Simple Probability
Compound Probability
Simple & Compound
Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
There is a bag of 10 marbles which has 5 green and 5 blue. What is the probability of pulling out a green marble?
What is 5/10 OR 1/2
100
10 marbles. 4 are blue, 5 are white, and 1 is yellow P(yellow then blue) without replacement
What is 4/90
100
There are 12 marbles. 5 yellow, 6 blue, and 1 red
What is P(yellow)?
What is 5/12
100
When there are two events in probability ________ (add, subtract, multiply, divide) the probability of each event
What is multiply
100
Your test is on Wednesday, true or false?
What is true
200
The word VOWEL is spelled out on 5 pieces of paper and put into a jar. What is the probability of pulling out a vowel?
What is 2/5
200
20 socks 4 are blue, 10 are red, and 6 are green P(both blue) with replacement.
What is 16/400 or 1/25
200
There are 13 marbles. 4 red, 5 yellow, 4 blue. What is the probability of getting yellow then blue, without replacement?
P(yellow then blue)=
What is 20/156
200
What do you call the list of all of the possible outcomes of a probability event.
- theoretical probability
- sample space
- percent
- irrational
What is sample space
200
Turn this number into a percent:
5/15
What is 33.3333...%
300
What is the probability of pulling out a vowel from a bag full of letters from the CLASSROOM?
What is 3/9 or 1/3
300
Tim rolls two normal 1-6 numbered dice.
P(2 and 3)
What is 1/36
300
John pulls from a bag full of letters that has 1 Y, 1 X, and 1 Z.
If John picks out TWO letters from the bag one at a time, what is the sample space of all combinations he could get?
What is YX, YZ, XY, XZ, ZY, ZX
300
These are the three ways to write sample space
What is tree diagram, list, and table
300
What always goes in the denominator of the fraction for probability?
What is total
400
Johnny has 10 socks. 5 are blue, 3 are black, and 2 are grey. What is the probability of pulling out a black sock?
What is 3/10
400
Joe has a bag of marbles, and they're are 20 total marbles. 5 are green, 10 are blue, and 5 are yellow. What is his probability of pulling out a blue marble and then a black one?
What is 0
400
John has a spinner with 12 equal sections on it. 6 of the sections are blue and 6 are red. What is the probability that he will roll a 6-sided die and land on a 1 and then land on red on the spinner?
P(1 and red)
What is 6/72 or 1/12
400
What kind of number do you use for probability?
a. decimal
b. fraction
c. even number
d. mixed number
What is fraction
400
Probability can be written as a _________ (choose 3).
decimal, percent, irrational number, fraction
What is decimal, percent, and fraction
500
Peter rolls a single die. What is the probability that he will roll a 5?
What is 1/6
500
The word HALFTIME is written on pieces of paper and put into a bucket. If John draws a paper from the bucket twice, what is the probability that he pulls out a vowel and then the letter H? Without replacement
P(vowel & H)
What is 3/56
500
Tim has a spinner with 12 equal sections labeled 1-12. He also has a normal die. What is the probability that he will land on a 2 on the spinner, and then roll a 3 on the die?
What is 1/72
500
What type of probability occurs when there are two or more events?
(simple or compound)
What is compound probability
500
What does P(2 and 3) mean in a sentence?
What is the probability of getting a 2 and a 3