Questions tagged [dice]
For puzzles involving any form of dice.
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Randomly selecting cards using 6-sided dice
There is a pile of $5\leq N\leq15$ cards.
$x=3$ or $6\leq N$ cards need to be randomly chosen from this pile (uniform distribution).
To do this any number of $6$-sided dice can be rolled any number ...
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Quarter Rolling Die
Quarter rolling a die means triping it on any of the 4 sides adjacent to its base or face in contact with the flat surface. Using the assembled die and quarter chessboard:
You can place and align the ...
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Four dice puzzle: Postscriptum
This continues (and completes) the sequence of four dice puzzles:
Four dice puzzle: 2,2,4,5
Four dice puzzle: What's the best throw?
The days go by and Damiano is still throwing his four dice. He ...
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Dice problem involving nine randomly selected cups [closed]
I was given this problem by a colleague, and I cannot figure it out.
Given nine cups and an unlimited supply of six-sided dice rolled one at a time, what is the probability that you will, at some ...
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Four unfair dice
On a table there are four standard six-sided dice with faces numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 each.
Alice starts and chooses a die. Then Bob chooses a die and both throw the dice.
The winner is the person ...
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This Dice Blackjack game - is there Nash equilibrium?
This dice Blackjack is game for two - bettor and dealer. It is played with fair six-sided dice.
Bettor:
Bettor starts the game.
Bettor can roll dice as many times he/she desires while the sum of ...
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Is it easier to control an unfair die than a fair die? [closed]
First of all, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, I wanted to post it at the mathematics community but also wasn't too sure. I read somewhere that when dice are fair, the ...
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Another Unconventional Dice Blackjack game - is Nash equilibrium here?
This question is similar to This Dice Blackjack game - is there Nash equilibrium?, but the game rules are completely different.
This Dice Blackjack is game for two. It is also played with fair six-...
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Dice alignment puzzle
Using standard playing dice, in what way can you to stack up the dice to build a 1 X 1 X 6 high tower that do not have the same dice faces showing on all its vertical wall?
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cube completion
Choose the correct option. I can only eliminate first one. Dunno why but 2,3 and 4 seems correct to me. Please correct me if I'm wrong
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please help me with this logic based question.what is the missing block? [closed]
Please complete the figure with one of 9 blocks below.
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New Dice Table at the Casino [closed]
You walk up to a dice table in the casino.
A woman bets on $12$, throws the dice and they come up: 6 5 3 2
She shouts with glee as the dealer hands her the ...
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Coins, Dice, and Probability! [closed]
Background:
It's time for a little bit of fun, your friends are playing a game and you decide to join them!
Gamplay:
You each sit down and play on a flat surface. You sit in a circle and each throw ...
