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  • Ready-to-teach PowerPoint presentation
  • Printable student worksheet
  • Scaffolded examples for progress and constant challenge
  • Exam-style questions
  • Answers for checking and feedback

Probability Problem Solving

 

Students are challenged to solve a range of basic probability problems.

There are seven real-life problem-solving questions based on

  • Relative frequency
  • Mutually exclusive events
  • Frequency trees
  • Probability trees for independent events
  • Speed and limits of accuracy
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