Vocabulary
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Probability Scale
Theoretical Probability
Advanced
Experimental Probability
50
The likelihood or chance of some event happening.
What is Probability?
50
What is the name of the Principal of Piara Waters Senior High School?
Who is Ms Carol Daniels?
50
Using the Probability Scale below, state the chances that the day after Monday will be a Tuesday.
What is Certain?
50
If a fair die is rolled, state the probability as a fraction that the number 2 is rolled.
What is
1/6?
50
The probability of a train arriving on time is 19/32 . What is the probability that it will not arrive on time?
What is
13/32?
50
A spinner is spun 10 times and the colour shown is recorded:
blue, blue, green, red, blue, green, blue, red, blue, blue
How many times was green shown?
What is 2?
100
Two words to describe when the chances of something happening is at 50%.
What is Even Chance?
100
Who are the two students who were called to demonstrate a pretend fight during the Police Talk?
Who is IBK and Jasleen?
100
Using the Probability Scale below, state the chances of throwing a coin and it landing on Tails.
What is fifty-fifty or 0.5?
100
If a fair die is rolled, state the probability as a simplified fraction that an even number is rolled.
What is
1/2?
100
An 8-sided dice (numbered 1 to 8) is rolled. What is the probability of rolling less than 5?
What is
1/2?
100
A spinner is spun 10 times and the colour shown is recorded:
blue, blue, green, red, blue, green, blue, red, blue, blue
What is the experimental probability of green being spun? Write your answer as a fraction.
What is 2/10 or 1/5? ?
150
The word to describe when there is no chance of something happening.
What is Impossible?
150
Which country is Ms Ramalingam originally from?
What is Malaysia?
150
The following events are shown with their probabilities:
Event A: 0
Event B: 0.9
Event C: 1
Event D: 0.5
Which is more likely to happen - Event B or Event D?
What is Event B?
150
If a fair die is rolled, state the probability as a fraction that a number less than 5 is rolled?
What is 4/6 or 2/3?
150
An 8-sided dice (numbered 1 to 8) is thrown. What is the probability that a number greater than 8 is rolled?
What is
1/8?
150
A coin is tossed 10 times and the result shown is recorded below:
Head, Tail, Tail, Head, Head, Tail, Head, Tail, Head, Head
What is the experimental probability of head appearing? Write your answer as a decimal.
What is 0.6?
200
The word to describe when an event is definitely going to happen.
What is Certain?
200
Name the student who celebrated Eid-Al-Fitri (Hari Raya) (or Muslim celebration) in Term 1.
Who is Imran?
200
The spinner is spun and could land with the pointer on any of the four sections. Answer True or False.
Red and Blue are equally likely outcomes.
What is True?
200
If a fair die is rolled, state the probability as a percentage that the number 8 is rolled.
What is 0%?
200
An 8-sided dice (numbered 1 to 8) is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number that is divisible by 3?
What is
1/4?
200
A coin is tossed 50 times and the results are shown in the table below:
What is the experimental probability of getting a head? State your answer as a decimal.
What is 0.54?
250
The name given to describe a possible result of a probability experiment.
What is Outcome?
250
Which week of Term 1 was Harmony Week held?
What is Week 7?
250
What are the possible outcomes of choosing a letter from the word MATHS?
What is M, A, T, H and S?
250
The letters of the word PIANO are written on 5 cards and then one card is drawn from a hat at random.
Determine the Pr(the letter A is chosen), writing your answer as fraction.
What is
250
Alice threw a coin many times and the following results was shown:
What is the relative frequency of tossing heads?
What is
59/100?
250
A coin is tossed 50 times and the results are shown in the table below:
Using your answer for calculating the experimental probability of getting a head, calculate the expected number of heads you would get if you tossed this coin 700 times? State your answer as a decimal.
What is 378 (0.54 x 700)?
300
The name given to describe the list of all possible outcomes.
What is Sample Space?
300
What is the name of the Sergeant who gave the Police Talk in Week 9?
Who is Sergeant Filter?
300
State the three different ways of calculating probabilities.
What is fractions, decimals and percentages?
300
A fair die is rolled.
State the probability that a 5 is not rolled, writing your answer as fraction.
What is 5/6?
300
Alice threw a coin many times and the following results was shown:
How many heads would you expect to get in 200 tosses of the coin?
What is 118?
300
Using theoretical probability, calculate the expected number of heads you would get if you tossed a coin 700 times?
What is 350?