Year 6 · Mathematics and statistics · Probability
Probability
Sample spaces, probabilities as fractions, spinners and counters, probabilities adding to 1 and combinations of outcomes.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Probability — Roll 3D dice, spin spinners and pull counters from a bag to list sample spaces, write probabilities as fractions, see that they add to 1 and count combinations.
- 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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More Year 6 maths topics
Whole numbers, rounding, squares and cubes · Order of operations · Multiplication and division · Fractions, decimals and percentages · Percentages, proportion and money · Inequalities, patterns and coordinates · Area, volume and unit conversions · Angles · Time and timetables · Triangles, quadrilaterals, symmetry and tessellation · Mean, range and time-series graphs