Vocabulary
The set of outcomes not included in the event.
What is the complement?
Flipping Heads on a fair coin once, and rolling a 4 on a fair dice.
What is 1/12?
As you increase the number of ______, the ______________ gets closer to the ________________.
What is:
trials
experimental probability
theoretical probability?
Describe the probability that measures the likelihood that you flip Heads on a fair coin.
What is "as likely as not"?
A bag contains 5 red marbles and 15 blue marbles. Frank selects a marble at random. What is the probability that he selects a red marble?
The set of all possible outcomes.
What is the sample space?
Flipping Tails.
What is 1/2?
A jar contains 5 cherry cough drops, 12 grape cough drops, 3 lime cough drops, and 4 lemon cough drops. You pick a lime cough drop.
What is 1/8?
Find the complement of picking a red Jack from a standard deck of cards.
What is 50/52, or 25/26?
Drake rolls two fair number cubes. What is the probability that the roll values will have a sum greater than 1?
What is 1 (100%)?
The formula for the probability of an event.
What is P(A) = the number of times the event can occur/the total possible outcomes?
Jared has 4 coins. He wants two to land on Heads and the other two to land on Tails.
What is 1/16?
A doctor's office records data and concludes that, on average, 11% of their patients call to reschedule their appointments. What is a reasonable prediction that shows how many appointments will be rescheduled if there are a total of 264 appointments next week.
What is 29-30 appointments?
Joshua tossed 2 coins three times. On toss 1, one coin landed on Heads and the other landed on Tails. On toss 2, both coins landed on Tails. On toss 3, the first coin landed on Tails, and the second landed on Heads. On both toss 4 & 5, the coins landed on Heads. State the experimental probability that both coins land on the same side.
What is 3/5?
You roll a number cube 150 times, with all sides having the number 3. Theoretically, how many times can you roll a 3?
What is 150?
Simulation
What is the model of an experiment?
Rolling two fair number cubes and both land on 8.
What is 0?
A high school claims that it accepts 19% of applicants. If there were 300 applicants, predict how many will be accepted.
What is 57 applicants?
Describe the probability that shows the likelihood of rolling two numbers cubes and the sum is 3.
What is "unlikely"?
Margaret spins a spinner with three equal sections. The colors included are blue, red and yellow. What is the theoretical probability that she spins blue?
What is 1/3?
The outcome of an event.
What is the result?
Rolling two dice and both landing on a number greater than 3.
What is 1/6?
An airline claims that 99% of their flights are on time. If there are 20,500 flights a year, predict how many will be on time.
What is 20,295 flights?
A spinner has three unequal sections: green, blue, and pink. Martha spins pink 12 times, spins green 4 times, and spins blue 4 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on each color?
What is:
- 12/20 = 3/5 (pink)
- 4/20 = 1/5 (green)
- 4/20 = 1/5 (blue)
There is a spinner with 12 equal sections labeled 1 through 12. What is the probability of landing on the number 4 in percent form?
What is 8.3%?