The Effect of Number of Sides on the Fairness of a Die
CSEF · 2005 Mathematics & Software
Overview
Objectives/Goals The objective of this expermient is to find out if the shape of a die affects it's fairness. Methods/Materials I rolled each dice 200 times, and tallied how many times it landed on each face. I used a 6 sided, 8 sided, 10 sided, 12 sided, and 20 sided die. Results I found that the eight sided die was the most fair having a range of six. The twelve sided die came next having a range of ten, then the six sided having a range of fourteen. The least fair were the ten sided die, having a range of 15 then the twenty sided die having a range of 18. Conclusions/Discussion The results have show that the shape of a die affects its fairness.
Summary statement
The purpose of this experiment is to find out if the shape of a die affects it's fairness.
Help received
Mr. Rodman helped put the board together; Mayra Valdez helped put the board together; Mrs. Harris helped with graphs.
Competition history
- CSEF 2005
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