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Mathematics / Year 2 / Statistics and Probability / Chance

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Identify practical activities and everyday events that involve chance. Describe outcomes as ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’ and identify some events as ‘certain’ or ‘impossible’ (ACMSP047)

Elaborations
  • classifying a list of everyday events according to how likely they are to happen, using the language of chance, and explaining reasoning
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
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Likelihood

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Always, sometimes, never

  • TLF-IDM014008

This is a web resource that includes four student activities focusing on chance and the language associated with chance events, accompanied by activity sheets and a detailed teacher guide for each activity. The activities cover words associated with chance and likelihood, fairness, luck and superstitions, and ordering chance ...

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Count Us In, Ep 12: Will it Rain Today?

  • TLF-IDM015978

What is the chance for Flynn and Dodly that it will rain at the beach? Dodly takes his umbrella and gumboots just in case it rains, and his scarf and gloves in case it gets cold. Explore the language of chance with the two monsters. What is the chance Dodly will pick a blue lolly out of the bag of four lollies?

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Mixed Up Maths, Ep 9: The giraffe ate it

  • TLF-IDM018755

When something has no chance of happening we say its impossible. Sometimes the chance of something happening is unlikely. Listen to these excuses explaining why the host did not do his homework. Which of his excuses might the teacher think, the chance of this happening is ... 'possible'?

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The vile vendor: questions

  • TLF-IDL118

Use a vending machine to get a vile-flavoured drink such as cabbage, smelly sock or rusty nail. The machine serves a can of drink randomly from four slots. Work out the likelihood of getting each flavour. Then choose a matching probability word: impossible, unlikely, equal, likely or certain. Move on to filling the slots ...

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Goat to bed (Partitioning twenty) - ABC Education

  • TLF-IDA005644

Some naughty little goats should be in bed, but they are still up and playing games! You will need to choose teams, then use your strategies (such as combinations for 20) to decide who wins: baby goats or babysitter! Mathematical ideas and strategies this game supports: numbers can be partitioned in many ways; there are ...

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Coin Toss - Calculate

  • TLF-IDA004274

The focus of this activity is for students to conduct an experiment that involves chance.They will use the information they gather to represent their findings.

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Sometimes things move and change location: K–2 Year A – Unit 10

  • TLF-IDA004665

This unit develops understanding and skills of position and chance.

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