The Ultimate Price is Right Strategy Guide: Side by Side

Side by Side

Rules

A prize is shown as are two pairs of numbers, with one pair on top of the other pair. The contestant must decide whether the pair on top must be slid to the left or to the right to form the correct price of the prize. They win the prize if they are correct.

Random fact

The US version of Side by Side debuted in 1994. The UK version of The Price is Right had a game called Side by Side many years before that, though it was played much differently than the US version. Here's a playing from 1989:

Win-loss record

• Actual (seasons 29-47): 207-112 (64.89%)
• What it would be by random chance: 1/2 (50%)

The correct direction to slide the top pair of numbers was...(seasons 40-47)

• To the left: 90 playings (44.33%)
• To the right: 113 playings (55.67%)

Of the two choices, the correct price was the...(seasons 40-47)

• Cheaper price: 107 playings (52.71%)
• More expensive price: 96 playings (47.29%)

Strategy

Mostly know the price, but if you see 99 as an option, you should strongly lean toward putting that as the first two digits of the prize's price. No prize in this game has ended in -99 since season 45.