Animal Probability Toss

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Animals being tossed for probability experiment

🎯 Part 1: Animal Toss Results

1. How many times did you toss your animals? Circle your answer.

5 times

10 times

15 times

Other: _______

2. Record your toss results. Draw a picture or use tally marks for each animal that landed face up:

Mammals (kararehe whakamahi):

Reptiles (kararehe whekau):

Birds (manu):

3. Which animal type came up the most? Circle one.

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

4. Which animal type came up the least? Circle one.

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

📊 Part 2: Understanding Probability

5. If you toss your animals again tomorrow, which do you think is most likely to happen? Circle one.

The same animal type will come up most

A different animal type will come up most

I'm not sure

6. Circle the words that describe how often each event might happen:

Getting a mammal: impossible / unlikely / likely / certain

Getting a bird: impossible / unlikely / likely / certain

Getting a dinosaur: impossible / unlikely / likely / certain

7. Draw a simple pictograph of your results. Use one picture for each animal that came up:

My Animal Toss Pictograph

Mammals:

Reptiles:

Birds:

8. Explain what your pictograph shows. What do you notice?

🤔 Part 3: Thinking About Chance

9. If your friend tosses the same animals, do you think they will get exactly the same results as you? Why or why not?

10. Complete this sentence: "When we toss animals, the results happen by _____________ because we cannot control which animal lands face up."

Hint: Use one of these words: chance, counting, colour, choice

Animal Probability Toss

Animal Probability Toss

🎯 Part 1: Animal Toss Results

📊 Part 2: Understanding Probability

🤔 Part 3: Thinking About Chance

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