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| Free Throw Contest (Any Number of Players) Materials Needed: • three pieces of 8.5 × 11 cardboard • counters or tokens for keeping score • ten plastic balls of diameter 4 cm or less •  BLM: Target Template
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1. Print and cut out the templates on BLM: Target Template. Use each template to draw a target hole centered on a piece of cardboard. The target holes are 6 cm, 9 cm, and 12 cm in diameter. 2. Each player receives 15 counters or tokens. The first player pays 3 counters to enter the game. 3. The player selects any one of the three targets. The target is placed at a distance calculated using the formula: Distance = 20 × diameter of hole (in cm). 4. The player tosses ten balls at the target, one at a time. For each ball that goes through the hole, the player receives 1 counter. 5. The next player continues the game. 6. The game ends when • one player runs out of counters, or • one player has 50 or more counters The winner is the player with the most counters. 7. Each player in a fair game has an equal chance of winning. Is this game fair? Explain. |