Year+10+Probability

Topic Order for Year 10 Probability:
 * Get a feeling for probability, developing gut instincts and developing the ability to put a figure on the probability (and moving past using words like "quite likely" or "almost certain" etc for probability)
 * Experimental Probability: Getting a feel for probability by doing experiments and playing games
 * The more experiments done, the closer the results get to the theoretical probability
 * Probability = No of ways/Total number of ways
 * The probability of something happening + the probability of something not happened = 1.
 * Have a look at this fraction game. Find pairs of fractions that add up to 1.
 * We can find probability by looking at any information or data that we might be given eg in the form of a table or a bargraph or a Venn diagram etc.
 * Monty Hall's Dilemma is a fun look at Probability. Originally a game show for TV, contestants could choose which door of three that a prize was behind. Without saying whether the prize was behind the selected door, the game show host then stated a door that the prize wasn't behind and gave the contestant the opportunity to then choose again, either the same door or they could switch to the remaining door. Have go at this little interactive activity and decide for yourself what the best option would be.


 * Here's a cute little interactive spinner for you to have a play with. Change the number of each colour sections, spin it and watch the bar graph grow. Do the results turn out the way you expect them to?