Theoretical
Experimental
Counting Principle
Vocabulary
How Likely is it?
100
The probability the coin will land on heads.
What is 1/2 or 0.5, or 50%
100
The experimental probability of getting heads after Jason flipped a coin 100 times. He got head 48 times and tails 52 times.
What is the 52/100?
100
The number of outcome you have when trying to decide what to pants wear to school. You know you have a green pair of pants, a red pair, and a blue pair.
What is 9?
100
The definition of "theoretical probability."
What is the chance of likelihood of something occurring?
100
The likelihood a coin will land on tails.
What is equally likely?
200
The probability of selecting a jumping horse when riding a merry-go-round that has 32 jumping horses and 16 standing horses.
What is 32/48?
200
The experimental probability Hansen got after 10 spins on a spinner with 2 equal sections, red and blue. He landed on red 4 times and blue 6 times.
What is the 4/10?
200
The number of possible outcomes one a spinner with 8 equal sections.
What is 8?
200
The definition of "experimental probability."
What is the probability that actually occurs.
200
The likelihood a die will land on a 3.
What is unlikely?
300
The probability of rolling an odd number on a regular die.
What is 3/6?
300
After 100 pulls from a bag with the letter tiles A, E, I, O, U on it, the experiment probability of randomly selecting an A with the results are below: A = 16 E = 11 I = 29 O = 19 U = 25 was this.
What is 11/100 or 0.11, or 11%
300
The number of winning combination Amiya and Keyshawn are candidates for class president. Ajaye, Chishon, and Laura are candidates for vice president. How many winning combinations are possible?
What is 6?
300
The meaning in percent of each of these words: certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, or impossible.
Certain would be 100% of the time, likely is anything greater than 50% of the time, equally likely is exactly 50% of the time, unlikely is anything less than 50% of the time, and impossible is anything that has a 0% chance of occurring.
300
The likelihood a die will land on 8.
What is impossible?
400
There are 3 red marbles, 2 green marbles, and 1 yellow marble in a box. One marble is taken out and not replaces. A second marble is then taken out and not replaced. What is the probability both marbles that were taken out are red?
1/5, or 0.20, or 20%
400
Pedro recorded the types of birds that visit his bird feeder. Based on the results below, what is the probability the next bird will be a chickadee? Woodpecker = 3 Chickadee = 5 Cardinal = 1 Sparrow = 13 Blue Jay = 3
1/5, or 0.20, or 20%
400
Ms. French is packing for a trip. She packs a white blouse, a pink blouse, a blue blouse, and a green blouse. She also packs a black suit, a navy blue suit, and a gray suit. What is the probability that the first outfit she wears is the gray suit with a pink blouse?
1 out of 12
400
Define "independent event."
When one event occurs and the item is replaced before the second event occurs.
400
How likely is it that a number cube is tossed and lands on any number 1-6?
Certain
500
Jarvonya spins a spinner with 5 equal sections numbered 1-5 and she spins another spinner with 5 equal sections with the letters A-E. What is the probability she will spin a 4 and a B?
1/25 or 0.04, or 4%
500
A six-sided die is thrown 50 times. Using the list below, how does the theoretical probability of rolling a 3 compare to the experimental probability of rolling a 3? Number on Die How Many Times it Landed on that Number 1 8 2 6 3 7 4 12 5 10 6 7
The theoretical probability is higher than the experimental probability. (Theoretical = 17%, Experimental = 14%)
500
What is the probability of rolling three 4's in a row on a number cube?
1/216
500
Define "dependent event."
When one event occurs and that item is not replaced before the second event occurs.
500
How likely is it that a number cube lands on 2 and a coin lands on heads?
unlikely
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