Chances are!
Students calculate the sum of probabilities for a chance experiment and compare frequency predictions with actual data.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5, Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Probability |
| Topics | Chance and probability |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M5P01
List the possible outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and compare to those which are not equally likely
AC9M6P01
Recognise that probabilities lie on numerical scales of 0 - 1 or 0% - 100% and use estimation to assign probabilities that events occur in a given context, using common fractions, percentages and decimals |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding chance (P3, P4)
Proportional thinking (P1) |
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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