Today we are looking at the idea of chance and uncertainty. We are using the words possible, impossible, likely and unlikely.
First of all today, we flipped coins 20 times to see how many times we got heads or tails. We made predictions before we started. Lots of us predicted that we would get half heads and half tails. No-one predicted that we would get 20 heads and no tails as we thought that was very unlikely.
Most of us got around half and half with a couple of people getting lots more tails than heads or heads than tails. This is because there is a 1 in 2 chance that it will land on heads and a 1 in 2 chance it will land on tails.
here are some statements we have made using the words likely, unlikely, impossible and certain.
Impossible
Bethany – I will eat Mrs Rae’s desk for lunch.
Keavie – I will become 50 years older tomorrow.
Josh – I will live on the sun.
Matthew – When I tell a lie my nose will grow.
Taylor – I will become Ronaldo tomorrow.
Liam – I will blow up today.
Jordan – I will turn into an alien today.
Certain
Max – One minute after 2 o’clock it will be one minute past 2.
Jocelyn – I will breathe today.
Jake – I will go to bed tonight.