Theoretical Probability
If you were to roll a six-sided die, what is the theoretical probability that you will roll a 4 or greater?
3/6 or 1/2 or equally likely or 50%
A spinner has 3 equal sections, one section is red, another section is purple, and the last section is yellow. What are the possible outcomes?
Red, Purple, and Yellow.
A bag contains 5 red counters, 4 blue counters, and 3 yellow counters. What is the theoretical probability of picking a blue counter?
4/12 or 1/3 or unlikely or 33%
Someone who was advertising a restaurant made 100 phone calls and got 20 new customers. What is the relative frequency of getting a customer?
20/100 or 1/5 or 20%
What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 2 or less on a six-sided die OR picking a 10 or greater in a deck of 12 cards?
7/12 or likely or 58.33%
A coin is tossed 10 times, it lands on heads 3 times. What is the experimental probability of flipping a head?
3/10 or 30%
What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 6 on a six-sided die AND picking an 8 or less in a deck of 20 cards?
8/120 or 1/15 or unlikely or 6.667%
You spin a spinner 6 times with 5 equal sections labeled 1 through 5. You land on 5, four times. Land on 2, one time. And land on 3, one time. What was the experimental probability of you landing on 5?
4/6 or 2/3 or 66%