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The Scandinavian board game Daldøs uses 4-sided (tetrahedral) dice. The roll of one such die results in a score of I, II, III or IV.

Represent the sample space for rolling two of these dice as a list and as a table.

Important Questions on What are the Chances? (Simple Probability)

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A fair coin is tossed three times.
Define the sample space for this experiment.
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Copy and complete this sample space table for the sum of the scores from rolling two 4-sided dice, each with faces numbered 1,2,3 and 4.

      2nd die
    1 2 3 4
1st die 1 2      
2     5  
3        
4     7  
 

 

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A street vendor sells two types of sandwich - a South African Gatsby or a Greek Gyro - and three types of fruit-apple, orange or banana. List the sample space for the possible choices of a sandwich and a piece of fruit.

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A tetrahedral die (4-sided) and a normal die (6-sided) are rolled simultaneously. Construct a sample space to represent the possible outcomes.

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Each of two boxes contains five cards numbered 1 to 5 A card is drawn from each box. Draw a sample space to represent the possible outcomes.

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There are two sets of five cards. One contains the numbers 0 to 4 and the other contains the numbers 2 to 6 . You draw a card from each set and multiply the numbers together. Draw a sample space to represent this information.

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The sample space for an experiment is:

S={(1,H),(2,H),(3,H),(4,H),(1,T),(2,T),(3,T),(4,T)}

Describe the experiment.

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Calculate the probability of getting two 4s  when you roll two 4-sided dice.