Year 3 NAPLAN Statistics and Probability

Simon has a bag containing 3 yellow balls, 2 green balls, 4 blue balls and 5 red balls.

Without looking, Simon takes a ball from the bag.

What colour ball is Simon least likely to take from the bag?

• yellow

• green

• blue

• red

A ball is taken from the box without looking at the number. Which number is most likely to be on the ball taken from the box?

There are 50 presents in a basket. Only one of the presents is a toy car. Liz takes one of the presents without looking.

Which of these describes the chance that she will take the toy car?​ ​ (a)  

• unlikely
• likely
• impossible
• certain

Karen spins the arrow on this spinner once.

(a)  

• unlikely
• likely
• impossible
• certain

Emma picks two of these number cards.

She adds the numbers on the two cards she picked to get a total.

Which of these totals is impossible for her to get?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which question could Mr Miller have asked?

• How old is your pet?

• How many pets do you have?

• What type of pets do you have?

• What is your pet's favourite number?

Which question is Pam most likely to have asked?

• Why do you listen to music?

• What is your favourite band?

• Do you like listening to music?

• Do you like the band 'Beach Party'?

Mitch tossed a coin 10 times. He got 4 heads and 6 tails. Which of these correctly shows the tally?

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This table shows how 800 students travel to school.

Which of these is true?

• Most students travel by bus.

• More students walk than cycle.

• More students travel by bus than by car.

• More than half the students travel by car.

Students recorded the types of birds they saw in the playground.

The students recorded:

. more silver gulls than any other type of bird

. more lorikeets than magpies

. fewer cockatoos than magpies.

Which table shows the correct tally data for each bird?

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