EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY AND SOLUTIONS

RELATIVE FREQUENCY
TASK 1 Experimental probabilities

a)

Score Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF

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

1 4 0.16 5 0.10 12 0.12 23 0.115

2 2 0.08 9 0.18 17 0.17 27 0.135

3 5 0.20 6 0.12 13 0.13 25 0.125

4 4 0.16 8 0.16 16 0.16 29 0.145

5 4 0.16 9 0.18 12 0.12 21 0.105

6 6 0.24 13 0.26 30 0.30 75 0.375

b) Yes. 6 has a higher relative frequency than the other scores. The theoretical probability of
getting a 6 is approximately 0.17 so the experimental probability is higher than this, which
suggests that the coin is biased.

c) Carry out the experiment more times.

TASK 2 Is my coin biased?

Students’ own results.

Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF Frequency RF

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

Heads

Tails