Probability
Dividing fraction
Samples
Population
Inferences
100
3/5
There were 5 bouncy balls in a jar. 2 of them were tie-dye and the other three were purple. What is the probability that you will get all three of the purple ones?
100
20 parents
20 people brought snaks to a soccer game. The population of parents watching the game was 15. What is the sample of parents who brought snaks to the game?
100
500 people
The total amount of people at a marching competition was 500. 200 of them bought snaks from the stadium. What is the population of people who were at the marching competition?
100
The people who said there were 40 in the box.
There were 50 crayons in the box. 20 people guessed there were 40 in the box and 30 people guessed there were 90 in the box. Which people had the closest inference?
200
15/50
There were 50 total gum balls in the container. 10 of them were purple, 5 of them were blue, 20 of them were yellow and 15 were red. What is the probabilty it will be all of the red ones that you get out of the container?
200
1 3/4 (reduced)
3/4 divided by 3/7 (reduced)
200
30 people
There are 200 people at a festival. 30 of them went out and drove away. What is the sample of people that drove away?
200
7 people
There were 7 people in a dance class. 5 of them were in the team. What is the population of people in the dance class?
200
The 2 people that guessed there were 40 in the container
There were 50 skittles in a container. 5 people guessed how many were in the container. 3 of them said that there were 30 in the bag and the other 2 said there were 40 in the bag. Which of the 5 people had the best inference?
300
1/10 (reduced)
There was a total of 40 gummy bears ina bag. 10 of them were green, 5 of them were yellow, 4 of them were clear, 10 of them were red and the rest orange. What is the probability they will pick the 4 clear ones? Reduced
300
2/3 (reduced both fractions)
5/30 divided by 10/40? Reduced
300
5 people
There were 20 people in a book club. 5 of them picked a really challenging book to read. What is the sample of people that picked a hard book to read?
300
25 people
25 people were in a class. 10 of them were more advanced than the other people. What is the popualtim of people in the class?
300
The 3 people that said 11
There were ten pieces of gum in a case. 8 people guessed how many pieces of gum were in the case. 3 said 11 and 5 said 8. What had the closest inference?
400
5/16
There were 16 M&M's in a bag. Three were blue, two were red, one was orange, five were brown and one was yellow. You pick 5 out if the bag. What is the probability you will get all of the brown in the bag?
400
215/280
10 3/4 divided by 5 3/5? Without reducing
400
Representative sample
There were 400 people at an orchestra concert. 200 of them bought season tickets. What kind of sample is this?
400
1,000 people.
20 people bought VIP tickets for an Ariana Grande concert. There were 1,000 people there. What is the population?
400
The 2 people who guessed 30
10 people tried to guess how many chocolates were in the bag. 2 of them said 30, 5 of them said 40 and 3 people said that there were 10. There were 30 in the bag. Which people made the best inference?
500
2/6
There is a bag of marbles. There are 3 red marbles and 3 yellow marbles. You choose two out of the bag. What is the probability that you will get two yellow marbles.
500
1 17/18
What is 3 1/2 divided by 1 4/5? With NO reducing.
500
30 people
Jill is at work. There are 200 people that work for her. She asked 30 random people how that liked the computers. What is the random sample?
500
300 people
Thee were 300 people at a concert. 15 people asked for an autograph. What is the population?
500
Valid Inference
Someone guesses how many M&M's are in a jar. 10 people guessed that there were 1,000. 12 people guessed 200 and 30 people guessed 500. There was 2,900 were in the jar. What kind of inference did the group of them people make?
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