VOCABULARY
SPINNERS
NUMBER CUBES
THEORETICAL PROBABILITY
LIKELIHOOD
100
🎲 A die showing the number 4
The result of rolling this die one time is called a ______.
What is an outcome?
100
What is the probability of landing on green?
What is 2/8 or 1/4?
100
🎲 Showing numbers 1–6
Question:
How many possible outcomes are there?
What is 6?
100
🟡🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵 (6 circles total)
Question:
What is the probability of yellow?
What is 2/6 or 1/3?
100
During math class, Ms. Brown lets students roll a standard number cube to review probability.
The number cube has the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Amari rolls the number cube one time.
❓ Question:
What is the probability that Amari rolls a number less than 7? (Hint: Use a vocabulary word)
Certain
200
🎲 A regular die
“What is the probability of rolling a 7?”
What is impossible?
200
What is the probability of landing on red?
What is 4/10 or 2/5?
200
What is the probability of rolling an even number?
What is 3/6 or 1/2?
200
What is the Probability of picking a yellow one out of the bag?
What is 5/20 or 1/4?
200
During math class, students are practicing probability using a standard number cube.
The number cube has the numbers:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Jaylen rolls the number cube one time.
❓ Question:
What is the probability that Jaylen rolls a 9?
(Hint: Use the vocabulary word)
Impossible
300
An event is the ratio of favorable outcomes to the total number of possible outcomes.
What is theoretical probability?
300
What is the probability of landing on blue?
What is 6/12 or 1/2?
300
How many total outcomes are there when rolling two dice?
What is 36?
300
At the Spring Carnival, students can spin a prize wheel to win a gift card.
The probability of winning a prize is 1/8.
On Friday, 80 students lined up to play the game.
Each student spins the wheel one time.
❓ Question:
Based on theoretical probability, about how many students should we expect to win a prize?
What is 10?
300
At the school fundraiser, there is a prize spinner at the math booth.
The spinner is divided into 8 equal sections:
4 red sections
4 blue sections
Each student spins the spinner one time.
Aaliyah spins the spinner.
❓ Question:
What is the probability that Aaliyah lands on red? (Hint: Use vocabulary words)
Equally likely
400
Landing on red would be described as impossible, unlikely, likely, or certain:
What is likely?
400
What is the probability of landing on green?
What is 2/14 or 1/7?
400
How many ways can you roll a sum of 7?
What is 6 ways?
400
At the school Fall Festival, there is a large prize spinner at the game booth.
The spinner is divided into 16 equal sections.
Only 2 of the sections are labeled “WIN.”
The other 14 sections say “Try Again.”
Each student gets one spin.
Jamal wants to know his chances of winning before he plays.
❓ Question:
What is the probability that Jamal will land on a section labeled “WIN”?
What is 2/16 or 1/8?
400
At the school carnival, there is a large prize spinner at the math booth.
The spinner is divided into 10 equal sections:
7 red sections
3 blue sections
Each student gets one spin.
Malik spins the spinner.
❓ Questions:
What is the probability that Malik lands on red?
Is landing on red unlikely, equally likely, likely, certain, or impossible? Explain.
Likely (red)
500
Landing on blue would be impossible, unlikely, likely, or certain:
What is certain?
500
Dots shown:
🟠🟠🟠🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
Question:
Are these dots fair? Why or why not?
No, because sections are not equal in number.
500
Which sums are least likely to occur?
What are 2 and 12?
500
At the Petersburg Community Fair, there is a popular prize booth where visitors draw a ticket from a large box.
The game organizers know that the probability of winning a prize is 1/6.
On Saturday, 500 people played the game.
Each person played one time.
The fair organizers want to know how many prizes they should be prepared to give away.
❓ Question:
Based on theoretical probability, about how many people should we expect to win a prize?
What is about 83?
500
At the school prize booth, there is a spinner divided into 10 equal sections:
1 green section
9 purple sections
Each student gets one spin.
Sarai spins the spinner.
❓ Questions:
What is the probability that Sarai lands on green?
Is landing on green unlikely, equally likely, likely, certain, or impossible? Explain.
Unlikely (green)