Experimental Probability
Theoretical Probability
Compound Events
Dependent Events
Who Even Knows Anymore?
100
Sama rolled a dice 15 times, and of those rolls, four were a 6. What is the experimental probability that her next roll is a 6? Write your answer as a fraction, decimal (hundredths place), and percent (nearest percent)
4/15, 0.27, 27%
100
What is the probability of rolling a number less than 6 on a standard number cube? Use impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, or certain.
Likely
100
Leshawn rolls a spinner with 7 equal sections and flips a coin. How many equally-likely outcomes are in the sample space?
14
100
Josh has 10 marbles in a jar. 3 are red and 7 are blue. If he pulls 2 marbles out of the jar, what is the probability that both are red? Write your answer as a fraction, decimal, and percent.
2/30
100
What is the capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
200
Destanie flips a coin 100 times and it lands on heads 65 times. What is the experimental probability that her next flip is a tails?
35/100 or 7/20
200
I own 15 pairs of shoes. 3 are slip-ons, 1 is a pair of tennis shoes, 4 are Converse, and the rest are dress shoes. What is the theoretical probability that I wear either my tennis shoes or dress shoes?
8/15, 0.53, 53%
200
A 4-character code uses only the letters H and A, and each letter can be repeated. What is the probability of the code being HAHA?
1/16
200
Mrs. Bonnett has gloves in a drawer—5 are red, 3 are black, 3 are green, and 4 are blue. If she first pulls out a green glove, what is the probability that the next glove she pulls is a match?
1/7
200
Simplify: -6(5x + 4) + 3
-30x - 21
300
My cat Amelia was watching cars out the window, and she saw 6 green cars, 1 yellow car, 7 red cars, 2 white cars, and 4 black cars. What is the probability that the next car she sees is NOT yellow or red?
3/5, .6, 60%
300
Suppose a solitaire player has played 1,000 games. How many times can we predict that the first card turned over is red?
500 times
300
What is the probability that I roll an even number on a number cube twice in a row?
1/4
300
How can you use note cards to simulate a dependent event?
The exact same way I did it with batteries, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
300
What is the percent increase from 20 to 45?
125%
400
Out of 800 throws at a dartboard, 16% were a bullseye. Assad estimates that in the next 800 throws, about 135 will be a bullseye. Is Assad's estimate reasonable?
Yes, it's only 7 off from 16%
400
A bag contains 6 red marbles, 2 white marbles, and 1 grey marble. Rayna randomly picks out a marble, records its color, and puts it back in the bag. If she repeats this 45 times, how many times can we expect Rayna to draw a grey or white marble?
15 times
400
George Harrison of the Beatles has 6 different shirts, 4 different pairs of pants, and 3 different pairs of shoes. How many different outfits does he have?
72 outfits
400
In a class of 20, 8 are female and 12 are male. What is the probability of picking two students at random and getting 1 male and 1 female?
24/95
400
How many maroon cardigans does Ms. Pond own?
Surprisingly, only 2
500
Office Depot sells spiral notebooks in red, green, blue, or yellow with 100 pages, 150 pages, or 200 pages. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will buy a red notebook with 150 pages?
3/20, 0.15, 15%
500
Draw what a spinner may look like that has 8 equal sections and 3 colors—red, green and yellow. The spinner should be such that you are equally likely to land on green or yellow, but more likely to land on red than the other colors.
It's your picture, Holmes
500
Ian is making a cake. He can choose white, chocolate, or red velvet cake mix, either chocolate or vanilla frosting, and the sprinkles can be red, green, blue, or purple. What is the probability that he makes a red velvet cake with chocolate frosting and green sprinkles?
1/24
500
What is the probability of rolling two number cubes and getting a sum of 4?
1/12, 0.83, 83%
500
What are the other names for the Bass Clef and the Treble Clef?
The F Clef and the G Clef