Mathematics / Year 7 / Statistics and Probability / Chance

Curriculum content descriptions

Construct sample spaces for single-step experiments with equally likely outcomes (ACMSP167)

Elaborations
  • discussing the meaning of probability terminology (for example probability, sample space, favourable outcomes, trial, events and experiments)
  • distinguishing between equally likely outcomes and outcomes that are not equally likely
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Sample space

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Probability

This is a website designed for both teachers and students that addresses probability from the Australian Curriculum for year 7 students. It contains material on the language of probability, experiments and counting, and the probability of an event, and explains the mathematical use of the terms 'random' and 'randomly'. ...

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7Pr01A Probability - Ochre Education

This five lesson unit of work focuses on probability. Students position chance events on a numerical probability scale, list outcomes of chance experiments and identify if they are equally likely or not, determine the relative frequency of an outcome from a conducted or simulated chance experiment and complete a rich task ...

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What are the odds?

Students calculate the probability for single-step events using sample spaces.

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Trade and Investment at a Glance

Using an illustrated report from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides ten learning sequences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian imports and exports. Students: identify Australia's major exports and imports; investigate international trade ...

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Australia's Trade through Time

Using an interactive timeline created by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides 12 series of learning experiences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian trade from 1900 to the present day. Students study videos, tables, images and texts in order ...