Advanced 6th Grade Math Hunger Games Probability Project

Name: ________________________________________ Period: _____

Part 1: Lottery for Entry into the Hunger Games 1.) To figure out your age: Roll the dice, your age is based on the following: Dice Roll Age Base Number of Entries 1 12 1 2 13 2 3 14 3 4 15 4 5 16 5 6 (with an even number on a second 17 6 roll) 6 (with an odd number on a second 18 7 roll) 2.) To figure out your need for tesserae: Roll the dice, your need for tesserae is based on the following: An even roll will not receive tesserae (you will multiply your base number of entries by 0) An odd roll will receive tesserae (you will multiply your base number of entries by the amount of people living in your home). My age for the Hunger Games is ____________. My base number of entries is _______________. I _______________ be receiving tesserae. I have ________________ number of people living in my home. Math to figure out the number of entries: ____________ + _____________ ______________ = ______________
Base entries Tesserae # of people in your house total # of entries

Part 2: What are the chances? Find the probability of you getting chosen for the hunger games for your class. Total number of entries for boys: __________________ Total number of entries for girls: __________________ Your probability: __________________ (Express your answer as a percentage and round to the nearest hundredth). Show all work.

Advanced 6th Grade Math Hunger Games Probability Project

Name: ________________________________________ Period: _____

Answer the following questions. 1.) Suppose you were a student in another class period. Would your probability of being selected for the Hunger games be the same? Why or Why not? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2.) Write an algebraic equation representing a persons total number of entries for a given year. Define all possible variables. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3.) If 11,500 total entries were in your district, and 42 of that number were your entries (similar to Gale in the book), what is the probability that your name would be drawn for the Hunger Games? Assume that the 11,500 entries are the same gender. Express your answer as a percentage and round to the nearest hundredth). Show all work.

4.) How many entries would you have if you were 18 years old, had 9 people living in your household, and received tesserae for each of them and yourself? Show all work.

Advanced 6th Grade Math Hunger Games Probability Project

Name: ________________________________________ Period: _____

5.) Suppose you were Katniss and the name of your same-sex younger sibling was drawn for the Hunger Games. Would you volunteer in his or her place? Why or why not? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6.) During the Hunger Games, 24 contestants fight to the death until only one is standing. This last person standing is declared the winner. How many orders are possible in which the contestants could have been eliminated? Assume that only one contestant is eliminated at a time. Show all work.

7.) Similar to horse racing, citizens at the capital placed bets on who would win the Hunger Games. How many orders are possible for first, second, and third person eliminated? Assume only one person can be eliminated at a time. Show all work.

Advanced 6th Grade Math Hunger Games Probability Project

Name: ________________________________________ Period: _____

8.) Suppose you were in a mathematics class of 24 students and each student randomly draws the name of a contestant from the Hunger Games. If your contestant wins the Hunger Games, you win a prize. a. Is this a fair game? Why, or why not? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ b. If it were a fair game, what is the probability of your contestant winning the Hunger Games? Assume that there is only one winner. Express your answer as a percentage rounded to the nearest hundredth. Show all work.

9.) Supposed that each contestant at the Hunger Games confronts all the other contestants but none die in the process. How many total confrontations would there be for each contestant to confront all the other contestants exactly one time? Use drawings or a list to help organize your thoughts. Show all work.