In Maths we moved on to the probability topic/unit. The way probability works can be demonstrated by using a line. For example, at the top of the line, you have 'certain' then going downwards you have 'very likely/almost certain', 'likely', at halfway you have 'even chance', at the lower half there is 'unlikely', 'very unlikely/almost impossible', and at the very bottom there is 'impossible'.
We made a table to test the probability of the outcome of the sum if we were to roll two dice. In the table, we included the sum of the two dice, tally (to keep count), frequency and the percentage of how many times we got each number. We rolled the dice 100 times, but I lost count of how many we had actually done and we ended up going up to 102. Here is a brief summary of the results, including the number and the frequency.
2 - 1.96%
3 - 1.96%
4 - 9.8%
5 - 12.74%
6 - 19.6%
7 - 7.84%
8 - 12.74%
9 - 13.72%
10 - 7.84%
11 - 4.9%
12 - 0.98%
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