Outcome
What Outcome means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Outcome
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
One possible result of an experiment or sequence of choices.
One possible result or choice permitted by the problem.
One possible individual result of a trial.
Topics that use Outcome
- Number - Structure and calculation (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Probability (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Sample space
- Systematic list
- Systematic listing
- Base
- bias
- cancelling common factors
- Circumference
- Conditional probability
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