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Tip: Likely means it will probably happen. Unlikely means it will probably NOT happen. Equally likely means both things have the same chance.
1) Spin and predict
Look at each spinner. Write the color that is more likely.
2) Marbles in a bag
Circle the best answer for each bag.
Answers: 1) red, neither color is more likely, orange | 2) Bag 1: Blue Bag 2: Equal
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3) Likely, Unlikely, or Equally Likely?
Circle L, U, or E.
L = Likely, U = Unlikely, E = Equally Likely
Picking a red marble from a bag with 9 red and 1 blue marble.
Picking a blue marble from that same bag.
Flipping a coin and it landing on heads.
Rolling an even number on a 1-to-6 die.
Rolling a 6 on a 1-to-6 die.
4) Bonus words
Use certain or impossible.
Bonus: Certain means it will always happen. Impossible means it will never happen.
- It is that the sun will rise tomorrow.
- It is for a fish to fly like a bird flies.
- It is that a square has 4 sides.
Answers: 3) Likely, Unlikely, Equally Likely, Equally Likely, Unlikely | 4) certain, impossible, certain