Theoretical vs Experimental
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100

Will you gain the 200 or lose the 200??

After doing an experiment, Seth counted that he scored 7 baskets out of 10. What is his experimental probability?

7/10

Add 200

100

Will you gain the 200 or lose the 200??

Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green) what is the probability of spinning red?

1/4

Share the lose(chose a team to lose 200 points with you) 

100

The second event is influenced by the first event

Dependent event

100

Will you gain the 200 or lose the 200??

What is the theoretical probability as a percent of flipping "heads" when flipping a fair 2-sided coin?

50%

DUAL: rock paper scissors battle for the 200 points. 

(best 2 out of 3)

100

When is the pizza party?

May 17th

200

Kara wants to pick her crush's name out of a hat to be her lab partner. There are 30 people in her class. What is the probability that she will pick his name?

1/30

200


Will you gain the 400 or lose the 400??

Probability of an even number or a 1

(give as a percent, round to the nearest percent.)

67%

Split the gain(chose one time to gain 200 points with you)

200

Will you gain the 400 or lose the 400??

Events that have no influence on each other

Independent

Lose 400

200


Will you gain the 400 or lose the 400??

Probability of rolling a 5, then a 2 (as a fraction)

1/36

Pick a team to rock paper scissors dual for the 400 points

200

Will you gain the 400 or lose the 400??

Solve for x: 4x=16


x=4

Add 400 points to each team that has the right answer on the secretary paper

300

Will you gain the 600 or lose the 600??

What is the probability, as a percent, of rolling an even number on a six sided die three times in a row?

12.5%

Lose 600 points

300


What is the theoretical probability of picking a purple marble?

2/11

300


Will you gain the 600 or lose the 600??

The ratio of actual outcomes to the total number of possible outcomes in repeated trials

Experimental Probability

Rock paper scissors dual

300

What is the experimental probability of not landing on green as a percent?

85%

300

What is your teachers favorite foods?

Look at the teacher.

400

What is the experimental probability, as a percent, of spinning a green or blue? 

37.5%

400


Will you gain the 800 or lose the 800??

You have a bag of marbles, four red and five green. What is the probability of choosing red, REPLACING IT, then picking a green?

4/9*5/9=20/81

Share the gain with the team with the lowest points (you and the team with the lowest score each get 800 points)

400


Mr. Bakker pulled card for a standard deck of cards and recorded his results below.Mr. Barker found the probability of drawing a spade to be 1/5 or 20%. Did he find the theoretical or experimental probability?

Experimental 

400


Will you gain the 800 or lose the 800??

the probability of flipping a coin to heads, rolling a 7 on a six sided die, then rolling a 3 on a die (as a percent)

0%

Share the lose(pick a team to lose 800 points with you)

400

Will you gain the 800 or lose the 800??

-5x<=34

x>=6.8

Split the lose with the highest team other than you (you and the team with the highest score each lose 400 points)

500


Will you gain the 1000 or lose the 1000??

What is the theoretical probability, as a fraction, of spinning a green or blue?

1/2

Share the gain(you and the team highest score will each get 1000 points)

500

You have a bag of marbles, four red and five green. What is the probability of choosing red, NOT REPLACING IT, then pulling a red again?(answer as a simplified fraction)

4/9*3/8=12/72=1/6

500

Will you gain the 1000 or lose the 1000??

The ratio of the number of ways an event can occur to the total number of equally likely outcomes

Theoretical Probability

Split the gain(you and a team of your choice get 500 points each)

500

Based on the experimental results, if the spinner is spun 160 times, how many times will it land on green

24 times 

6/40=x/160

500

Will you gain the 1000 or lose the 1000??


What is the probability of landing on a green, then pulling a red marble, then spinning not orange?(as a fraction)

15/176

Add 1000

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