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Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.

• Pin Drop Estimate the probability of a drawing pin landing point up from experimental data.
• Probability Video A reminder of how to work out basic probability leading to simple combined events and expected values.
• Probability Basic probability questions in an online exercise.
• Hi-Low Predictions A version of the Play Your Cards Right TV show. Calculate the probabilities of cards being higher or lower.

Here is an exam-style questions on this statement:

• "At the Trantown annual Fayre there are a number of different sideshows designed to raise money for cancer research. Roger is looking after two of these, the lucky dip and the raffle." ... more

Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Probability Probability is a measure of the weight of evidence, and is arrived at through reasoning and inference. In simple terms it is a measure or estimation of likelihood of the occurrence of an event. The word probability comes from the Latin word probabilitas which is a measure of the authority of a witness in a legal case. Some of the earlier mathematical studies of probability were motivated by the desire to be more profitable when gambling. Today however the practical uses of probability theory go far beyond gambling and are used in many aspects of modern life. We believe that even adults can, in many cases, have a poor intuition regarding the effects of probability. These activities are designed to help pupils calculate but also get a 'feel' for the principles of probability.