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Australian Curriculum: Description

This book is a story centered around probability. Ethan goes about his morning routine while his cat friend “odds” teaches him about the probability of choosing two marbles the same colour from a large collection, two matching socks from a small collection and so on.

Teaching ideas

(1) Discuss the history of probability and the mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat; (2) "act out" the probability situations from the story to draw conclusions; (3) conduct similar experiments and record results with and without technologies

Strand	Number Algebra Measurement Space Statistics and Probability Professional Reading Problem Solving
Year	Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 2 Year 3 Year 8 Year 4 Foundation Year Year 1 Year 9 Year 10 Maths A Maths B
Numeracy Strategy	Multiplication and Division Triangle Act it Out Part-Part-Whole Look for a pattern Additive to Multiplicative Thinking Benchmarking See the Parts to match the whole Number Line Tables and Graphs Draw a diagram Visualisation Find the Pattern Draw what you can't see Mental Strategies Various