Chance

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A concept that applies to situations that have a number of possible outcomes, none of which is certain to occur when a trial of the situation is performed.

Two examples of situations that involve elements of chance follow.

Example 1

A person will be selected and their eye colour recorded.

Example 2

Two dice will be rolled and the numbers on each die recorded.

Curriculum achievement objectives references

Probability: All levels