Vocabulary
Probability Problems
Theoretical Problems
Experimental Problems
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Definition of Probability.

What is probability is the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

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What is the probability of Greg pulling a yellow sheet out of a stack of papers. The sheet contains 50 red sheets, 9 yellow sheets, and 20 blue sheets.
What is 9/79,0.11,11% chance of pulling a yellow sheet. It is unlikely.
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A jar contains 5 blue marbles, 5 pink marbles, 6 purple marbles. What is the theoretical probability of getting a pink marble.
What is 5/16.
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What is the experimental probability of rolling a two on a number cube.
What is 1/6,0.17,17% chance.
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A jar contains 8 blue marbles, 5 red marbles, 1 white marble, and 6 purple marbles. What is P(purple)
What is 3/10,0.30,30% chance. Unlikely.
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The definition of a simple event.

A simple event is an event that consists of exactly one outcome.

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What is the probability of pulling a blue marble out of a jar. The jar contains 10 blue marbles, 9 yellow marbles, and 5 red marbles.
What is 10/24, 0.42, 42%? It is unlikely.
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The theoretical probability of rolling a 2 on a number cube
What is 1/2, 50%, and 0.5
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The experimental probability of rolling a 4 on a number cube.

What is 1/6, 0.17,17%.

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A jar contains 8 blue marbles, 5 red marbles, 1 white marble, and 6 blue marbles. What is P(Red or Blue)?
What is 13/20,0.65,65%. Likely
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The definition of an outcome.

What is the way a thing turns out.

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 The probability that you roll a 5 on a number cube.
1/6,017,17% that you will roll a 5. It is unlikely.
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The theoretical probability of rolling a 6 on a number cube.
what is 1/6,0.17,17% chance.
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Sammy made 10 out of 15 shots in basketball. What is the experimental probability? 

What is P(shot)= 10/15= 2/3, .666, 67%

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A jar contains 8 blue marbles, 5 red marbles,1 white marble, and 6 purple marbles. What is P(not red)
What is 3/4, 0.75,75. Likely
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The definition of Theoretical.

What is the likeliness of an event happening based on all the possible outcomes. 

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The probability you pull a red pencil out of a pencil holder then pull a yellow, with replacement. The pencil holder contains 3 red pencils, 5 yellow pencils, and 9 pink pencils.
What is 15/289,0.05, 5% chance. It is unlikely.
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The theoretical probability of Harry rolling even numbers on a number cube 45 times out of 100.
What is 45/100,0.45,45%. It is unlikely.
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A number cube is rolls 24 times and lands on 2 four of those times and on 6 three times. What is the experimental probability? 

What is 3/24=1/8

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What are the P(6 or 3) on an number cube.
What is 2/6,0.33,33%. Not likely.
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The definition of Experimental Probability.

What is the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials or times the activity is performed.

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The probability that you pull a yellow card out of the jar and then a green one, without replacement. The jar contains 17 yellows, 35 greens, and 14 blues.
What is 119/858,0.14, 14% chance. It is unlikely.
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As the number of trials increases, the experimental probability...
What is gets closer to the theoretical probability.
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Jacob rolled a number cube 15 times and rolled a two six of those times. What is the experimental probability?

P(2)= 6/15=0.4 2/5     0.4, 6/15=2/5.

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What is the P(8) on a number cube.
0/0,0.0,0%. Impossible
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