Real life challenges: Probability

LI: To apply our understanding of scales, charts and timetables to find possible outcomes/combinations.

We have been approached by the Havelock North Rugby Club to organise a round robin tournament for the six 7th grade teams that they have competing.

The six teams are called:

Anacondas

Bears

Cats

Dingos

Eagles

Falcons

The instructions we have been given are that;

• Each team plays each other team only once.
• There are two fields available for the games. North and South Fields.
• There is to be a half hour break for lunch to rest the referees.
• Each game is played for 30 minutes, with a 10 minute break between games.
• No team will play more than two consecutive games.
• Kick off is 9am.

Check out our individual blog posts- students used either tables, list diagrams or network diagrams to determine that there needed to be 15 games in total, before applying themselves to creating a timetable. We have a whole new appreciation for the people who organise round robins for our own sports events!