Step 4 Objective
Use the language associated with probability to discuss events, including those with equally likely outcomes.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
Have enough coins, pictures or dice to show all possibilities, e.g. use six dice and put them out so that each of 1 to 6 is shown on top. Explain that if we were to roll one dice sixty times we would expect to get ten of each number. Now which is more likely, 2 or 6? How many 2s would there be? How many 6s, etc.?