Simple Events
A cup has sticks numbered 1 through 13. What is the probability of an odd number?
What is 7/13?
A coin and a D6 are both rolled. What is the probability of flipping tails and a number greater than 4?
What is 1/6?
If James made 14/20 free throws, how many could you predict he would make if he shot 30?
What is 21
A coin lands on tails 6 out of 10 times. What is the experimental probability of getting tails
What is 3/5
A bag contains marbles; 3 red, 2 green, 5 yellow, 8 black, 2 purple. The probability of drawing a yellow marble and then a black marble without putting the first marble back.
What is 1/10
A spinner has 6 equal sections, red, blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink. What is the probability that the spinner will land on yellow?
What is 1/6?
A bag contains the following marbles: 4 red, 2 green, 3 yellow, and 1 orange. What is the probability that a green then a red will be picked, if the marble is replaced for the second draw.
What is 2/25?
Franklin surveyed 12 students and 8 wanted longer lunches. Based on this data how many students out of all 300 at the school would want longer lunches?
What is 200
A coin lands on tails 6 out of 10 times. What is the theoretical probability of getting tails?
What is 1/2
A drawer contains 4 white, 4 black, 2 yellow, and 5 polka-dot socks and Taylor wants to find a pair of yellow socks to wear to school. What is the probability that she will choose a pair of yellow socks in her first two picks if she doesn't replace the sock she draws first.
What is 1/105?
A spinner has 10 equal sections, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10. If the spinner is spun, what is the probability of spinning a number less than 7?
What is 3/5?
Flipping a coin on tails then rolling a D6 4 or greater.
What is 1/4
James has scored a goal in 2 of his first 5 soccer games. If the season is 30 games, how many goals can you predict he will score?
12
A spinner with 4 even sections, blue, red, yellow, and orange, landed on blue 8 of 20 spins. What is the experimental probability of spinning NOT blue.
What is 3/5
A box of crayons has 3 yellow, 4 blue, and 5 green. If you take out 2 crayons without putting the 1st one back, what is the probability you get a blue then a green?
What is 5/33?
A drawer contains 20 socks: 8 blue, 4 green, 6 black, and 2 white. What is the probability of picking out a blue sock?
2/5
A blue D6 and an orange D6 are rolled. What is the P(3, then even)?
What is 1/12?
(the colors are extraneous information)
If 1 out of 5 students get the flu each year, how many students out of 90 would you expect to get the flu?
What is 18?
A spinner with 4 even sections, blue, red, yellow, and orange, landed on blue 8 of 20 spins. What is the theoretical probability of spinning NOT blue.
What is 3/4
A box of pizza contains three cheese slices, seven pepperoni slices, and five supreme slices. Paris randomly chooses a slice, eats it and then reaches in for another random slice. What is the P( cheese then supreme)?
What is 1/14
Ms. Rippel and Ms. Roszkowicz's class has 20 boys and 12 girls. What is the percent chance that they will choose a girl to answer a question?
What is 12/32 = 37.5%?
A spinner with equal sections of red, blue, green, and purple is spun while a D6 is rolled. What is the P (not blue, and not a 3)
What is 5/8?
If 2 out of 7 people are left handed, how many people out of a group of 203 would you expect to be left handed?
What is 58?
A dice is rolled 18 times. 4 times the dice lands on 6. What is the difference between the theoretical probability and the experimental probability of getting a 6?
What is 1/18
If a box of cookies has 5 raisin 4 sugar and 2 chocolate, and you eat 2 cookies randomly, what is the probability both cookies were chocolate?