Mathematical tasks on Probability in 6th-grade Middle School textbooks approved by the PNLD 2024

Mathematical tasks (TM) are present in teaching materials and are widely used by teachers. They come in various types and serve different purposes during class. The study aimed to understand the role of TM proposed by textbooks (LD) for teaching Probability in the 6th grade of Middle School, as approved by the PNLD 2024. Using a qualitative approach, thirteen collections were examined, identifying the number of TM on Probability and analyzing the potential (or lack thereof) of some of them. The results reveal the predominance of TM with low cognitive demand, with a scarce presence of open proposals and an absence of investigative TM. The analysis highlights conceptual and methodological gaps that limit the development of students' probabilistic literacy. As a result, there is a need to reconfigure the tasks in the textbooks, with greater emphasis on contextualized and investigative proposals.