Fair Dice

A die (plural "dice") is really any solid object with markings on each face that can be used to create a random number. Very useful when playing games of chance!

Fair Dice

In mathematics we say "fair dice" when we mean that there is an equally likely chance of landing on any face.

Most people think of these little cubes
when we say "dice" ...

... but all of the Platonic Solids can make fair dice!

Because the faces are all the same, there is an equal chance of landing on any face.

So, using the platonic solids we can have dice with 4, 6, 8, 12 or 20 faces!


How about these interesting dice?


Or this 10-sided one.

Or this 20-sided Roman die that is 1,800 years old: