How likely is it to draw a blue marble? Pupils find the likelihood of events and connect that to the probability of the event. They find the probabilities of simple events and show their probabilities on a scale.

Concepts

probability, experimental probability, probability experiments, probability word problems, theoretical probability

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Lead a discussion on likelihoods associated with probabilities
• Conduct a lesson on how to calculate simple probabilities

Classroom Considerations

• Requires some knowledge of weather in the UK

Pros

• Includes graphical and numerical representations of probabilities
• The answer key shows the work done to arrive at the solution

Cons

• The video resource does not match the type of problems in the handout

Common Core

7.SP.C.5 7.SP.C.7.a 7.SP.C.7.b 7.SP.C.8.b