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GCSE Mathematics8300

SpecificationPlanning resourcesTeaching resourcesAssessment resourcesKey dates
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Specification at a glance
3.0 Subject content
3.1 Number
3.2 Algebra
3.3 Ratio, proportion and rates of change
3.4 Geometry and measures
3.5 Probability
3.6 Statistics
4.0 Scheme of assessment
5.0 General administration
Appendix: mathematical formulae
GCSE Mathematics Specification for first teaching in 2015

GCSE Mathematics Specification for first teaching in 2015

09 Dec 2014

PDF | 807.43 KB

3.5 Probability

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record, describe and analyse the frequency of outcomes of probability experiments using tables and frequency trees

  

Notes : probabilities should be written as fractions, decimals or percentages.

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apply ideas of randomness, fairness and equally likely events to calculate expected outcomes of multiple future experiments

  

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relate relative expected frequencies to theoretical probability, using appropriate language and the 0 to 1 probability scale

  

P4

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apply the property that the probabilities of an exhaustive set of outcomes sum to 1

apply the property that the probabilities of an exhaustive set of mutually exclusive events sum to 1

  

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understand that empirical unbiased samples tend towards theoretical probability distributions, with increasing sample size

 

P6

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enumerate sets and combinations of sets systematically, using tables, grids, Venn diagrams

including using tree diagrams

 

P7

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construct theoretical possibility spaces for single and combined experiments with equally likely outcomes and use these to calculate theoretical probabilities

  

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calculate the probability of independent and dependent combined events, including using tree diagrams and other representations, and know the underlying assumptions

 

Notes : including knowing when to add and when to multiply two or more probabilities.

P9

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calculate and interpret conditional probabilities through representation using expected frequencies with two-way tables, tree diagrams and Venn diagrams

3.4 Geometry and measures
3.6 Statistics
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