Demystifying - Sample space diagrams

Drills

The grid displaying every outcome of two events, one axis per event.

Author note — to cover

Construct the grid for two events with one axis per event: totals, differences and products of two dice, or two spinners; every cell one equally likely outcome. Question types: complete and count the grid. Both tiers. Probabilities follow on the sibling page; experiments with more than two stages need tree diagrams. (P6, P7)

  • Fluency — direct questions on sample space diagrams, limited to this lesson's stated scope (4 questions).
  • Application — use the same skill in unfamiliar or contextual questions without introducing a later method (4 questions).
  • Check — questions built around the exclusions and likely misconceptions named in the lesson brief (4 questions).

The test

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Where to go next

The method this drill practises is taught on Sample space diagrams.