Probability

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Online Lessons
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Online Activities
[|Bitesize Activity] [|Bitesize Quiz] [|Probability Questions] - from Math Goodies.com [|Probability Questions] - from Glencoe Spinner Activities - use the spinner to investigate theoretical and experimental probability Another Spinner Activity - to investigate experimental vs theoretical probability

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 * These questions come from SATS tests. Some will be a bit more complecated.**

=Class Activities= Same Birth Month?

=Nrich Activities= In a Box 1. Read the details of the game. Is the game fair? Explain fully why the game is or isn't fair. Make sure you back up your explanations with examples.

Non-Transitive Dice 1. Was it a good or bad idea that Alison let Charlie go first? Explain fully with examples

Nines and Tens Explain why it is that when you throw two dice you are more likely to get a score of 9 than of 10.

What about the case of 3 dice? Is a score of 9 more likely then a score of 10 with 3 dice?

Three Spinners Can you work out which spinner generated each list? How did you do it?We could call the numbers on the first spinner "Numbers from one to ten".Can you think of a title for the set of numbers on the red spinner?Can you think of titles for the sets of numbers on the blue and the yellow spinners?

Which Spinners? 1. Create two spinners of 4. Spin them a few times and look at the reuslts. Create a frequency chart to predict 100 spins. Include an explanation of why you think that will happen.

2. Create 2 spinners of 3 on each. Spin them 100,000 times. Look at the table. Explain why you think the results came out this way. What does it mean?