six on small papers and put them in a bag or a hat. Shake it, pull one out, write it down and put it back. Do this twenty times. Which number came up most? Did one never come? Is it the same as your grown-up's?
Play the Mission: write the numbers one to six on small papers, put them in a bag or a hat, shake it, pull one out, write it down and put it back. Do this twenty times. Which number came up most? Did one never come? Is it the same as yours?
