The probability of getting yellow with this spinner.
1/4 or 0.25 or 25%
Different colored cubes are in a bucket. There are Red, Yellow and blue cubes. During a class experiment each student draws a cube at random. Altogether the class draws 20 cubes. A red cube is drawn 8 times, a yellow cube is drawn 2 times, and a blue cube is drawn 10 times. Based on the experiment what is the probability pf drawing a blue cube?
1/2, 50%, or 0.5
You roll a fair six-sided number cube. What is the probability you roll a number less than 3?
1/3, 2/6 or equivalent
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 0.6666, or 66.666%
The following spinner was spun 12 times. with the data showing below.
According to the experiment above what is the probability of spinning yellow?
0%, or 0
What is the number of possible outcomes for spinning one spinner with 3 equal sections and another spinner with 5 equal sections?
15 possible outcomes
A jar contains 5 purple, 7 red, and 3 yellow marbles. What is the probability that you would NOT draw a purple marble?
2/3 or equivalent
Maria is flipping a coin and spinning a spinner. The spinner has 4 equal sections labeled A-D. What is the probability the coin will land on heads and the spinner will land on the letter "A"?
1/8 or 0.125, or 12.5%
A letter tile is randomly selected from a bag, recorded, and replaced 100 times. The results are listed below. What is the experimental probability of selecting the letter "E"? A = 16 E = 11 I = 29 O = 19 U = 25
11/100 or 0.11, or 11%
Danika has scored a goal at 6 out of the last 10 lacrosse games. Based oh Danika's record What is the probability that Danika will score a goal at the next game?
60% or 6/10 or 0.6
Describe the difference between events that are certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, or never going to happen.
Certain would be 100% of the time, likely is anything greater than 50% of the time, equally likely is exactly 50% of the time, unlikely is anything less than 50% of the time, and never is anything that has a 0% chance of occuring.
There are 3 red marbles, 2 green marbles, and 1 yellow marble in a box. The probability of picking a green marble.
1/3, or 0.3333, or 33.3333%
Pedro recorded the types of birds that visit his bird feeder. Based on the results below, what is the probability the next bird will be a chickadee? Woodpecker = 3 Chickadee = 5 Cardinal = 1 Sparrow = 13 Blue Jay = 3
1/5, or 0.20, or 20%
You roll a number cube once and then roll it again. What is the probability you will roll a 4 both times?
1/36
What is the total number of choices possible when you choose one item from each category? 3 desserts, 2 drinks, 5 vegetables.
30
Jarvonya spins a spinner with 3 equal sections numbered 1-3 and she spins another spinner with 4 equal sections with the letters A-D. What is the probability she will spin a 3 and a B?
1/12 or equivalent
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? Number on Die 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%)
Babe Ruth had a 0.34 batting average. How many hits would you expect him to get at 50 at bats?
17 hits
You toss a fair-sided coin TWO times AND then toss a fair-sided die. What is the probability that you toss heads, tails, and NOT a 3?