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Calculating a Probability from Sample Space Diagrams

Students learn how to create a sample space diagram to find the probability of two or more events. As learning p...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 6
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Calculating Probabilities from Two-Way Tables

Students learn how to calculate a probability from a two-way table.  As learning progresses students learn how t...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 6
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Comparing the Probability of Events

Students learn about comparing the probability of events using fractions on a probability scale.At the start...
Key Stage 3 / Year 7 Term 5
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Estimate Probabilities from Experimental Data

Students learn how to estimate probabilities from experimental data to check for bias.  As learning progresses t...
Key Stage 3 / Year 7 Term 5
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Introducing Probability with Fractions

Students learn how to write probabilities to describe the likelihood of an event.  As learning progresses studen...
Key Stage 3 / Year 7 Term 5
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Permutations of Two Events

Students learn how to list all the permutations of two events to calculate to calculate their probabilities.  As...
Key Stage 3 / Year 7 Term 5
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Predicting Outcomes using Probability

Students learn how to predict outcomes using probability.  As learning progresses students understand the effect...
Key Stage 3 / Year 7 Term 5
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Probabilities That Add Up to One

Students learn how mutually exclusive and exhaustive events are represented in a Venn diagram and probabilities ...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 6
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Understanding Set Notation

Students learn how to find the union and intersection of elements using basic set notation.  As learning progres...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 6
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Union and Intersection of Sets

Students learn how to calculate the union and intersection of sets using Venn diagrams.  As learning progresses ...
GCSE / Year 9 Term 5
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Writing Probabilities

The start of the lesson is used to review systematically ordering possible permutations of combined events.  The...
GCSE / Year 9 Term 5
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Venn Diagrams

Venn diagrams are introduced as a means to organise sets of data into a sample space diagram.  As learning progr...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 6
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Sample Space Diagrams

Students learn how to organise all the permutations of multiple events using tables and sample space diagrams.  ...
GCSE / Year 9 Term 5
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Probability Trees

Students are introduced to probability trees as a means to systematically calculate probabilities when two or mo...
GCSE / Year 9 Term 5
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Probability Scale

At the start of the lesson students match an event with the keyword which most closely matches the likelihood of...
GCSE / Year 9 Term 5
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Probability Experiment

Students carry out a probability experiment to explore the relationship between theoretical and experimental pro...
GCSE / Year 9 Term 5
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Solving Two Step Equations using the Balance Method

September 10, 2018
An equation is when one expression, or term, is equal to another.  To solve an equation means to find the value of the variable (represented by a letter) that makes the two expressions equal.  There are two types of equations for secondary school mathematics, linear and none-linear.  In this blog I write about how I […]

How to Simplify Surds

August 4, 2018
When learning how to simplify surds students need to understand the difference between a rational and irrational number. Rational numbers include integers and terminating and repeating decimals. They can be written as a fraction with both the numerator and denominator as integers. An irrational number is a number which, in its decimal form does not […]

Sharing an Amount to a Given Ratio

July 9, 2018
There are three common methods for sharing an amount to a given ratio.  Depending on the age group and ability range I am teaching I would choose one approach over the other two. The three methods are: Using fractions Unitary method Using a table In this blog I will demonstrate each of the three methods […]