Maths Unit: Probability
This unit teaches students to conduct repeated chance experiments using digital tools, compare expected and actual results and understand how increasing the number of trials affects variation. Students will also describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages, recognising the probability scale from 0 to 1 or 0% to 100%. The unit includes engaging activities, worksheets, games, and digital simulations to solidify understanding.
Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise that the probability of an event occurring can be represented using a scale of 0 – 1 or 0% - 100% to estimate chances of events.
- We are learning to describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages.
- We are learning to conduct chance experiments to observe relationships between outcomes, identify and describe the variation in results.
- We are learning to conduct chance experiments with an increasing number of trials and compare the relative frequency of an outcome.
- We are learning to conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials.
- We are learning to compare frequencies (likely outcomes) across experiments and to unexpected results.
Curriculum alignment
describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages; recognise that probabilities lie on numerical scales of 0–1 or 0%–100%; use estimation to assign probabilities that events occur in a given context, using common fractions, percentages and decimals
VCMSP232 Describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages VCMSP233 Conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials using appropriate digital technologies VCMSP234 Compare observed frequencies across experiments with expected frequenciesAustralian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.