Mathematics 5 curriculum guide 2015 I table of contents acknowledgements

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PROBABILITY
Unit Overview
Focus and Context
Outcomes Framework
Probability is the study of chance. When discussing the likelihood of 
an event occurring, we are discussing the probability that an event will 
occur. 
In this unit, students will identify whether the likelihood of a particular 
single outcome is possible, impossible or certain. They will also consider 
whether one of two possible outcomes is less likely, equally likely or 
more likely to occur than the other.
GCO
Use experimental or theoretical probabilities to represent 
and solve problems involving uncertainty.
SCO 5SP3 
Describe the likelihood of a single outcome occurring, 
using words such as:
• impossible
• possible
• certain
SCO 5SP4 
Compare the likelihood of two possible outcomes
occurring, using words such as:
• less likely
• equally likely
• more likely

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MATHEMATICS 5 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2015
PROBABILITY
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SCO Continuum
Mathematical
Processes
[C] 
Communication 
[PS] Problem Solving
[CN] Connections
[R] Reasoning
[ME] Mental Mathematics [T] Technology
and Estimation
[V] Visualization
Grade 4 
Grade 5 
Grade 6 
Strand: Statistics and Probability (Data Analysis) 
Specific Outcomes 
Specific Outcomes 
Specific Outcomes 
5SP3 Describe the likelihood of a 
single outcome occurring, 
using words such as: 
• impossible 
• possible 
• certain 
[C, CN, PS, R] 
5SP4 Compare the likelihood of 
two possible outcomes 
occurring, using words such 
as: 
• less likely 
• equally likely 
• more likely 
[C, CN, PS, R] 
6SP4 Demonstrate an 
understanding of probability 
by: 

identifying all possible 
outcomes of a probability 
experiment 

differentiating between 
experimental and 
theoretical probability 

determining the 
theoretical outcomes in a 
probability experiment 

determining the 
experimental probability 
of outcomes in a 
probability experiment 

comparing experimental 
results with theoretical 
probability for an 
experiment. 
[C, ME, PS, T] 

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