What is uncertainty?

Uncertainty is when you don’t know exactly what will happen next, it’s like guessing which hand a toy will pop out from.

Imagine you have two hands, and someone hides your favorite snack in one of them. You don’t know if it's in the left or right hand. That’s uncertainty, you’re not sure, but there are only a few possibilities.

Think about rolling a dice. Before you roll it, you don’t know if it will land on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. That’s uncertainty too. It's like having six possible answers, and you just don’t know which one is going to happen.

When you’re waiting for the school bus, you might not know if it will come early or late, that’s also uncertainty. You can plan for both possibilities, but until the bus shows up, you're guessing!

Sometimes uncertainty feels like a game, and sometimes it feels like waiting for something exciting to happen, either way, it's just not knowing what comes next! Uncertainty is when you don’t know exactly what will happen next, it’s like guessing which hand a toy will pop out from.

Imagine you have two hands, and someone hides your favorite snack in one of them. You don’t know if it's in the left or right hand. That’s uncertainty, you’re not sure, but there are only a few possibilities.