Heads or Tails?
Marble Madness
Theoretical or Experimental?
100
You toss a fair coin 75 times. Name the probability of it falling heads.
What is 37 or 38 heads.
100
A bag has 8 marbles in it: 5 red marbles, 1 white marble, 3 gray marbles. Name the probability of pulling a white marble.
What is 1/8?
100
I know the probability of a fair coin is 1/2. If I flip it 30 times, I should get about 15 heads.
What is theoretical?
200
You toss a coin 100 times. Name the approximate amount it will fall heads.
What is about 50 heads.
200
A bag has 8 marbles in it: 4 red marbles, 1 white marble, 3 gray marbles. Name the probability of pulling a red marble.
What is 4/8 or 1/2.
200
If I want to know how many times I will have heads in 30 flips of a fair coin, I will flip it and record the data to find out.
What is experimental probability?
300
You toss a fair coin 500 times. Name the approximate amount is should fall heads or tails.
What is about 250 heads or tails?
300
A bag has 8 marbles in it: 4 red marbles, 1 white marble, 3 gray marbles. Name the probability of pulling a gray marble.
What is 3/8?
300
I do an experiment to find the probability of a certain event.
What is experimental probability?
400
You toss a fair coin 1 million times. Name the approximate amount of times it will fall heads or tails.
What is about 500 thousand heads or tails.
400
A bag has 8 marbles in it: 4 red marbles, 1 white marble, 3 gray marbles. Name the probability of not pulling a white marble.
What is 7/8?
400
I use what I already know about a given event to determine its probability.
What is theoretical probability?
500
Name the probability of a fair coin.
What is 1/2 or 50 percent?
500
A bag has 8 marbles in it: 4 red marbles, 1 white marble, 3 gray marbles. Name the probability of not pulling a gray marble.
What is 5/8.
500
Give an example of theoretical probability.
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