School Room Sequence

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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I entered school in first grade, in Room 3. Each year through sixth grade, my sequence of room numbers was 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18. There was no student who shared my room with me for more than 4 of the years, so I was the only student who fit the 3's sequence. When I went to Jr High for 7th grade, there was no room 21, but my homeroom was 210! I dont remember my high school homeroom number, beyond that it was B2??. But B240 doesnt seem right. I believe I used to lie to myself and say it was B240, but...
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