One dice chances

One dice chances

Pencil and paper
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When a dice is thrown the chance of an event happening is either:

  • certain
  • good
  • even
  • poor, or
  • impossible

Complete the table below by putting a tick to show the chance of each event occurring after one throw of a dice.

   Event Certain Good Even Poor Impossible
a) A six          
b) An odd number          
c) A zero          
d) A number greater than four          
e) A number less than five          
f) A number between zero and seven          
g) A one, three, or six          
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Description of task: 
Students complete a table to show whether an event has a 'certain', 'good', 'even', 'poor', or 'impossible' chance of ocurring.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of writing likelihoods in qualitative terms in Probability.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y9 (04/1999)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Poor
Even
Impossible
Poor
Good
Certain
Even
7 correct – difficult

5-6 correct – easy

3-4 correct – very easy

NOTE: Most students understand the concept of "impossible" but are less likely to know the other terms.