Experimental
Probability
Compound Probability I
Compound Probability II
Misc. Probability
Vocabulary and Misc.
100
Given a 6 sided dice, this is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
What is 2/6 or 1/3.
100
Mary has a box of markers containing a blue, red, green, yellow, orange, black, brown, and purple. If she takes a marker and does not return it, this is the probability of getting a green then a blue.
What is 1/56
100
Jon tosses a coin and rolls a dice, this is the probability of getting a heads and a 2.
What is 1/12.
100
The probability of randomly choosing a vowel from the alphabet.
What is 5/26?
100
The measure of how likely an event is to occur.
What is probability?
200
This is the experimental probability of getting a heads if you toss a coin 50 times and you get heads 32 times.
What is 32/50 or 16/25.
200
This is the probability of having your name drawn second from a cup of 10 names where each student's name is only put in once and every time a name is drawn, it is removed from the cup.
What is 1/90
200
Karen tosses a nickel, dime and quarter. This is the probability of getting a heads on all three coins.
What is 1/8.
200
The probability of choosing a starburst out of a bag of candy that has 4 laffy taffies, 2 pink starbursts, 3 tootsie rolls, 5 red starbursts, 9 lollipops, 4 yellow starbursts, and 17 life savers.
What is 11/44 or 1/4
200
Choose impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely or certain to describe the event: You roll a 9 on a standard number cube.
What is impossible?
300
What is the theoretical probability of spinning an A on a spinner divided into four pieces with A in 2 spots, B in one spot and C in one spot.
What is 2/4 or 1/2.
300
The teacher places each letter in the word PROBABILITY on a tile. This is the probability of getting a B not returning it and then a Y.
What is 1/55.
300
A spinner has 20 equal spaces numbered 1-20. A second spinner has 2 equal spaces labeled A and B. This is the probability of landing on an even number on the 1st spinner and an A on the second spinner.
What is 1/4.
300
The probability of picking a spade from a deck of cards.
What is 13/52?
300
You have an 11% chance to win a prize at the fair. Write this probability as a fraction and decimal.
What is 11/100 and .11
400
If you roll a dice 120 times, how many times would you expect it to land on a 4?
What is 20 times.
400
There are 24 socks in a sock drawer. 1/3 of the socks are black, 10 are blue and the rest are white. If Paul picks a sock and doesn't return it, this is the probability that he will pick 2 black socks.
What is 7/69.
400
Joe is in a race with 5 runners where each runner has an equally likely chance of winning. He is also in a swimming race with 5 swimmers where each swimmer has an equally likely chance of winning. This is the probability of winning the running race and the swimming race.
What is 1/25.
400
The probability that it will rain on both days if the chance of rain Wednesday is 30% and the chance of rain Thursday is 50%
What is 15%?
400
The chance of rain is 33% on Tuesday, 45% on Wednesday, and 35% on Thursday. On which day is it most likely to rain?
What is Wednesday?
500
If you toss a coin 4 times, this is the probability of getting a heads all 4 times.
What is 1/16.
500
There are 30 gumballs in a machine. 1/2 are red. Of the remaining gumballs 1/3 are blue, 4 are yellow and the rest are white. What is the probability of getting a white eating it and then a blue gumball,
What is 1/29.
500
A spinner has 20 equal pieces numbered 1-20. A second spinner has 10 equal pieces numbered from 100 to 1000 in multiples of 100. This is the probability of getting a multiple of 10 on the first spinner and a multiple of 500 on the second spinner.
What is 1/50.
500
The chance that it will rain every day of the weekend if the chance of precipitation on Friday is 75%, 85% on Saturday, and 15% on Sunday
What is 9.56%?
500
At Hamburger Hut, there is a 25% chance of getting a plastic dinosaur cup and a 35% chance of getting a plastic rabbit cup. You could also win a plastic snake cup. If those are the only three prizes, what is the chance of winning a snake cup?
What is 40%?
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