Probability resources

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

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

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

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

Students work out and count the different meal combinations available as shown in a tree diagram.

Students select answers to show whether the chance of certain events happening is even or not even.

Students decide which arrow on three spinners is most likely to point to white, and explain their reasons.

Students choose the best statement from five options to describe the probability of receiving notes and coins in a board game.

Students select from the words 'certain', 'likely', 'unlikely', and 'impossible' to show the probability of a spinner landing on a defined area.

Using a diagram of a spinner, students choose the chances of the arrow landing on particular numbers.

Students identify the most likely sequence of tosses of a fair coin and explain their reasons.

Students select answers to show which child has the best chance of selecting their favourite coloured marble from a bag.

Students predict the likelihood of picking coloured counters out of a box.

This task sees what a students understanding of probability is.

Students explain who is most likely to win a game based on spinners, and how the game could be made fair.

Students recognise equal and different likelihoods when playing a game of chance and explain their reasoning.

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

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 determine the probability of events related to a grid map.

Students interpret information in a frequency table to answer probability.

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

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