Definitions
Theoretical and Experimental
Theoretical vs. Experimental
Independent Compound Events
100
______________ describes how likely it is that an event will happen based on all possible outcomes.
What is theoretical probability
100
Lucinda has 5 yellow pencils, 6 blue pencils, and 9 green pencils. What is the probability that she will pick a yellow pencil?
What is 1/4
100
I flipped a coin 20 times. I landed on heads 7 times. Compare theoretical and experimental probability of landing on heads.
What is theoretical is less than experimental.
100
What is the probability of rolling a 6 on a die, then an even?
What is 1/12.
200
The result of an action.
What is an outcome.
200
On a recent day, a mechanic found that out of 126 fenders, 7 had cracks. What is the probability that a car will have cracks?
What is 1/18
200
3 blue chips 5 green, and 5 yellow chips are placed in a bag. When I draw 13 times my results are as follow: yyyyggybbyyby. Compare theoretical and experimental probability of landing on green.
What is theoretical is greater than experimental.
200
David is painting a bird house. He can choose red, green, dark blue, or yellow for the main color of the birdhouse and white or tan for the trim color. What is the probability that David chooses to pain the bird house yellow with white trim?
What is 1/8.
300
Events that are not dependent on each other.
What is Independent Evens.
300
Lucinda has 5 yellow pencils, 6 blue pencils, and 9 green pencils. What is the probability that she will pick a green or blue pencil?
What is 3/4.
300
Caden rolls a die 24 times. The number 5 is rolled 7 times. What is the experimental and theoretical probability of rolling a 5?
What is experimental: 7/24, theoretical is 1/6
300
What is the probability of a family with 3 children having all daughters?
What is 1/8.
400
Probability based on experimental data.
What is experimental probability.
400
Every day, a teacher randomly selects a row of students to organize the classroom. There are six rows of of students. What is the probability that any row will be selected.
What is 1/6.
400
A student rolls a die 24 times and lands on 3 four times. Compare theoretical and experimental probability.
What is they are equal.
400
Jimmy tosses a coin and a die at the same time. What is the probability that he lands on heads and a number greater than 2?
What is 1/3.
500
Events that occur back to back.
What is Compound Events.
500
Suppose you surveyed the students in your class on their favorite juice flavors. Their choices were 6 apple, 10 orange, 1 grapefruit, and 3 mango. Find P(orange).
What is 1/2.
500
A four color spinner is divided evenly between red, blue, black, and green. The spinner is spun 100 times. The spinner lands on red 20 times. Compare the theoretical and experimental probability of landing on red.
What is theoretical is greater than experimental.
500
Sally is drawing pencils from a bag then replaces them. There are 2 green, 3 white, and 5 blue. What is the probability that she chooses a green, then a green?
What is 1/25.
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