Likelihood worksheets with bags of marbles

What is on this worksheet

Students look at a bag of marbles and circle whether picking a color is certain, likely, unlikely or impossible.

• Pictures: Bags of marbles only

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About certain, likely, unlikely, impossible

Each picture shows a spinner or a bag of marbles and names one color. Students decide whether landing on or picking that color is certain (every part is that color), likely (almost all of it), unlikely (only a small part) or impossible (none of it).

The pictures never show an in-between case such as exactly half, so each question has one clear answer. Colors are shown with a small key under every picture, and the black and white edition uses gray tones and stripes with the same names.

Printing

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