Probability Terms
Comparing Probabilities
Finding Probabilities
Making Predictions
Miscellaneous
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What does certain mean?
Always.
100
Is it more likely that you will eat 10 ice-creams this evening or that you will do your homework.
You will do your homework.
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You have two red marbles and three blue ones. What is the probability of picking out a red one?
2/5
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What was our conclusion from the tossing the chip experiment?
Each color had a probability of 1/2.
100
What is an outcome?
The results of an experiment.
200
What is the difference between likely and unlikely?
Likely means it will probably happen, whereas something unlikely will probably not happen.
200
You have a ten cards numbered 1 through 10. What is more likely: You get an even number or you get a number bigger than 2?
You get a number bigger than 2.
200
A piggy bank contains 7 dimes, 5 nickels, and 10 quarters. What is the probability of shaking a quarter out of the bank?
10/22 = 5/11
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A spinner has 3 even numbers and 5 odds. Keira wins with an even number and Jack with an odd one. Is this game fair? Who has more chances of winning?
No, Jack has more chances of winning.
200
What is probability?
The chances of something happening.
300
If you toss a coin, is it certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, or impossible that you will get heads?
Equally likely.
300
We have a bag with two red marbles, ten blue ones, and a black one. Which color marble is most likely going to be picked out?
Blue.
300
You put the letters of CONNECTICUT in a bag. What is the probability of getting an C?
What is 3/11.
300
Give me an example of a fair game played by two people.
Different answers.
300
You pick a marble out of a jar with 3 purple ones, 2 green ones, and 1 yellow one. How many outcomes are there?
Three.
400
We roll a dice. Is it certain, likely, unlikely, equally likely, or impossible that we will get a number lower than 10?
Certain.
400
What does the sum of the probabilities of the different possible outcomes always equal?
One, or the whole.
400
A bag contains 7 red, 4 green, 5 yellow, 8 brown, and 2 blue candies. What is the probability you will pull out a brown or yellow candy?
12/26 = 6/13
400
If we spin a spinner thirty times, and it comes up as green 9 times, blue 11, and purple 10. What is the prediction?
They are equally likely.
400
What are three different things that need to be included in a bar graph?
Title, labels, scale, bars.
500
We have a bag with 10 marbles. 2 are black, 5 are white, and 3 are red. Is it certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, or impossible to get a white or a black?
Likely.
500
If you have 10 cards numbered 1 through 10, getting a number bigger than 8 is _______ than getting a number lower than 8.
Less likely.
500
You have a deck of cards. What is the probability that you will pull out an ace?
4/52 = 1/13
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A spinner has the numbers 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 14. Keira wins with an even number and Jack with an odd one. How could we make this game even?
By having Jack win with a number lower than 10 and Keira with a number higher than 10.
500
What is an experiment?
An activity which produces different outcomes.
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