Hasaan has a spinner with 5 equal sections, each a different color. After only 10 spins, the pointer had landed on red 40% of the time. After a whopping 1,000 spins, the pointer landed on red only 22% of the time. How can Hasaan account for this change in experimental probability?
As the number of trials increase, the experimental probability reaches closer to the theoretical probability.
Mrs. Harrison spins the spinner below and flips and flips a coin. What are the chances she will land on A and flip a heads?
1/16, 0.0625, 6.25%
The classic wood carousel at Carousel Park in Hampton, VA has 32 jumping horses and 16 standing horses. What is the probability of randomly selecting a jumping horse?
2/3 or 0., o67r 67%
7/10, 0.7, 70%
Aubrey spins two spinners - one with two equal color sections and four equal sections letters A-D. What are the chances she will land on C and Red?
1/8, 0.125, 12.5%
Mrs. Gray rolls a 6-sided cube and spins a 4 section spinner with A-D. What are the chances she will roll a 3 and land on B?
1/24, 0.0417, 4.17%
A package of M&Ms contains 4 blue, 3 yellow, 2 green, and 1 red candy. One M&M is chosen and eaten. Then another M&M is chosen. What is the probability of randomly selecting first a yellow M&M and then a red M&M?
1/30, 0.03, 3%
A six-sided die is thrown 50 times. Using the list below, how does the theoretical probability of rolling a 3 compare to the experimental probability of rolling a 3? How Many Times it Landed on that Number: 1-8; 2-6; 3-7; 4-12; 5-10; 6-7
The theoretical probability is higher than the experimental probability. (Theoretical = 17%, Experimental = 14%)
A package contains 6 blue pencils, 10 yellow pencils, 4 green pencils, and 5 red pencils. One pencil is drawn and not put back in the package. Then another pencil is drawn. What is the probability of selecting first a green pencil and then drawing a blue pencil?
1/25, 0.04, 4%