Team: 48
School: Mountain Elementary
Area of Science: math
Proposal: Mastermind is a game where one person is the code maker and the other person is the code breaker. The code maker makes a four digit code with different colored pegs. The code breaker tries to break the code by trying to mimic the code. My question is very simple. What is the best strategy in Mastermind? I will figure that out by testing all the strategies.
Master Mind is just a game, but in the real world computers have to make a code so hard that other computers can not break the code. This is called encryption and is used to keep crooks away from your credit card and private emails.
Procedures:
1. Practice the real Mastermind game
2. Make the game by computer programming.
3. Practice with computer playing the human.
4. Test different strategies, like one color per turn, and random guess.
5. I will test the code a hundred times to see what the best strategy is. I will record which one wins the most.
My mentor is my Dad, Mark Petersen
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Sponsoring Teacher: NA