The results of a probability experiment can be referred to as this.
What is experimental probability?
A cup has sticks numbered 1 through 13. What is the probability of an odd number?
What is 7/13?
A coin and a die are both rolled. What is the probability of flipping tails and an even number?
What is (1/2 * 1/2 =) 1/4?
How many ways can you choose 2 dishes out of 8?
P(8,2)=8 * 7 =
What is 56 ways?
What is experimental probability?
What is the outcome when an experiment is completed.
A bag contains marbles; 3 red, 2 green, 5 yellow, 8 black, 4 purple. The probability of drawing a yellow marble and then a black marble and is it independent or dependent
5/22 * 8/21 =
What is 20/231 and dependent?
The result of an event.
What is the outcome?
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 (2/10 * 4/10 =) 8/100 or 2/25?
How many different ways can 5 airplanes be arranged at 5 gates?
P(5,5) = 5*4*3*2*1 =
What is 120?
A boy tosses a coin and gets heads 7 times out of 20. Is this theoretical or experimental?
What is experimental?
Flipping a coin and if it is tails rolling a die for 4 or greater. The probability and whether it is independent or dependent.
1/2 * 1/2 =
What is 1/4 and dependent
What is expected/ predicted to happen in a probability question, in theory, according to the math.
What is theoretical probability?
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 probabilty of spinning a number less than 7?
What is 6/10 or 3/5?
A drawer contains 4 white, 4 black, 2 yellow, and 5 polka-dot socks and Julie 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 (2/15 * 1/14 =) 2/210 = 1/105?
If eight runners are in a race, how many different ways are there for the top three runners to cross the finish line?
P(8,3) = 8*7*6
What is 336
The probability of drawing a face card from a standard deck of cards is 3/13. Is this theoretical or experimental probability?
What is theoretical?
Flipping a coin followed by flipping another coin. The probability and independent or dependent.
1/2 * 1/2=
What is 1/4 and independent?
Two (or more) events that do not effect each other.
What is independent events?
A drawer contains 20 socks: 8 blue, 4 green, 6 black, and 2 white. What is the probability of picking out a blue sock?
What is 8/20 or 2/5?
A blue number cube and an orange number cube are rolled. What is the P(3, then even)?
What is (1/6 * 1/2 =) 1/12?
(the colors are extraneous information)
If you have 6 books to choose from, how many groups of 3 books can you select?
6C3 = 6P3 / 3! = 6*5*4 / 3*2*1 = 20
What are 20 groups of books?
A heart is randomly chosen from a deck of cards 7 out of 12 times. What is the experimental probability?
What is 7/12?
Selecting from 20 named sticks from a cup with replacement. Probability of selecting Elliott and then Caroline and is it independent or dependent.
1/20 * 1/20 = (with replacement!)
What is 1/400 and independent?
The use of multiplication to find the total outcomes possible.
The Multiplication Principle
A class has 20 boys and 12 girls. What is the percent chance that the teacher 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 number cube is rolled. What is the P (not blue and not a 3)
What is (3/4 * 5/6 =) 15/24 or 5/8?
If there are 20 students in a class, how many table groups of 4 students can you make?
C(20,4) = P(20, 4) / 4! = 20*19*18*17 / 4*3*2*1
= 4,845
What are 4,845 table groups.
A heart is randomly chosen from a deck of cards 7 out of 12 times. What is the theoretical probability?
What is 1/4?
5 unique bunnies in a bag. The probability that a black bunny will be pulled out once the white and the spotted one have been pulled out... and is it independent or dependent.
1/5 * 1/4 * 1/3 =
What is 1/60 and dependent?