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Grade 6 Mathematics – 6N4 Probability – Unit Test [2014-15]
Indicator:
6N4 – Order, explain and create simple events, conduct probability experiments and make
inferences about future results
Learning outcome/s:
6N4.1
6N4.2
6N4.4
Skill outcomes:
S2
S8
S10
1.
Match up each probability word below with its correct probability value:
Likely
½
Impossible
0
Unlikely
1
Certain
More than ½
Even Chance
Less than ½
S10
2. Read the 5 events below. Then answer the questions below.
Event A
The month after Ramadan is Shawwal
Event B
Next year it will be 2007
Event C
It will rain in the UAE in October
Event D
The next baby to be born in Abu Dhabi will be a boy
Event E
A day chosen at random will be a school day.
a) Using the letters A, B, C, D or E, match each of the events above with the probability word
below that best describes it.
Impossible
Unlikely
Even Chance
Likely
Certain
B
6N4.1 N E
1
S10
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b) Choose one of the events above and explain why you placed it where you did.
Example Answer: “B” is impossible because it is not possible for next year to be 2007.
6N4.1 N D
S2 Reason
c) Choose 1 of these words: impossible, unlikely, even chance, likely, certain
Probability word :
Make your own simple event that fits your probability word below:
Event F :
6N4.1 N M
3.
a) Use the events from question #2 A.
b) Place the events A to E from Question 2 (a) on the probability number line below:
0
½
1
B
6N4.2 N E
c) Place your event F from Question 2(c) on the number line above?
Explain why you placed it there.
6N4.2 N D
d) Write down 2 real-life events that have probabilities: Explain your answer.
(i)
Less than ½ :
(ii)
Equal to 1 :
2
S2 Reason
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6N4.2 N M
4. Read this:
Sultan and Khalifa are using a spinner in a game.
Sultan wins if the spinner lands on red.
Khalifa wins if the spinner lands on any other color.
a) List all of the outcomes for the spinner:
Red:
Green:
Yellow:
Blue:__
6N4.4 N E D
b) Which outcomes are equally likely ?
Explain why.
6N4.4 N M
S2 Describe
c) Is this game a fair game? Will Sultan and Khalifa have an even chance of winning? Explain
6N4.4 N M
S2 Reason
d) Describe how you can make the spinner fair ?
S2 Describe
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5. Rashed visits London for 6 days.
He wants to do the following things:
A
B
Picnic in the park
Visit a museum
C
D
Visit the Zoo
Barbecue
E
F
Visit family
Shopping
Here is the weather forecast during his 6 days in London:
Monday
Sunny
_______
Tuesday
Rain
likely
_______
Wednesday
Thursday
Even chance
of rain
Even chance
of rain
_______
_______
Friday
Rain
unlikely
_______
Saturday
Sunny with
some clouds
_______
Plan his 6 days by writing the letters A – F in table above.
S8
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Grade 6 Mathematics UNIT TEST – 6N4 – Marking Grids
Learning outcomes from unit 6N4 Measurement:
Learning Outcome
Emerging
Developing
Mastered
2a
2b
2c
3a
3b
3c
4a
4a
4b
4c
Judgment
6N4.1
6N4.2
6N4.4
Skill outcomes:
Learning Outcome
Qn
Student Performance
Judgement
6S2 (Explaining)
Q4b
Descriptions
Q4d
Q2b
Reasons
N E D M
Q3b
Q4c
6S10 (Identifying
relationships /
patterns)
6S8 (Generating
solutions)
Q1
N E D M
Q2a
Q5
N E D M
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