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Challenge 4: Making a sum of 6

In how many different ways can the sum of all the numbers on the dice be 6?

What students worked out7

  • Student 2

    1/2/3
    1/4/1
    2/2/2
    (there are more ways if we do like this)
    1/2/3
    2/1/3
    2/3/1
    (then there will be so many ways

  • Student 3

    1,1,4
    1,2,3
    1,3,2
    1,4,1

    2,1,3
    2,2,2
    2,3.1

    3,1,2
    3,2,1

    4,1,1

    TOTAL 10 POSSIBILITIES

  • Student 4

    1,1,4
    1,2,3
    1,3,2
    1,4,1
    We have 10 possibilities in total.
    2,1,3
    2,2,2
    2,3.1

    3,1,2
    3,2,1

    4,1,1q

  • Student 1

    1/1/4
    1/2/3
    1/3/2
    1/4/1

    2/1/3
    2/3/1
    2/2/2

    3/1/2
    3/2/1

    4/1/1

    total 10 Possibilities

  • Student 6

    There are 10 probability
    Dice-1
    1,1,4
    1,2,3
    1,3,2
    1,4,1

    Dice-2
    2,1,3
    2,2,2
    2,3.1

    Dice-3
    3,1,2
    3,2,1
    4,1,1

  • Student 10

    There are 10 possibilities

  • Student 5

    1,1,4
    1,2,3
    1,3,2
    1,4,1

    2,1,3
    2,2,2
    2,3.1

    3,1,2
    3,2,1

    4,1,1

    10 possibilities (there may be more possibilities)