What are the odds?
Students calculate the probability for single-step events using sample spaces.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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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, impossible, certain, event, theoretical, likelihood, RAMR, YuMi Deadly Mathematics |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Probability, Apply understanding, Build understanding |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7P01
Identify the sample space for single-stage events; assign probabilities to the outcomes of these events and predict relative frequencies for related events |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding chance (P5)
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Copyright details |
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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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