Interpreting statistical and chance situations resources

Students calculate the probability of randomly choosing certain scrabble letters, or combinations of letters.

Students match verbal statements about a class with graphic scales which represent their statements.

Students show probabilities by shading a spinner.

Students are required to give reasons why the samples used to survey New Zealand school students on their favourite sports, may not be representative of the population.

Students are required to explain the misleading aspects of two graphs found in newspaper articles.

Students carry out an investigation to determine the frequency and percentage of different numbers resulting from 100 dice throws. They construct a table to record the results.

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

Students list all possible combinations from six different articles of clothing.

Students are asked four short questions that require them to use a table that contains a count of the kind of books borrowed from a library for a month.

Students calculate how many possible combinations there are when given different numbers of menu items.

Students calculate the number of different combinations of ties and socks that could be worn.

Students interpret data presented in a frequency table to calculate percentages and make comparisons.

Students are asked to study a bar graph of ways to travel to school and write down five things that are wrong with the way the graph is set up.

Students complete a tree diagram to illustrate all the different combinations of height and colour of four candles and evaluate probabilities for some combinations.

Students calculate the chances of winning prizes when a prize wheel is spun.

Students identify a correct statement about the comparing the overall distribution of two dot plots.

Students decide whether a graph is suitable to display category data and explain their answer.

Students identify the most likely combination of throws for a fair coin, and explain their reasons.

Students consider three different sampling methods for a survey and decide if each is a fair sample, explaining their answer.

Students complete a table to show whether an event has a 'certain', 'good', 'even', 'poor', or 'impossible' chance of ocurring.

This task is about students selecting 'always', 'maybe' or 'never' to describe the probability of a range of probability events happening.

Students decide which statement about a dot plot is incorrect and explain their reasoning.

Students select the correct statement that matches a given graph.

Students use a picture of a spinner to calculate the probability of the arrow pointing to the black or white portion of a card.

Students compare a data table and a line graph and identify features that are missing or incorrect in the graph.