Solution Development

Counters with six sided dice

Lets say you had infinite six sided dice and you wanted to represent an amount higher than six in the most concise system possible how would you? For example twelve is easy on a system where you add all the dice, just two dice on six. However for a number like sixty-three it would be easier to have system with one dice on six and another on three representing each of the digits.

Path 1

The simplest option is just go one to six then get another die and add all dice. I find this system is the best when a majority of the numbers you are representing are less than twenty.

Path 2

Another option is to use up to two dice to represent each digit of a number. This system works incredibly well for any number where all the digits are less than six. Zero has to be represented this a six and a four.

Path 3

It could just be that you ignore the fact that you have six sided die and instead use a max of five for each since it is much easier to add up multiples of five. This system conveys the information quickly but can be confusing at first glance.

Here Is Twenty-Nine With Each System

Design Specifications/ Goals

For Its use you will be given a random number to represent from one to one-hundred, and it should use the fewest dice the system will be explained to the viewer before its use.

Elimination of Paths

You can eliminate the first and third path since they take a bunch more dice. The second path will be explained prior so it is the best in this application, however I would prefer to combine the second and last solution.

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