Probability number lines

Probability number lines

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
This task is about matching statements about probability to a mark on a scale.
       
What each person has said about the class can also be shown on a scale.
Write the person's name next to the scale below that matches what they have said.
 

i)
 
Name:
 
 

ii)
 
Name:

 

iii)

 
 
Name:

iv)

 
 
Name:

v)
 
Name:
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Probability
Keywords: 
probability, matching, plotting scales
Description of task: 
Students match verbal statements about a class with graphic scales which represent their statements.
Curriculum Links: 
 
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Interpreting statistical and chance situations, sets 4-5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (05/1998)
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)		 Michelle
Sam
Kingi
Kim
Loren		 All correct - easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
Common error Likely reason
Transpose Michelle and Loren. Unsure of denominator in relative frequency problem.