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Mathematics and Society - OS X Lion Server

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HOW'S YOUeFor this activity you need five cards of each of the four suits from a regular deckof cards. Shuffle the twenty cards <strong>and</strong> place them face down in a pile. Without lookingat the top card guess what suit it is, <strong>and</strong> record your guess on a tally sheet.Don't look at the card.Place it facedown to start another pile.Continueguessing <strong>and</strong> placing the cards on topof the previous card.When all twentycards have been guessed check yourguesses by turning over each card.Remember:The first card you turnover will be the 20th card you guessed.Shuffle the cards <strong>and</strong> repeat theactivity four more times until youhave guessed 100 cards.Write this ratio.CO~I2.ECT GUE'::>SES: TOTALGUESSESChances are you guessed correctly about25 out of 100. If you guessed correctlymore than 35 times you might havesome ESP.Used by permission of Allyn <strong>and</strong> Bacon, Inc.ADAPTED FROM: Doing Their Thing In Action. BiologV Series by Stanley L. Weinberg <strong>and</strong> Herbert J. StoltzCopyrlght© 1974 by Allyn <strong>and</strong> Bacon. Inc.'

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