Likelihood Language
Use probability language to describe and compare the likelihood of everyday events using words such as certain, likely, even chance, unlikely, impossible
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“Does your child use words like "certain," "likely," "unlikely," and "impossible" correctly — for example, knowing that rolling a 7 on a normal die is impossible but rolling an even number is likely?”
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- Activity. Use probability language to describe and compare the likelihood of everyday events using words such as certain, likely, even chance, unlikely, impossible
What to notice. Place five everyday events (e.g. 'the sun will rise tomorrow', 'it will snow in July', 'I'll flip heads') on a scale from impossible to certain • Use 'likely', 'unlikely', 'certain', 'impossible', and 'even chance' correctly to describe different events • Explain why pulling a red ball from a bag of mostly red balls is 'likely' but not 'certain'
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Does your child use words like "certain," "likely," "unlikely," and "impossible" correctly — for example, knowing that rolling a 7 on a normal die is impossible but rolling an even number is likely?
Use probability language to describe and compare the likelihood of everyday events using words such as certain, likely, even chance, unlikely, impossible
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- Place five everyday events (e.g. 'the sun will rise tomorrow', 'it will snow in July', 'I'll flip heads') on a scale from impossible to certain
- Use 'likely', 'unlikely', 'certain', 'impossible', and 'even chance' correctly to describe different events
- Explain why pulling a red ball from a bag of mostly red balls is 'likely' but not 'certain'
“Does your child use words like "certain," "likely," "unlikely," and "impossible" correctly — for example, knowing that rolling a 7 on a normal die is impossible but rolling an even number is likely?”
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- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Probability
- Age range
- Ages 9–10