One word changes it all
Exploring the meaning of 'and' and 'or' in probability.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | probability, sample space, outcome, unfavourable, favourable, event, trial, experiment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking |
| Strand and focus | Probability, Apply understanding, Build understanding, Statistics |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8P02
Determine all possible combinations for 2 events, using two-way tables, tree diagrams and Venn diagrams, and use these to determine probabilities of specific outcomes in practical situations |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding chance (P6)
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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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