: Pëke Pïni — Bag of Beans
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Approach: One to one    
Focus: Probability. 
Resources: Bag of beans: 8 blue, 8 green, 8 orange, recording book.
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Questions/instructions:



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Take beans out of bag, and place on the table.
Ringitia ngä pïni ki runga i te tëpu.
   
1.

I want you to choose 6 beans to put back into the bag. Choose them so that I would always pull out a green bean if I put my hand in to take one out.

Mäu e köwhiri kia 6 ngä pïni, ka whakahoki ki roto i te pëke. Köwhiria, kia taea e au te tango mai he pïni käkäriki i ngä wä katoa.

6 green beans in bag
83
55
Place all beans on the table.
Ringitia ngä pïni katoa ki runga i te tëpu.
2.  

This time choose 8 beans to put back in the bag. Choose them so that I would have a 50 percent chance of pulling out an orange bean.

Inäianei köwhiri kia 8 ngä pïni ka whakahoki ki roto i te pëke. Köwhiria, kia taea e au te tango mai he pïni ärani i te 50 % [50 örau] wä.

4 orange beans and 4 other beans
72
25
Commentary:
Because of difficulties with communicating the statistical concepts in Mäori, comparisons of performance are not appropriate.
 
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