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Probability LanguageSEAG Practice Questions

Using words to describe probability: impossible, unlikely, uncertain, even chance (fifty-fifty), likely, certain, and fair.

Where your child meets this in real life: Weather forecasts, discussing chances of events, understanding risk

What your child needs to know

SEAGReady breaks probability language into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.

  1. 1

    Certain and Impossible

    Identify events that are certain (will definitely happen) or impossible (cannot happen)

  2. 2

    Likely and Unlikely

    Distinguish between likely (probably will happen) and unlikely (probably won't happen) events

  3. 3

    Even Chance and Fair

    Identify even chance (fifty-fifty) situations and explain what makes a probability experiment fair

Try these SEAG-style questions

Three free sample questions from our probability language course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.

Question 1Confidence builder

Jacob picks one marble from the bag without looking. Is picking a blue marble certain, likely, or impossible?

A bag containing 8 blue marbles and no other colours.
Answer choices for question 1
Question 2Confidence builder

The spinner has equal sections. Is spinning red likely, unlikely, or even chance?

A spinner with 8 equal sections: 7 red and 1 blue.
Answer choices for question 2
Question 3Confidence builder

Aoife flips the fair coin shown. Is getting heads likely, unlikely, or even chance?

A fair coin has two equally likely outcomes: heads and tails.
Answer choices for question 3

Try the lesson: Certain and Impossible

This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.

Olivia has a bag containing 10 green marbles. There are no other colours in the bag.

Is picking a green marble certain, likely, or impossible?

10 green, 0 other

Check what can happen
1

Every marble in the bag is green

Step 1 of 4

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Olivia has a bag containing 10 green marbles. There are no other colours in the bag.

Is picking a green marble certain, likely, or impossible?

  1. 1

    Check what can happen

    • Every marble in the bag is green
    • There is no way to pick anything except green
  2. 2

    Decide on the probability word

    • If it MUST happen every time, it is certain
    • Picking green is certain

Picking a green marble is certain because every marble is green.

The key insight: Certain means it will happen every single time, with no exceptions!

Common mix-up: Saying 'likely' because there are lots of green marbles. Likely means it will probably happen. Certain means it MUST happen. With only green marbles, there is no chance of anything else.

Mistakes to watch for

These are the misconceptions we see most often in probability language, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.

  • Confusing unlikely with impossible
  • Thinking 'likely' means 'will definitely happen'
  • Not understanding that probability is about chance, not certainty

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