Theoretical Probability
The probability as a percentage that I win in a rock-paper-scissors game?
33%
The probability as a fraction of it raining if it did NOT rain in 10/15 days.
5/15 or 1/3
The number of items you would list in the first column of a tree diagram if you want to find how many outcomes you could get by rolling a die twice.
6
The probability (in a word) that I will be able to fly tomorrow.
Impossible
The probability as a fraction of being born in September
1/12
The probability as a fraction that I land on an odd number on a spinner with 11 spaces?
2/20 or 1/10
The amount of total possible outcomes if the tree diagram looks like this: (*show picture*)
The probability (in a word) that next month will be July
Certain
The probability as a fraction of getting a pizza with meat on it if there are 3 pepperoni's, 2 Hawaiian's, 4 veggie's, and 4 meat-lovers
The probability as a fraction that if you randomly pick a sports item out of 4 basketballs, 5 soccer balls, 2 baseballs, and 3 hockey pucks that it will be in the shape of a ball
The probability as a decimal of landing on tails if I get 15/25 flips on tails.
0.6
The probability as a fraction of getting BOTH Heads on the coin AND an even number on the die (*show diagram*)
4/12 or 1/3
The probability (in a word) that a girls name will be picked in a draw with a class that has 14 girls and 14 boys.
Even chance
Come up with ANY type of probability question, GO!
*answers will vary*
The probability as a percentage that you select a card with a Club on it in a full deck of cards.
25%
0.16
The probability as a percentage of getting pink in at least one of the spins (*show diagram*)
55.55%
The probability (in a word) that you win money on a Scratch & Win card
Unlikely
The probability as a percentage of pulling out an even number from a full deck of cards
38.46% or 38.5%
The probability as a decimal of pulling a King or a Queen with the suit as Hearts or Diamonds in a full deck of cards
0.077 (will accept 0.07, 0.08, or 0.0769)
The probability as a percentage of winning games if the Toronto Raptors have 58 wins and 24 losses.
70.7% or 70.73%
The total possible outcomes that include pop if we can eat 5 types of sandwiches and have 4 types of drinks (with the drinks being water, coffee, coca-cola, and root beer).
10
The probability (in a word) that it will be cloudy at least one day this week.
Likely
The probability as a decimal of having a birthday in a month with 31 days
0.5833 repeating or 0.58