Year 5 · Mathematics and statistics · Probability
Chance and likelihood
Describe likelihood from impossible to certain, use a 0–1 probability scale, list outcomes and compare experiment results with what we expect.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Chance and likelihood — Place events on a 3D probability scale from 0 to 1, spin spinners and roll dice, list outcomes and compare experiment results with what we expect.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 2 (Years 4–6), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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