Probability Words Card Sort

Start with Certain, Likely, Unlikely or Impossible to build the vocabulary, then move to Probability on a Scale From 0 to 1. Use Probability Words Card Sort as a review, since each word gets exactly four cards.

Sort 16 lettered cards under impossible, unlikely, likely or certain, from an 85% chance of sun to P = 0. The directions on the page read: Decide whether each card is impossible, unlikely, likely or certain. Write the card's letter in a box under that word. Each word gets four cards. The page opens with a worked example, and an answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade probability, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with understanding probability. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

An unlikely event has a probability between 0 and 1/2. Picking green from 3 green and 10 yellow marbles is unlikely, since the probability is 3 out of 13.

A certain event has a probability of 1, and an impossible event has a probability of 0. Rolling a number less than 7 on a number cube is certain.

Find each player's probability of winning. The game is fair when both players have the same chance, as on the Fair or Not Fair worksheet.

Yes. All 5 worksheets in this group have answer keys.