A) Vocabulary
the list of all possible outcomes
What is the sample space?
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?
The place in a Venn Diagram where you find the solution to an "and" probability
Where is the center or the overlapping section
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?
The place you look in a two way table to find the total for a simple probability.
What is the bottom right corner?
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.
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?
Using the Venn Diagram on the side board, the answer to the question The probability that someone prefers mustard or ketchup on their hotdog.
What is 38/50?
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?
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)
Using the Two way table on the side board. The answer to the question, probability of ketchup given that child.
What is 13/30?
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 30 named sticks from a cup with replacement. Probability of selecting Sophia and then Varsha and is it independent or dependent.
1/30 * 1/30 = (with replacement!)
What is 1/900 and independent?
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?
Using the tree diagram on the side board, the answer to the question probability that Bob will be late.
What is 53%?
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 grey bunny will escape once the white and the spotted one have escaped ...and is it independent or dependent.
1/5 * 1/4 * 1/3 =
What is 1/60 and dependent?