Lesson 10.5AIM: The Game of Pig

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What is a strategy?

Give an example from your daily life of how you use strategies.

How to Play

• 1. Pig is a dice game. To play, you need an ordinary six-sided die, labeled 1 to 6.

• 2. Each turn of the game consists of one or more rolls of the die.

• 3. You continue to roll until you decide to stop or until you roll 1. You may choose to stop rolling at anytime.

Scoring

• 1. If you choose to stop rolling before you roll 1, your score for that turn is the sum of all the numbers you rolled on that turn.

• 2. If you roll 1, your turn is over, and your score for that turn is 0.

• 3. Each turn is scored separately.

Examples

• 1. You roll 4, 5, and 2 and decide to stop. Your score for this turn is 11.

• 2. You roll 3, 4, 6, and 1. The turn is over because you rolled 1. Your score for this turn is 0.

Your Assignment

• 1. Play several turns as a whole group. As you play, talk about how you are deciding whether to roll again.

• 2. Split into two smaller groups and play some more.

• 3. List some of the strategies you used.• 4. Use the table to record your scores.