Online exercise in which students compare experimental and theoretical probabilities in various scenarios.05/08/2015
Comparing experimental and theoretical probability
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Straightforward investigation in which students consider the relative frequency of events such as 'rolling a 2' from experimental and theoretical perspectives. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 23/07/2015
Diagnostic Question - basic probability 2
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AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for the new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.20/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - basic probability 1
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.20/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - basic probability 3
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AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for the new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.20/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - probability 1
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AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - probability 2
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - probability 3
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - Pythagoras' theorem 1
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AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
Diagnostic Questions - Pythagoras' theorem 3
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AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
Diagnostic Qurestion - Pythagoras' theorem 2
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
Drawing Pin Experiment
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A worksheet in which students carry out an experiment to find the relative frequency of a drawing pin landing point up.23/07/2015
Equally Likely Outcomes card sort
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Students must sort the cards into two piles dependent on whether they describe equally likely outcomes or not. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 05/08/2015
Frequency Trees
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A powerpoint presentation introducing frequency trees, followed by three differentiated worksheets. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 02/09/2015
GCSE Bitesize: Conditional Probabilities
An introduction to conditional probability using tree diagrams.05/08/2015
Maths is Fun: Tree diagrams
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An introduction to tree diagrams, including independent and dependent events, followed by ten online questions.05/08/2015
Mutually Exclusive / Exhaustive Events
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A worksheet on mutually exclusive and exhaustive events. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 23/07/2015
Mutually Exclusive and Exhaustive events
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A worksheet in which students must determine if the stated events are mutually exclusive or exhaustive. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 02/09/2015
Mutually Exclusive Events
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Webpage which explains the term 'mutually exclusive' and provides extension material into Venn diagrams and set notation. The information is followed by ten interactive online questions.23/07/2015
Nrich: An Introduction to Tree Diagrams
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An article which explains why the 'AND' and 'OR' rules for probability work, in relation to tree diagrams.05/08/2015
Nrich: Stop or Dare
A card game in which students determine an optimal strategy for playing the game.05/08/2015
Probability of two dice - theory vs experiment
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Worksheet and activity to compare the theoretical and experimental probabilities of throwing two dice. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 23/07/2015
Sample Space Comparisons
Four questions which involve analysing the fairness of games through analysing the possible outcomes.02/09/2015
Sample Space Diagram Worksheet
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A comprehensive worksheet of eight increasingly difficult sample space questions. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 05/08/2015
Sample Space Diagrams
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A powerpoint presentation on sample space diagrams with some questions at the end. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 23/07/2015
Studying sample space
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A range of scenarios in which students must design and complete a sample space diagram to find the relative frequency probability of a given event. 23/07/2015
Teachit Maths - Drawing Pin Probability Experiment
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Student carry out an experiment in which they calculate the experimental probability of the pin landing 'pin up' or 'pin down'. This activity can be extended by recording the cumulative results after 10, 20, 30, 40 etc… trials and plotting the relative frequency at each stage as a line graph - this will show how the relative experimental frequency settles down to a long term theoretical probability.05/08/2015
Teachit maths - Sample Space Scenarios
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Four questions in which sample spaces are used to represent scenarios and to find probabilities.05/08/2015
Teachit Maths: Investigating patterns of random events
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An investigative probability activity involving flipping coins and recording the position they land on a grid. Students must use what they learn to determine rules for a fairground style game.02/09/2015
Teachit Maths: Lottery probability
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A selection of probability questions based on the English National Lottery.02/09/2015
Teachit Maths: probability revision wordsearch
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Students must complete the sentences using words they have identified in the wordsearch, such as exhaustive events.02/09/2015
Teachit Maths: Studying sample space
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Two differentiated sets of activities practising the drawing and use of two-way tables.02/09/2015
The AND/OR rules
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A worksheet of questions where students must apply and 'AND' and 'OR' rules to find probabilities. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 05/08/2015
Three Scores
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In this dice game, each player has a different way of scoring. Students use sample space diagrams to predict who will win, then test their predictions!05/08/2015
Three Scores
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An activity in which students trial three different ways of winning a dice game and decide which has the greatest theoretical probability of success.23/07/2015
Transum Dice Bingo
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A classic mathematical game in which students choose their own bingo numbers and cross them off if they occur as the total of two dice.05/08/2015
Transum: Ice Cream
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Students investigate how many ways a two scoop ice cream could be made from 6 possible flavours.05/08/2015
Transum: Venn Diagrams
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A starter activity introducing the idea of a Venn diagram through the use of prime, square and even numbers.05/08/2015
Venn Diagram Match Up Activity Sheet
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Activity in which students use match statements to various shaded Venn diagrams. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 05/08/2015
Which spinners?
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Students must decide which spinners have been used to generate the given bar charts and whether the sum or difference of the scores has been recorded. The later activities are more suitable for Higher tier students.23/07/2015