Mathematics

CURRICULUM FOCUS

This week in Maths, the students will be learning about chance (probability).

VOCABULARY

Chance - a possibility of something happening.

The vocabulary used in Chance: 

Likely - The event that will probably happen. 

Unlikely - The event that probably will not happen.

Certain - Something will definitely happen. 

Impossible - An event that can not occur. 

Even chance- An event with even chance is exactly as likely to happen as it is to not happen

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

You can ask your child open-ended probability questions such as

• If two coins are tossed, what could happen?
• I overheard my mum telling our neighbour that on the weekend we would definitely do something but I could not hear what it was. What might it be?
• I heard the teacher say 'It is... that all of the children in this class will watch television tonight' but I didn't hear one of the words. What might the missing word be? What is something that is more likely to happen than what the teacher is talking about?
• Two children were playing a dice game. One child tossed two dice together and when they landed one was a 6 and one was a 4. What other number combinations might the child have tossed?
• Someone asked the teacher a question and he replied 'Maybe. What might the question be?