Probability I love the language and ideas that come from doing probability. Here's some ideas for two activity sheets.

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Probability

Choose one of these words for each event:

impossible - unlikely - likely - certain

Give reasons for each of your choices.

• Tomorrow will be Christmas day.
• I shall have pizza to eat tonight.
• It will be sunny tomorrow.
• I will be in school tomorrow.
• I shall be in New Zealand tonight.
• It will get dark tonight.
• I shall be in bed by 10:00pm this evening.
• Tomorrow will be my birthday.
• I will be in school at 2pm this afternoon.
• I will get full marks in my spelling test.

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Dice Games

Have a go at playing the dice games described below.

Game number:	You win if....
1.	you throw an even number.
2.	you throw an odd number.
3.	you throw a number in the two times table.
4.	you throw a number greater than four.
5.	you throw a number in the three times table.
6.	you throw a number less than three.
7.	you throw a number greater than three.
8.	you throw a number greater than six.
9.	you throw a single digit number.
10.	you throw a number which has a pattern of dots in which there are three dots in a straight line.

Copy and complete this table into your maths books.

Choose a word to describe your chances of winning each game.

impossible - unlikely - equal chance - likely - certain