EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY AND

RELATIVE FREQUENCY
TASK 1 Experimental probabilities

Carlos wanted to know if his dice was biased. He rolled it a total of 200 times and recorded his results
after 25, 50, 100 and 200 rolls.

How results are shown in this table.

Score Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF

after 25 after 50 after 100 after 200
rolls rolls rolls rolls

1 4 5 12 23

2 2 9 17 27

3 5 6 13 25

4 4 8 16 29

5 4 9 12 21

6 6 13 30 75

a) Copy the table and fill in the relative frequencies.

b) Is Carlos’ dice likely to be biased? Give a reason for your answer.

c) What could Carlos do to obtain more reliable results?

TASK 2 Is my coin biased?

a) Find a coin and flip it a total of 200 times. Record whether the coin lands on heads or on tails.
After 25, 50, 100 and 200 flips record your results in this table.

Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF

after 25 after 50 after 100 after 200
rolls rolls rolls rolls

Heads

Tails
b) Work out the relative frequency (RF) of heads and of tails for each column in your table.

c) Is your coin likely to be biased? Give a reason for your answer.