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Activity 1 - Calculating probability practice
Activity 1 - Calculating probability practice
Task 1 - Introduction to the basics
Task 1 - Introduction to the basics
Watch the video “Probability basics” to learn how to write the probability of an event occurring as a fraction.
Probability Basics
Duration: 9:28
Task 2 - Applying your knowledge
Task 2 - Applying your knowledge
Complete the Beat the Odds interactive from PBS Media (embedded below) to practice calculating probabilities.
Background information
What’s in a deck of cards?
In the above activity, you will need some knowledge about the contents of standard deck of cards:
52 cards
4 suits – hearts (red), diamonds (red), spades (black), clubs (black)
Ace, 2, 3 ,4 5, 6, 7, 8. 9. 10, Jack, Queen, King in each suit.
CC0 Public domain
Activity 2 - Board games
Activity 2 - Board games
Find at least 3 board games or card games you have at home (or you have played).
Use the Games of chance activity document to complete the following:
Write down how chance is built into the game. For example, does the game use a die, spinner, cards etc.?
Work out the sample space for each one.
Calculate the probability of each outcome.
Note: Don't choose Snakes and Ladders for one of your games as that is the example used in the document.
Click on the button to open a new tab and view the Google Doc activity sheet.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Activity 3 - Bottle toss
Activity 3 - Bottle toss
Bottle flipping was a trend in 2016 that involved throwing a plastic bottle, typically partially full of liquid, into the air so that it rotates, in an attempt to land it upright on its base. You are going to investigate the probability of achieving a successful ‘flip’.
Task 1
Task 1
Watch the video “Water Bottle Flip 2 | Dude Perfect” for inspiration.
Your flips do not have to be this inventive, BUT you do need to flip the bottle in the same manner each time.
Water Bottle Flip 2 | Dude Perfect
Duration: 4:57
Task 2 - Bottle toss investigation
Task 2 - Bottle toss investigation
Fill an empty bottle about half full of water.
Flip the bottle 20 times, trying to make it stand upright when it lands.
Count how many successful flips that you produce, out of the 20.
Calculate the probability of a successful flip and record your answer as a fraction, decimal and percentage, using the investigation Google Doc.
Alter the amount of water in the bottle and repeat the experiment.
Calculate the probability again.
Did it change?
Did you have more or less chance of a successful flip?
Alter the amount of water in the bottle, twice more, calculating the probability of a successful flip each time.
What do you notice about your results? Were you more or less successful when the water level was higher?
Click on the button to open a new tab and view the Google Doc activity sheet.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Activities too easy?
Activities too easy?
Play the Counter Plague game from the Motivate Maths website (PDF).
Imagine your school. Someone in your class comes in one morning with the Counter Plague. Who will get it? Will everyone in the class? Or will some people be OK? How about other classes? Will it spread to them as well?
Handing in your work
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any hand written work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.
Student reflection
Student reflection
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