Playing Card Chance
This activity uses a deck of playing cards to estimate the probability of a certain outcome. Have students complete this activity with a partner or group to compare probability and relative probability. The included answer key walks students through the results. This is a great repeated chance experiment that will generate lots of interesting class discussions.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to conduct chance experiments, including those with and without equally likely outcomes, record the outcomes and the number of times the outcomes occur and to describe the relative frequency of each outcome.
- We are learning to recognise that probabilities range from 0 to 1.
Curriculum alignment
MA3-1WM
old
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-19SP
old
Conducts chance experiments and assigns probabilities as values between 0 and 1 to describe their outcomes
MA3-CHAN-01
new
Conducts chance experiments and quantifies the probability
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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