Coin Flips
6-Sided Dice Rolls
Shooting Free Throws
Choosing Marbles
Five-game Championship Series (First to win 3)
100
The probability that a flipped coin shows "heads."
What is 50% or 1/2
100
The probability of rolling less than a 3 on a six-sided die.
What is 1/3 or 33.33%
100
If you are a 60% free-throw shooter, the probability of missing a free throw.
What is 40%.
100
If there are 3 green marbles, 4 yellow marbles and 5 blue marbles, the probability of choosing a green marble.
What is 3/12 or 1/4 or 25%?
100
If the teams are evenly matched, the probability that the Dragons win the first game.
What is 50%?
200
The probability of flipping heads twice in a row.
What is 25% or 1/4.
200
The probability of getting a sum of six when rolling two dice.
What is 5/36?
200
If you are a 60% free throw shooter, the probability of making two free throws in a row.
What is 36%?
200
If there are 3 green marbles, 3 yellow marbles and 3 blue marbles, the probability of choosing a green marble twice in a row (you put the green marble back after choosing it the first time.
What is 1/9?
200
If the Dragons win the first game, the probability they will also win the next two games.
What is 25%?
300
The probability that a penny flipped three times will land heads up exactly twice.
What is 3/8 or 37.5%?
300
The probability of rolling a 7 or an 11 when rolling two dice.
What is 8/36 or 2/9 or 22.22%
300
If you are a 60% free-throw shooter, the probability of making the first free throw and missing the second.
What is 24%?
300
If there are 3 green marbles, 4 yellow marbles and 5 blue marbles, the probability of not choosing a green marble.
What is 75% or 3/4 or 9/12?
300
The probability that the series will go more than three games?
What is 75%?
400
The probability that four coin flips does *not* produce 2 heads and 2 tails.
What is 10/16 or 5/8 or 62.5%?
400
The probability of rolling "doubles" (same number on both dice) when rolling two dice.
What is 1/6 or 16.67%
400
If you are a 60% free throw shooter, the probability of missing three free throws in a row.
What is 6.4%?
400
If there are 2 green marbles, 2 yellow marbles and 4 blue marbles, the probability of choosing a green marble and then a yellow marble (you put the green marble back after the first choice).
What is 1/16?
400
If the Dragons win the first two games, the probability that they will win the series.
What is 7/8 or 87.5%?
500
In a game in which you toss three coins, you win $10 if the coins all match (3 heads or 3 tails) and lose $5 if the coins do not all match. If you play 8 times, how much will you expect to win or lose?
What is losing $10? (would win 10 x 2 = 20, but lose 5 x 6 = 30)
500
If you win $10 for rolling a 7 total (two dice) but lose $10 for rolling a 2,3,11 or 12, the amount you would expect to win or lose after 20 rolls.
What is $0.
500
If you are a 60% free throw shooter, the number of points you will score on average each time you are in a one-on-one free throw situation.
What is .96?
500
If there is 1 green marble, 1 yellow marble and 3 blue marbles, the probability of choosing two blue marbles (you choose them at the same time).
What is 6/20 or 3/10 or 30%?
500
The probability that the series will go five games.
What is 12/32 or 3/8 or 37.5%
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