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Rolling Cubes Investigation III

Create your own experimental data

Open a second spreadsheet without closing the original one. Refer to Technical Hints to see how to open a new spreadsheet while another is open.

Roll the numbered cubes ten times. You may choose to roll your numbered cubes into a berry basket.

Record and compare your results on a spreadsheet. This time manually place the sum of the rolls in column A.

You can sort the numbers directly in the same column. Review how to sort using a spreadsheet in Technical Hints.

Answer Questions 1 in the Analysis.

Go back to your simulated roll spreadsheet. Follow the same procedure to create a total of 100 random rolls. Using the "fill down" procedure to create sums for all 100 rolls. Refer to Technical Hints to see how to fill down. In the next column recopy all the sums. Refer to Technical Hints to see how to create sums. Sort the sums.

Answer Question 4 in the Analysis.

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