Chance
Theoretical
Experimental
Experimental or Theoretical?
Random
100
Rolling a 5 is unlikely (True/False)
True
100
The probability of being born on a Tuesday
1/7
100
When a coin is tossed 10 times, the heads come up 4 times. What is the experimental probability of getting a head ?
4/10
100
A six sided die is rolled 100 times.
Experimental
100
Give an example of an event that is certain.
Multiple answers
200
Chance of obtaining a number 7 on a 6 sided die
Impossible
200
Probability of rolling an even number on a 6 sided die
1/2
200
A 6 sided die is rolled 10 times and the outcomes are;
2, 4, 5, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 5, 1
What is the experimental probability of getting an even number?
4/10
200
The probability of getting heads when flipping a coin is 50%
Theoretical
200
There are 70 marbles in a bag.
15 are blue, 30 are red, 20 are orange and 5 are yellow.
What is the probability you would pick an orange marble in simplest form?
2/7
300
Chance of rolling a number smaller than 5 on a 6 sided die
Likely
300
What is the probability of selecting a vowel ?
5/26
300
A marble is selected at random from a bag of 100 marbles (red, green and blue) and the results are Red - 32, Green - 45 and Blue - 23
What is the probability of not getting a Red marble?
68/100 or 17/25
300
The probability of getting a 4 on a 6 sided number cube is 1/6
Experimental
300
There are 75 marbles in a bag.
15 are blue, 30 are red, 20 are orange and 5 are yellow.
What is the probability you would pick a yellow or blue marble in simplest form?
20/75 or 4/15
400
Draw a spinner using blue, red and green colours to match the description below:
Green is likely, blue is unlikely and red is impossible
400
Consider the spinner shown
What is the probability of not getting Red ?
2/3
400
There are 400 raffle tickets in a competition. Jenny buys 8 tickets. What is the probability that she wins first prize? (Give your answer in decimals)
0.02
400
Fifty students were surveyed on whether they liked Dogs or Cats as a pet. What is the probability of students who like dogs.
12 + 11 = 23
23/50
400
What is the probability of students who like Maths but not Science (from the Venn Diagram)
21/50
500
Draw a spinner using blue, red and green colours to match the description below:
Red is twice as likely as green, blue and green are equally likely
500
What is the probability of drawing a letter from the word "WEIGHT" which is also in the word "FLIGHT"
4/6
500
A jar of lollies contain 5 red, 4 green, 8 yellow and 3 blue lollies. Kim selects a lolly from the jar at random. What is the probability of getting a traffic light colour lolly?
17/20
500
Fifty students were surveyed on whether they liked Dogs or Cats as a pet. What is the probability of students who like cats or are boys.
12+4 + 15 = 31
31/30
500
What is the probability of students who like Maths or Science but not both (from the Venn Diagram)
33/50