Experimental Probability & Simulations
MacKenzie has a bag of jelly beans. She removed one jelly bean, recorded the color, then put it back in the bag. (Eww.) She repeated the process several times and recorded her results in the list below:
Green - 12
Red - 10
Yellow - 18
What is the probability that MacKenzie will draw a red jelly bean next?
1/4 or 0.25 or 25%
(10/40 also ok)
When rolling one 6-sided die, what is the likelihood of rolling a 4?
(likely, unlikely, certain, impossible, or neither likely or unlikely)
unlikely
Dallas is playing a game that involves rolling a 6-sided die, then flipping a coin. The only winning combination is rolling a 6 and flipping tails. What is the probability of winning?
1/12
We're fleeing the Zombie apocalypse! There's a nearby warehouse with 3 fridges in it. Each fridge has a 50% chance of containing edible food. Describe a simulation you could use to find the probability of at least one fridge containing something you can eat!
Roll 3 dice, evens are edible food
Spin 3 spinners... etc.
Kiki's class has 40 students in it. (Yikes!) Her teacher, Ms. Ladybug, calls on kids by drawing sticks with students' names on them. She draws about 24 names per day. How many times can Kiki expect to be called on in a 5-day week?
About 3 times per week.
Dallas is playing a game in which she flips a coin three times. She wins all the jellybeans if she flips 1 Head and 2 Tails.
What is the probability that Dallas wins this game?
3/8 or 37.5%