Nuka Island 0 Overview Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses This task is about chance using coordinates. This is a map of Nuka Island. Question a) A bus has broken down on the main road from the airport to the town of Nuka. Which square is the bus most likely to be in? B2 C2 C3 D4 Question b) Tala is walking somewhere on the island. What are the chances that he is in the area covered by square B7? Certain High chance Even chance Poor chance Impossible Question c) An aeroplane crashed in the area shown on the map. No one knew if it had crashed on the land or in the sea. What are the chances it crashed into the sea? Certain High chance Even chance Poor chance Impossible Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Statistics, Probability Keywords: probability, qualitative probability Description of task: Students answer questions about the probabilities that relate to a map of an island. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Interpreting statistical and chance situations, sets 3-4 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y6 (09/1997) a) C (C3) easy b) E (Impossible) moderate c) C (Even chance) moderate
