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

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

Students cut out pictures and use them to show all the different possible combinations of two sets of objects.

Students complete a tree diagram to show all possible combinations of a drink, main course, and dessert that could be chosen for a party.

Students draw a tree diagram to show all the possible colour combinations for the walls, carpet, and ceiling of a room.

Students choose terms 'impossible', 'even', 'poor', 'good', and 'certain' to describe the chances of landing on selected squares in a board game.

This task requires students to interpret a tree diagram of art materials and identify the number of different possibilities from various combinations presented.

Students match the descriptions: certain, impossible, good chance, poor chance, even chance to a set of probabilities shown as a fraction.

Students record all the different combinations of lunches that could be chosen from five possibilities.

Students interpret a tree diagram to answer questions about the probability of selecting certain combinations.

Students show understanding of probability by selecting a fraction to represent the colours of choosing an article of clothing from a drawer.