The Hunger Games is about MATHS. Here are some interesting Hunger Game statistics.
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THE PLOT:
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In Suzanne Collin’s book, The Hunger Games, 12 districts in the land of Panem are suppressed and controlled by a vicious elite, who dress like neon-coloured French courtesans.
Each year the cruel rulers select one teen of each sex between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district to become tributes, who must fight to the death in a televised, sponsor-supported media event called The Hunger Games, set in a staged wilderness.
Only one tribute can survive. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark from the poor coal-mining District 12 are the local tributes for that year and must play at being star-crossed lovers to gain sponsor support and survive.
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THE MATHS:
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……………………………………………….……..The Reaping…..
Tributes are selected in a process called The Reaping. The names of the, approximately, 2,000 young people in each district are placed in separate barrels for males and females and the names are drawn out of these barrels BUT…
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12 year olds …….. 1 slip
13 year olds …….. 2 slips
14 year olds …….. 3 slips
15 year olds …….. 4 slips
16 year olds …….. 5 slips
17 year olds …….. 6 slips
18 year olds …….. 7 slips
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BUT you can gain extra ‘food’ if you accept for more name slips.
Gale Hawthorne (pictured above), Katnis’ friend from District 12, has 42 slips in the barrel. What are his chances?
We will assume that there are 1,000 teens of each sex in each district and an equal distribution – rounded off – for each age group to 1000/7 = 143
Age Group |
Name slips |
Total Name Slips |
Probability of being REAPED |
ProbabilityP |
12 |
1 |
143 |
1 : 4004 |
1: 4004 |
13 |
2 |
286 |
2 : 4004 |
1 : 2002 |
14 |
3 |
429 |
3 : 4004 |
1 : 1335 |
15 |
4 |
527 |
4 : 4004 |
1: 1001 |
16 |
5 |
715 |
5 : 4004 |
1 : 801 |
17 |
6 |
858 |
6 : 4004 |
1 : 667 |
18 |
7 |
1001 |
7 : 4004 |
1 : 572 |
total |
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4004 |
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