Observing Chance
In this worksheet, students make and test a series of predictions around the flipping of a coin. It helps them understand the outcomes of a 50/50 test and how the outcome of one flip event is not related to the outcomes of any past or future events.
This worksheet is part of a larger probability unit for Year 4 where students develop insights into the likelihoods of future outcomes through completing chance experiments.
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Learning goals
- 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 both small and large numbers of trials.
Curriculum alignment
MA3-2WM
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Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations
MA3-19SP
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Conducts chance experiments and assigns probabilities as values between 0 and 1 to describe their outcomes
MA3-1WM
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Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-3WM
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Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another
MA2-CHAN-01
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Records and compares the results of chance experiments
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.