guessing

As one of the richest people in the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was recently treated to a little test: guessing the prices of everyday grocery items.

With British Cheese Week starting tomorrow, we armed 2013 MasterChef winner Natalie Coleman with a pack of Jacobs Crackers and asked her to blind taste our cheese board, guessing where each variety came from.

The study authors theorize that by guessing first, rather than reading the answer, participants had to think harder and make connections that made it easier to remember the correct answer later.

She had a 8/1 chance of guessing and then I would win on my next turn.

St Benedict's Primary School pupil George won the top prize by guessing it would take 405 Oliver's chips standing end-to-end to reach the height the 80-ft Beacon.

First the data in this lesson were discrete based on the number of 'whole' M&Ms, unlike the continuous data used in the cattle weight guessing, and second, the estimation ability of the students with an unfamiliar task could be less reliable than farmers who would be familiar with the weight of a cow.

"The staff have been having a go at guessing its weight, I haven't made my guess yet, but there's a nice prize for the person who gets it right or is closest to it.

Many Native players rely upon supernatural powers either to help disguise the bones or to aid in guessing. Hiding and guessing gestures may reflect natural actions of a player's spirit helper-a leaping deer, burrowing pocket gopher, or a swooping flicker.

However, the pitcher continues throwing breaking balls at the same frequency as before, which makes the batter equally successful at guessing the correct pitch with a man on third base as with third base empty.

A WARWICK woman has won pounds 50,000 after guessing the right flavour of crisps.

A spokesman said: "It's basically Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes with an additional guessing element.

We wondered if you could use maths to improve your chances of guessing correctly?