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Probability and Data, #2
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Introduction
As children create problems that can be solved using information from the story, encourage them to use probability terms such as possible, likely, equally likely, more likely, and less likely.
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Jack flips a coin 10 times and records whether it lands on heads or tails.
Possible student responses
- He might get 10 heads and 0 tails, 9 heads and 1 tail, 8 heads and 2 tails, and so on.
- Heads and tails are supposed to be equally likely, so he probably got about the same number of each.
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