Understanding Outcomes
One of the important skills that students will need to excel at probability going forward is comparing different likelihoods that can occur simultaneously. This is illustrated in this worksheet by using a deck of playing cards.
This workshet 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
MA3-1WM
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Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-2WM
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Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations
MA3-3WM
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Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another
MA3-19SP
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Conducts chance experiments and assigns probabilities as values between 0 and 1 to describe their outcomes
MA2-CHAN-01
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Records and compares the results of chance experiments
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
If you do not have enough decks of cards for your students, a slide with all the cards of the deck is included as part of the presentation for this unit.