Vocabulary
Basic Probability
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Predictions Using Probabilities
Probabilities in Percent Form
100

This is the likelihood of an event occuring. 

a. chance 

b. probability 

c. percent 

d. independent

What is probability?

100

This is the probability, in simplest form, of rolling an even number on a die 

What is 1/2?

100

You have a complementary angle and one of the angle measures is 50 degrees.  What's the measure of the other angle?

What is 40 degrees?

100

There were 10 people at the park & 4 of them really like the new playground.  If 100 people were asked, how many would you predict will also really like the playground?

What is 40 people out of 100.

10 x 10 = 100, so 4 x 10 = 40

100
This percent represents the probability of rolling a 3 on a ten-sided die.
What is 10%?
200

This the result of an event. 

a. dependent 

b. event 

c. outcome 

d. chance

What is outcome?

200

You and four friends order food at a restaurant. This is the probability that your food will be served first.

What is 1/5?

200

You have a supplementary angle and the angle measure of one angle is 115 degrees.  What's the measure of the missing angle?

What is 65 degrees?
200

If 12 people out of 50 saw the new movie with Reese Witherspoon, how many people out of 150 would you expect to see the movie?

What is 36 people out of 150?

50 x 3 = 150, so 12 x 3 = 36

200
On a spinner with blue, yellow, green, and red sections, this percent represents the probability of spinning blue.
What is 25%
300

The outcome you want is this. 

a. favorable 

b. probability 

c. independent 

d. wanted

What is favorable?

300

This is the probability, in simplest form, of rolling greater than 2 on a ten-sided die numbered 1-10.

What is 4/5?

300

-3 + x > 12  

What is the value of x?

What is 15?

300

If 14 of 60 students are interested in participating in athletics, how many out of 420 would you expect to be interested in athletics?

What is 98 students?

60 x 7 = 420 so 14 x 7 = 98

300
This percent represents the probability of not spinning orange on a spinner with yellow, green, orange, and red sections.
What is 75%
400

There are 2 possible outcomes when flipping a coin. What is the likelihood of these outcomes.

What is equally likely?
400

A bag has seven Snickers and three Milky Way bars. This the probability of pulling out a Snickers?

What is 7/10?

400

3(x + 2) - 8x + 7

Simplify the expression.

What is -5x + 13?

400

For every 75 light bulbs produced at a factory, 2 are defective. In a box of 300 light bulbs, how many would likely be defective?

What is 8 bulbs?

75 x 4 = 300 so 2 x 4 = 8

400
This percent represents the probability of drawing a green marble from a bag with 9 green and 11 black marbles.
What is 45%
500

You have a spinner with equal sections of red, blue, green, yellow and orange. What is the likelihood you will spin purple?

What is impossible?

500
The letters A through I are placed in a bag. This is the probability of drawing D.
What is 1/9?
500

-5m < 30

What is the value of m?

m > -6

Remember, you had to flip the inequality because the coefficient was negative!

500

At the school carnival, Jesse won the balloon dart game 1 out of every 5 times he played. If he plays another 15 times, about how many times can he expect to win?

What is 3 wins?

5 x 3 = 15 so 1 x 3 = 3

500
This percent represents the probability of rolling a 7 on a standard die 
What is 0%?
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