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Chance (Year 9)

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate and extend their content knowledge on the topic of probability, and the concepts of two-step problems and estimating probabilities from large data sets. There are sections that provide history and context for the topics, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

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Year level(s) Year 9
Audience Teacher, School Leader
Purpose Content knowledge
Format Downloadable resources
Keywords probability, two-step, event, expected, explicit teaching

Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus Probability
Topics Chance and probability
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M9P01
List all outcomes for compound events both with and without replacement, using lists, tree diagrams, tables or arrays; assign probabilities to outcomes

AC9M9P02

Calculate relative frequencies from given or collected data to estimate probabilities of events involving "and", inclusive "or" and exclusive "or"


AC9M9ST01
Analyse reports of surveys in digital media and elsewhere for information on how data was obtained to estimate population means and medians
Numeracy progression Understanding chance (P6)
Interpreting and representing data (P8)

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