Impossible, Certain, or Even Chance?
Unlikely, likely, or even chance?
Theoretical Probability
Experimental Probability
Sample Space
100
The sun coming up tomorrow
Certain
100
Landing on heads when flipping a coin
Even chance
100
The odds of rolling a 3 on a six-sided die (fraction)
1/6
100
Find the experimental probability of rolling a 5 if Mr. Rodoreda rolls a dice 25 times and lands on it 8 times.
8/25
100
What is the sample space when flipping a coin
S = {T,H}
200
Rolling a 9 on one six-sided die
Impossible
200
Your name being pulled in the raffle when you only got 1 ticket that week
Unlikely
200
If I flip a coin what is the theoretical probability of getting tails
1/2
200
What is the experimental probability of landing on tails as a fraction if a student flips it 30 times and lands on heads 12 times?
18/30
200
What is the sample space when rolling a 6 sided dice
S = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
300
Mr Rodoreda teaching you on Sunday
Impossible
300
Doing Mathspace on Monday
Likely
300
If I pick a student from this class at random, what are the odds their name starts with an A.
Include people who are away today. There are 33 students in this class.
6/33
Alex, Ally, Angus, Arthur, Amelia, Arya
300
A spinner with sections A, B, C and D is spun 40 times. It lands on A = 8, B = 12, C = 10, D = 10.
What is the experimental probability of landing on B
12/40 or 3/10
300
A spinner has 4 equal sections labelled A, B, C and D. If it is spun once, what is the sample space?
S = {A,B,C,D}
400
Landing on an odd number
Even Chance
400
Pulling out an orange marble
Unlikely
400
The theoretical probability of landing on an even number
4/9
400
A student spins this and records the results:
Yellow, Pink, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Pink, Yellow, Yellow
What is the experimental probability of getting Yellow
5/8
400
What is the sample space when picking a random letter from Woodvale
S = {W,O,O,D,V,A,L,E}
500
Landing on a multiple of 3
Certain
500
Not pulling out an orange marble
Likely
500
What is the theoretical probability of rolling a prime number on a 6-sided dice.
3/6 or 1/2
500
From a bag containing red, blue and green marbles, a student draws a marble, records the colour, and replaces it. After 50 draws they have picked 20 red, 15 blue and 15 green.
What is the experimental probability of NOT getting a red marble
30/50 or 3/5
500
What is the sample space when picking a random letter from my last name
S = {R,O,D,O,R,E,D,A)
OR
S = {R,R,O,O,D,D,E,A}