PROBABILITY TEST

We are going to be wrapping up the final few days of practice before our unit test on Tuesday May 26. Today we will be playing some probability games to reinforce the probability concepts we have been learning.

KEY CONCEPTS FOR THE TEST TUESDAY

GRADE 5

• BE FAMILIAR WITH AND BE ABLE TO USE THESE TERMS APPROPRIATELY: LIKELY, UNLIKELY,POSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE AND CERTAIN
• BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE PROBABILITY OF EVENTS IN SPINNER GAMES, DICE GAMES AND GAMES OF CHANCE
• UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN APPLY FRACTIONS TO PROBABILITIES FOR EXAMPLE; YOU HAVE A 1/8 CHANCE OF PULLING OUT A COLOURED MARBLE FROM A SACK
• BE ABLE EXPLAIN WHY A CERTAIN GAME IS FAIR FOR BOTH PLAYERS AND HOW TO FIX THE RULES OF THE GAME TO MAKE IT FAIR.
• BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A TREE DIAGRAM FOR A GIVEN WORD PROBLEM

GRADE 6

BE FAMILIAR WITH AND BE ABLE TO USE THESE TERMS APPROPRIATELY: LIKELY, UNLIKELY,POSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE AND CERTAIN

BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE PROBABILITY OF EVENTS IN SPINNER GAMES, DICE GAMES , GAMES OF CHANCE AND BY LOOKING AT A GRAPH

UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN APPLY FRACTIONS,DECIMALS AND PERCENTS TO PROBABILITIES FOR EXAMPLE; YOU HAVE A 1/8 CHANCE OF PULLING OUT A COLOURED MARBLE FROM A SACK  

BE ABLE EXPLAIN WHY A CERTAIN GAME IS FAIR FOR BOTH PLAYERS AND HOW TO FIX THE RULES OF THE GAME TO MAKE IT FAIR.

BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A TREE DIAGRAM FOR A GIVEN WORD PROBLEM