Chance

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

1. Question 1

   Are the mean and the median of this data the same?

   1, 2, 3, 4, 20

   • No, they are different
   • Yes, they are the same
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   No, they are different

   Hint: Find the middle number for the median. Add all the numbers and divide for the mean.

2. Question 2

   Zoe spun a spinner 10 times and got blue 8 times and green 2 times. Which colour does the spinner most likely have more of?

   • blue
   • green
   • the same of each
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   blue

   Hint: The colour that came up more often probably takes up more of the spinner.

3. Question 3

   How likely is this? “You roll an 8 on a regular die.”

   • certain
   • likely
   • equally likely
   • impossible
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   impossible

   Hint: Can it happen? Will it always happen? Are two outcomes the same size?

4. Question 4

   You pick one marble without looking. Picking red is…

   🔴🔴🔴🔴🔵
   • equally likely
   • likely
   • unlikely
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   likely

   Hint: Compare the red marbles with all the marbles. Is it more than half, half, or less than half?

5. Question 5

   You pick one marble without looking. Picking red is…

   🔴🔴🔵🔵
   • likely
   • unlikely
   • equally likely
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   equally likely

   Hint: Compare the red marbles with all the marbles. Is it more than half, half, or less than half?

6. Question 6

   You pick one marble without looking. What fraction of the marbles are red?

   🔴🔵🔵🔵
   • 2/4
   • 1/4
   • 3/4
   Show answer

   1/4

   Hint: Count the red marbles. Then count all the marbles.

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