Probability resources

Students use fractions to describe the probability of an arrow landing on different bands of a target.

Students recognise equal and different likelihoods when playing a game of chance and explain their reasoning.

Students predict whether two dice games are fair and give their reasons. They then play each game (investigate) fifty times and explain their results.

Students predict the outcome of throwing five dice and confirm their predictions by conducting an experiment and calculating probabilities. After discussing how to get better estimates, they pool their results with others to get a more accurate estimate of how good their predictions were.

Students throw two dice, add the numbers together, construct a tally chart of results, and compare theoretical with observed outcome.

Students count the number of pairs thrown in a series of throws of three dice to evaluate the long-run relative frequency of getting a pair.

Students predict the outcome of 100 coin tosses, then carry out a test of their prediction, recording their results.

Students use survey data about sports results to estimate the probability of the next person's answer.

Students show the number of people in a survey as a fraction and indicate their understanding of sampling.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

Students identify the most likely sequence of tosses of a fair coin and explain their reasons.

In this practical task, students collect data on the number of people in cars passing the school. They then record this, in a table and use the information to make a prediction.