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Make a Gumnut Chance Spinner (Cut & Spin)

A make-it chance spinner for C6 chance lessons. Students cut out a spinner divided into coloured sections and make a pointer, then spin repeatedly to run a chance experiment and tally results. Includes teacher notes and prediction tasks. Printable.

Ollie the owl pointing.

"Make a spinner and test your chance ideas!" says Ollie. Cut out the spinner and the arrow, then push a split-pin through the arrow and the centre so it spins.

Cut out the spinner

browngreenbrownbrown

Cut out the arrow

Predict, then test

1. Which colour is the spinner most likely to land on? Why?

2. Predict: out of 20 spins, how many will be brown?

3. Spin 20 times and tally.

ColourTally
Brown
Green

4. Did your results match your prediction? Why might another go give different numbers?