Probability and Chance

Probability and Chance

Room 5 students are exploring the probability or chance of something happening such as throwing a dice, flipping a coin, playing paper, scissors, rock or choosing a card from a deck of cards.

Probability is the mathematical word we use to describe the chance that the event will occur.

Amazing Fact

On November 30th 1954, Ann Hodges of Alabama, USA was taking an afternoon nap on the sofa when a 4kg meteorite, still radiating heat, crashed through the roof of her house. It bounced off some furniture and struck her on the hip.

The extreme unlikeliness of the event was compared to being struck by lightning, a tornado and a hurricane all at the same time!