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Chance Worksheets - Year 5

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    Updated:  12 Jun 2020

4 chance worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.

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    Pages:  8 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Year

    Year:  5

Curriculum

  • VC2M5P01

    List the possible outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and compare to those that are not equally likely <ul> <li>discussing what it means for outcomes to be equally likely and comparing the number of possible and equally likely outcomes of chance events; for example, when drawing a card from a standard deck of cards there are 4 possible outcomes if you are interested in the suit, 2 possible outcomes if you are interested in the colour or 52 outcomes if you are interested in the exact card</li> <li>discussing how chance experiments that have equally likely outcomes can be referred to as random chance events; for example, if all the names of students in a class are placed in a hat and one is drawn at random, each person has an equally likely chance of being drawn</li> <li>commenting on the chance of winning games by considering the number of possible outcomes and the consequent chance of winning</li> <li>investigating why some games are fair and others are not; for example, drawing a track game to resemble a running race and taking it in turns to roll 2 dice, where the first runner moves a square if the difference between the 2 dice is zero, one or 2 and the second runner moves a square if the difference is 3, 4 or 5, and responding to the questions ‘Is this game fair?’, ‘Are some differences more likely to come up than others?’ and ‘How can you work that out?’</li> <li>comparing the chance of a head or a tail when a coin is tossed, whether some numbers on a dice are more likely to be facing up when the dice is rolled, or the chance of getting a 1, 2 or 3 on a spinner with uneven regions for the numbers</li> <li>discussing supermarket promotions such as collecting stickers or objects and whether there is an equal chance of getting each of them</li> </ul>

  • VC2M6P01

    Describe probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages; recognise that probabilities lie on numerical scales of 0–‍1 or 0%–100%; use estimation to assign probabilities that events occur in a given context, using common fractions, percentages and decimals <ul> <li>recognising that the probability of an event occurring can be represented numerically as either a number ranging from zero to one or a percentage from 0% to 100% where zero or 0% means it will not happen and one or 100% means it is certain to happen</li> <li>using a scale of zero to one or 0% to 100% to estimate chances of events</li> <li>listing the different possible outcomes for rolling a dice and using a scale to locate the relative probability by considering the chance of more than or less than for each possible event, for example, the probability of getting a number greater than 4</li> <li>recognising the language used to describe situations involving uncertainty, such as what it means to be ‘lucky’, a ‘75% chance’ of rain or a ‘1-in-100 years’ flood</li> <li>exploring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children’s instructive games, such as Weme from the Warlpiri Peoples of Central Australia, to investigate and assign probabilities that events will occur, indicating their estimated likelihood</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Chance Worksheets - Year 5

  • Updated

    Updated:  12 Jun 2020

4 chance worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  8 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Year

    Year:  5

4 chance worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.

This teaching resource could be used in a variety of ways when teaching chance. Some suggestions include:

  • pre- and post-testing
  • independent classwork
  • revision
  • homework.

This teaching resource pack includes worksheets addressing the following concepts:

  • probability outcomes using fractions
  • probability range 0-1

Answer sheets are also provided.

Download options include:

  • the year level displayed at the top of the sheet
  • no year level displayed at the top of the sheet to use for differentiation.

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  • Jill (Teach Starter)
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    Hi Miss Jackman. My apologies, we had fixed the wording and then an old version was accidentally re-uploaded, so it wasn't just your tired teacher brain! My apologies for the confusion. The correct file has been re-uploaded with clearer wording.

  • Tristram Haley
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    Just thought I should point out, in the 'Probability Using Fractions A' activity, question one is what is the chance of the spinner landing on: i) a b or a B. Some students may be confused by the initial use of 'a' and think that it refers to the 'a' on the spinner.

    • MISS JACKMAN
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      I think this edit is still confusing to read (as I marked it with my teacher tired brain). I read it to mean students were answering if the spinner would land on an a, b or B. Perhaps if the capital letter B was offered first, i.e i) a B or a b?

    • Jill (Teach Starter)
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      Hi Tristram, That's a good point! I can see what you mean. I have adjusted the wording to reflect your feedback. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. Kind regards Jill

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