Picking random numbers
How hard is it to choose a number in a random way? Try these two quick tests.
First Choose any number in the range from 1 to 10
inclusive and write it down.
Second This table gives the results for the first
and third weeks in a three week period in a lottery where the six numbers to win the
jackpot have to be chosen from the numbers 1 to 49. The selection of the 6 winning numbers
for any week is made by the lottery administrators using a random process. Write down your
choices for week 2.
| Week 1 |
1 |
4 |
20 |
31 |
41 |
43 |
| Week 2 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Week 3 |
28 |
34 |
41 |
45 |
46 |
49 |
Find out how you got on.