Mathematics / Year 7 / Statistics and Probability / Data representation and interpretation

Curriculum content descriptions

Identify and investigate issues involving numerical data collected from primary and secondary sources (ACMSP169)

Elaborations
  • obtaining secondary data from newspapers, the Internet and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • investigating secondary data relating to the distribution and use of non-renewable resources around the world
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Data collection,  Data continuity,  Sample space

Downloadable

What are the odds?

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

Downloadable

The humanoid project

Students explore a large data set.

Downloadable

Can you beat the system?

In this lesson, students calculate the average expected value of losses on a roulette wheel over time, and use these values to analyse the cost of gambling on these games. They also study the flaws inherent in betting systems to determine whether these systems are weighted in the favour of game operators making a profit. ...