- Grab several toothpicks and a grid. Place the grid on a flat surface. You will keep track of the number of “successful drops” and the number of “lines hit“.
- Hold a single toothpick by an end (vertically!) about a foot, or 30cm, above the grid. Get it roughly in the middle, but don’t be at all precise about lining it up right over the centre line.
- Drop the toothpick.
- If it lands on the paper anywhere between the two outermost lines, then add 1 to your total number of “successful drops“. If any part of the toothpick is beyond the edge of the paper or the two outermost lines, it DOES NOT COUNT.
- If your successful drop crosses a line, then add 1 to your total number of “lines hit“.
- Remove the toothpick you dropped from the grid. Repeat steps 2 – 6.
- Once you’ve had enough fun dropping toothpicks, enter your two totals into the form at v.gd/buffon
