Experimental and Theoretical
Independent and Dependent Events
Simple Probability
Predictions/Simulations
Mystery
100
The type of probability that describes what ACTUALLY happens.
What is experimental?
100
Fill in the blanks:
When one event does NOT impact the second, the two events called ____________ events, but when one event DOES impact the second, these events are called ___________.
What is independent, dependent?
100
The letters of the word probability are placed in a bag. The probability of picking a b is...
What is 2/11?
100
Three out of every 5 customers who walks into a bank are male. Predict the number of female customers who visit the bank if there are 150 total customers on a given day.
What is 60?
100
A dice is rolled and a coin is flipped. Draw a tree diagram to represent the sample space.
Another option was to have 1-6 at the top/left and two branches coming from each number labelled H and T.
200
The type probability that describes what SHOULD happen.
What is theoretical?
200
9 blue, 3 red, 4 white marbles are in a bucket. A marble is chosen, not replaced, then another one is chosen. The probability of choosing a white then a red is...
What is 1/20?
200
A bag contains 5 red chips, 7 blue chips, and 4 green chips. The simplified probability of choosing a green chip is...
What is 1/4?
200
A 7th grade student asks his homeroom class if they prefer A lunch or B lunch. 12 students choose A lunch and 18 students choose B lunch. Predict the total number of 7th graders at the school if 96 7th graders prefer A lunch.
What is 240?
200
A spinner is equally divided into 8 sections numbered 1-8. The probability of spinning a number less than 5 is...
What is 1/2?
300
The theoretical probability of rolling a 2 or 5 on a number cube. Simplify if needed.
What is 1/3?
300
Balls are placed in a bucket. The balls are numbered from 1 to 15. One ball is randomly selected from the bucket, replaced, then another ball is selected. The probability that #3 is chosen two times in a row is...
What is 1/225?
300
In Mrs. Smith's class there are 14 boys and 12 girls. The probability of NOT selecting a girl is...
What is 7/13?
300
A bag of marbles contains 7 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. If you draw from the bag 400 times, replacing after each draw, you can expect to draw a blue marble _________ times.
What is 145?
300
Determine whether the events below are independent or dependent.
1) 12 students want to play football. A captain is chosen, then a co-captain is chosen.
2) Two marbles are chosen from a bag.
3) A spinner is spun twice.
What is dependent, dependent, independent?
400
A coin is flipped and the results are shown:
Heads - 27
Tails - 18
Find the experimental probability of the coin landing on heads. Simplify if needed.
What is 3/5?
400
A dice is rolled three times in a row. The probability of rolling a 2, then an odd number, then another 2 is...
What is 1/60?
400
The probability of an event NOT happening is called its _____________.
What is complement?
400
A box of iPads contains 28 devices. When it arrives, 4 devices have a crack in the screen. If you receive 14 boxes, how many can you expect to have a crack in the screen?
What is 98?
400
A coin is flipped 6 times. What are the chances the coin lands on tails every single time?
What is 1/64?
500
A 5-section spinner is spun and the results are shown:
Red - 4 Blue - 7 Green - 11 Pink - 8 Black - 5
What is the DIFFERENCE between the theoretical probability of spinning black and the experimental probability of spinning black? (HINT: you need to subtract two fractions)
What is 2/35?
500
3 red, 5 blue, 8 green, and 2 yellow chips are placed in a bucket. You choose a chip three times in a row without replacing them. The probability that you choose a red OR a blue, then a green, then a yellow is...
What is 4/153?
500
The numbers 1-15 are placed in a bag. The probability that a number divisible by 3 is chosen is...
What is 1/3?
500
5 out of every 8 students at AMS rides the bus. Predict the number of total students who do NOT ride the bus if there are 736 students at AMS.
What is 276?
500
One in seven passengers at an American airport are from out of the country. If there are 500 people at the airport, a reasonable prediction for the number of American passengers is...
What is 429?