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Skillo provides free Year 3 NAPLAN Likelihood vocabulary practice (AC9M3P01) for Australian students. No signup, no email, no credit card. Practice questions aligned with the ACARA Australian Curriculum v9.0 strand. Open and start in 10 seconds.

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Year 3 students sitting their first NAPLAN need to be confident with likelihood vocabulary. Identify practical activities and everyday events involving chance; describe possible outcomes as 'likely' or 'unlikely' and identify some events as 'certain' or 'impossible'. Skillo has targeted practice questions for this exact skill, mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0, free and ready to go.

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What does the Year 3 NAPLAN Likelihood vocabulary test cover?

  • Identify practical activities and everyday events involving chance; describe possible outcomes as 'likely' or 'unlikely' and identify some events as 'certain' or 'impossible'.
  • Questions may include word problems set in real Australian contexts
  • Both calculator and non-calculator question types are covered

Try a sample Likelihood vocabulary question

Question 1 — Easy

Priya is playing a game with a fair six-sided die. The die has faces numbered 1 to 6. She has rolled a 6 three times in a row. What is the probability that she will roll a 6 on her next roll?

A) Impossible, because she has already rolled three 6s
B) More likely than before, because a 6 is overdue
C) Equally likely as any other number, because each roll is independent
D) Certain, because she is on a lucky streak

Answer: Option C is correct — A fair die has no memory — each roll is an independent event, so the chance of rolling a 6 is always 1 in 6, no matter what happened before. Option B is the gambler's fallacy: past rolls do not make a future result more likely.

Question 2 — Medium

Priya has a bag with 3 red marbles and 3 blue marbles. She picks a red marble and puts it on the table. She does NOT put it back. She is about to pick again. Which statement best describes the chance of picking another red marble on the next pick?

A) Equally likely — because there are still marbles of both colours in the bag
B) Certain — because she already picked red once
C) Unlikely — because there are now fewer red marbles than blue marbles in the bag
D) Impossible — because she already picked the red marble

Answer: Option C is correct — After Priya removes one red marble, there are 2 red marbles and 3 blue marbles left in the bag. Because there are fewer red marbles than blue marbles, picking red is unlikely but not impossible. Option A is wrong because the marbles are no longer equal in number.

Question 3 — Hard

At the Taronga Zoo, a keeper spins a fair spinner that has 4 equal sections: wombat, kangaroo, koala, and echidna. The spinner has landed on koala three times in a row. What is the probability that the spinner lands on koala on the very next spin?

A) More likely than any other animal, because it has landed on koala three times already
B) Less likely than the other animals, because koala has come up too many times
C) Equally likely as any other animal, because each spin is independent and fair
D) Certain to land on koala, because it is on a winning streak

Answer: Option C is correct — Because the spinner is fair and each spin is independent, past results do not affect future spins. Every section always has the same 1-in-4 chance on every spin, no matter what happened before.

How should my child prepare for Year 3 NAPLAN Likelihood vocabulary?

  1. Select Year 3 and Numeracy on the home screen
  2. Use Quick Practice — questions on likelihood vocabulary will appear as part of the session
  3. Check the Skill Breakdown on your profile to track your accuracy on likelihood vocabulary specifically
  4. Review explanations after each question to understand the reasoning behind correct answers

Skillo is free, requires no email or account details, and is built specifically for Australian students. Every question is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0 and filtered by skill so your child practises exactly what they need.

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