numeracy

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Today is 10.5.96. Can you place mathematical symbols between the digits 1,0,5,9,6 to form a correct sum?

(Answer on Tuesday)

Yesterday's answer:

a) Your probability of winning a prize is still only 0.31, or worse than one in three.

b) According to our calculations, you now have a 1 in 178,365 chance of winning the jackpot, a 1 in 44,591 chance to win the 5+bonus, and so on, down to a 0.27 chance of pounds 10. Your expected return (allowing for an average number sharing top prize) is as near to pounds 25 as makes no difference. Don't sell in a rollover week.