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Mathematics / Year 9 / Statistics and Probability / Chance

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Calculate relative frequencies from given or collected data to estimate probabilities of events involving 'and' or 'or' (ACMSP226)

Elaborations
  • using Venn diagrams or two-way tables to calculate relative frequencies of events involving ‘and’, ‘or’ questions
  • using relative frequencies to find an estimate of probabilities of ‘and’, ‘or’ events
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Statistical frequency,  Conditional probability

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