Favorable Outcomes
TP vs. EP
Predicting
EP
100
A spinner has the numbers 1 - 10
LIST the favorable outcomes for choosing an odd number
1, 3, 5, 7, 9
100
Miss Murch found the probability of drawing a spade to be 1/5. Did she find the theoretical or experimental probability?
Experimental Probability
100
A jar contains 3 blue marbles, 2 green marbles, 5 yellow marbles and 6 purple marbles.
Theoretically, if a marble is chosen 125 times, how many times would you expect it to chose a green marble?
16 times
100
John flipped a coin 25 times it landed on heads 16 times and tails 9 times.
What is the experimental probability of John getting tails?
What is the theoretical probability of getting tails?
Experimental: 9/25
Theoretical: 1/2
200
A spinner has the numbers 1 - 10 on it.
How many favorable outcomes are there for choosing a number that is greater than 7?
3
200
What is the theoretical probability of landing on green or blue?
1/2
200
A jar contains 3 blue marbles, 2 green marbles, 5 yellow marbles and 6 purple marbles.
An marble is chosen 40 times and the results of the experiment are shown below:
Blue - 15
Green - 7
Yellow - 8
Purple - 10
Based on the experiment, if a marble is chosen 125 times, how many times would you expect to choose a green marble?
22 times
200
Sally rolled a die 26 times, It landed on: 1 - 7 times, 2 - 4 times, 3 - 3 times, 4 - 6 times, 5 - 3 times, 6 - 3 times.
What is the theoretical and experimental probability of rolling a 4?
Theoretical: 1/6
Experimental: 3/13
300
A spinner has the numbers 1 - 10 on it.
How many favorable outcomes are there for spinning a number that is at most 4?
4
300
What is the experimental probability of landing on green or blue?
3/8
300
Theoretically, if the spinner was spun 250 times, how many times would you expect it it land on yellow?
(spinner is physical spinner shown in class)
36 times
300
Billy reached into a bag of 20 marbles he pulled out 4 red, 3 blue, 7 yellow, and 6 green.
What is the experimental probability of pulling a red?
What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?
Experimental: 1/5
Theoretical: 1/5
400
A spinner has the numbers 1- 10 on it.
How many favorable outcomes are there for spinning a number that is at least 6?
5
400
What is the theoretical probability of not landing on green?
3/4
400
The spinner was spun 50 times and the results are recorded below:
Dark purple - 6
Yellow - 5
Red - 12
Light purple - 8
Light Blue - 10
Green - 9
Based on the experiment, if the spinner was spun 175 times, how many times would you expect it to land on light blue?
35 times
400
A 4 sided spinner was spun 50 times. #1 was landed on 6 times, #2 was landed on 11 times, #3 was landed on 19 times, #4 was landed on 14 times.
What is the theoretical and experimental probability of landing on #4?
Theoretical: 1/4
Experimental: 7/25
500
A spinner has the numbers 1 - 10 on it.
How many favorable outcomes are there for being an even number OR greater than 4?
8
500
What is the experimental probability of not landing on green?
17/20
500
The spinner was spun 50 times and the results are recorded below:
Dark purple - 6
Yellow - 5
Red - 12
Light purple - 8
Light Blue - 10
Green - 9
Based on the experiment, if the spinner was spun 175 times, how many times would you expect it to not land on red?
133
500
Kyle rolls a dice and it lands on 1 - 7 times, 2 - 10 times, 3 - 1 time, 4 - 6 times, 5 - 6 times, and it doesn't land on 6.
How likely is landing on 4?
20%, unlikely