Cup
Game
This is a game which involves
dropping a cup. Points are
awarded each time the cup
lands. The first person to get
60 points wins.
1. How many different ways
can the cup land?
This is a game which involves
dropping a cup. Points are awarded
each time the cup lands. The first
person to get 60 points wins.
Bob, Joe and Billy are playing the
game. Bob gets a point when the
cup lands on the side, Joe gets a
point when the cup land up, Billy
gets a point when the cup lands
down.
2. Who would you expect to win? Is
this a fair game?
Joe
Billy
Bob
This is a game which involves dropping a
cup. Points are awarded each time the
cup lands. The first person to get 60
points wins.
Joe
The assign new point values.
Joe 4 points
Billy 3 points
Bob 1 point.
Billy
They drop the cup 30 times with the
following results.
Up
Down
Side
3
9
18
3. What is the probability of each based
on the result? Fraction, decimal,
percent.
Bob
The first person to get 60 points wins.
Joe
The assign new point values.
Joe 4 points
Billy 3 points
Bob 1 point.
They drop the cup 30 times with the
following results.
Up
Down
Side
3
9
18
Billy
4. What is the score right now?
5. What does each person have to have
happen to win?
Bob
The first person to get 60 points wins.
Joe
The assign new point values.
Joe 4 points
Billy 3 points
Bob 1 point.
They drop the cup 30 times with the
following results.
Up
Down
Side
3
9
18
6. How many more times will the cup
need to be dropped before someone
reaches 60 points? Based your
calculations on the results and the
score.
Billy
Bob