Significance & Likelihood
Estimating Likelihood
Expected Value
Expecting the Unexpected
Pop Culture
100

What's the likelihood and significance of the following event?

A 3-pack-a-day smoker contracting cancer.

What is "High likelihood, high significance"?

100

Probability of rolling a 6 on a dodecahedron

What is 1/12?

100

What is expected value?

What is the average of results if the experiment was conducted many times.

100

What's the probability that I roll 5 sixes?

What is 1/7776 or .00012

100

Miss Merino's favorite animal

What is cows
200

The probability of a storm surge shutting down Holden High School is 0.

What describes the likelihood?


What is impossible

200

There are 53 R&B songs, 25 Latin songs, and 45 Alternative songs on Miss. Merino's playlist.

What's the probability that the next song is an R&B song?

What is 53/123?

200

What field studies risks and expected value?

Actuary

200

You have 3 red marbles, 8 blue marbles, and 12 green marbles. What's the probability of drawing a green marble on your first draw, putting it back, and then drawing a red marble?

(12/13)(3/23) = 36/529 or .068

200

What cryptocurrency is a meme?

What is dogecoin?

300

If the probability of identity theft is 29/38, what's the likelihood of this occurrence?

What is more likely?

300

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What's the probability that a randomly selected person in the age group 30-49 is voting other?

52/453 or .1147 or 11.5%

300

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FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INSURANCE COMPANY

$370

300

You roll a six-sided die twice. What's the probability that neither roll is even?

(3/6)(3/6) =.25

1 -.25 = .75

300

Best selling manga of 2020

What is Demon Slayer

400
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What best describes this situation?

What is low likelihood, high significance?

400

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What’s the probability that a randomly selected sophomore said yes?

What is 36/313, or .1150, or 11.5%

400

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What is -$502.17 and $502.17

400

You have a spinner with 4 yellow regions, 2 pink regions, and 14 blue spaces. What's the probability that neither spins on a pink region?

(2/20)(2/20) = .01

1 - .01 = .99

400

This Disney movie won an Oscar for best-animated feature

What is Soul

500

Give an example of something that has a high likelihood and low significance.

Miss Merino must accept your answer.

Ex. Driving to Warrensburg from Holden and losing cell phone signal.

500

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What’s the probability that a randomly selected day in April will be greater than or equal to 1.0-1.9 inches of precipitation?

What is 26/30?

500

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Apple is bringing back the iPods! Which model should Apple develop?

iPod B

500

You draw a card from a standard deck of cards (52), replace it, and then draw another card. What's the probability that neither of the cards are clubs?

(39/52)(39/52) = .5625

1 - .5625 = .4375

500

Directed "US," "Get Out," and was in the skit "Substitute Teacher"

Who is Jordan Peele?
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