Probability with a Deck of Cards
Probability with Dice
Theoretical vs.
Experimental
Experimental
Probability Potluck
Compound Probability
100
Probability of drawing a 2 (as a percent)
19%
100
the probability of rolling a 2 (give answer as a fraction)
1/6
100
Mr. Barker found the probability of drawing a spade to be 1/5 or 20%. Did he find the theoretical or experimental probability?
Experimental Probability
100
Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green) what is the probability of spinning red?
1/4 or 25%
100
Leslie is rolling a number cube. The faces of the number cube are labeled 1 to 6. If Leslie rolls the number cube 2 times, what is the probability that he will get a 2 on both rolls?
1/36
200
Probability of drawing the Queen of Hearts?
1/52
200
Probability of an even number or a 1
(give as a percent)
67%
200
Probability of flipping heads twice in a row (as a fraction)
1/4
200
You have a bag of marbles, four red and five green. What is the probability of choosing red?
(4/9) or 44%
200
Bruce has a penny and a nickel. Bruce will flip each coin. What is the probability as a decimal that he will get a heads on both coins?
0.25
300
Probability of drawing a 2,3 or 4 (as a fraction)
3/13
300
Probability of rolling an 8 on a single die
0
300
What is the theoretical probability of landing on green or blue?
1/2 or 50%
300
Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green), the probability of spinning red then blue (as a fraction)
1/16
300
Dixie has a bag of coins. The bag contains 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 3 pennies. She will randomly choose a coin from the bag, NOT replace it, and then choose another coin. What is the probability that Dixie will choose a nickel and then a penny?
3/15 or 1/5
400
Probability of pulling any 4 OR a heart (as a fraction)
4/13
400
probability of rolling a 5, then a 2 (as a fraction)
1/36
400
What is the experimental probability of landing on green or blue?
3/8 or 38%
400
the theoretical probability of rolling a one THEN picking a red card out of a deck of cards
1/12 or 8%
1/6 * 1/2 (half of cards are red so 1/2)
400
Ms. Vallejo has these cans of soup in her cabinet.
1 can of tomato soup
4 cans of chicken soup
3 cans of cheese soup
2 cans of beef soup
Ms. Vallejo will randomly choose one can of soup. Then she will put it back and randomly choose another can of soup. What is the probability that she will choose a can of tomato soup and then a can of chicken soup?
1/25
500
the probability of flipping a coin to heads, then rolling a 3 on a die (as a fraction)
1/12
500
the probability of rolling a six then a number less than 3 (as a fraction)
1/18
500
What is the theoretical probability of not landing on green?
3/4 or 75%
500
What is the theoretical probability of picking a purple marble?
2/11 or 18%
500
Dixie has a bag of coins. The bag contains 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 3 pennies. She will randomly choose a coin from the bag, replace it, and then choose another coin. What is the probability that Dixie will choose a nickel and then a penny?
1/6