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100

In a bag there are 14 green marbles, 6 yellow marbles, 6 red marbles, 10 blue marbles, and 4 purple marbles. What is the probability of choosing a color with exactly six letters?  Name this type of probability, spelled correctly.

theoretical probability

100

In a bag there are 14 green marbles, 6 yellow marbles, 6 red marbles, 10 blue marbles, and 4 purple marbles. What is the probability of choosing a color with exactly six letters?  (answers as a percent)

25%

100

What is the probability of drawing a Black, Even Numbered Card from a standard deck of shuffled cards?  (answers as a percent)

19%

100

If the probability of an event happening is 3/7, what are the odds of the event happening?  (answers in colon form)

3:4

100

Given that events “A” and “B” are independent, P(A) = 0.70, and P(A and B) = 0.28,  what is P(B)? 

(give answer in decimal form)

.40

200

Rachel flipped a coin 50 times and heads occurred 32 times.  Based on those results, what is her probability of getting heads on the next flip?  Name this type of probability, spelled correctly.

empirical probability

200

A bag contains 8 red marbles, 7 blue marbles, 3 black, and 7 green marbles. You choose one marble from the bag. What is the probability that you will choose a red marble?  (answers as a percent)

32%

200

1 card is drawn at random from a standard deck of cards, what is the probability that the card is a heart?  (answers as a percent)

25%

200

If the odds of an event happening are 6:11, what is the probability of it happening?   (answers in fraction form)

6/17

200

A Weather Forecaster predicts that there is an 70% chance of rain on Saturday and a 40% chance of rain on Sunday.  If these probabilities are correct, what is the probability that it DOESN’T rain at all on the weekend?  (answer in % form)

18%

300

An analyst is asked the probability of the S&P 500 will hit all-time highs in the coming months. The analyst looks at past trends and current market conditions and estimates that the probability of the S&P 500 will hit all-time highs at 20%.  Name this type of probability, spelled correctly.

subjective probability

300

A bag of skittles has 6 lemon, 5 grape, 7 orange, and 4 lime skittles.  What is the probability of randomly pulling a skittle out and have it NOT be orange?  (answers as a percent)

68%

300

Two cards are drawn sequentially from a shuffled deck without replacement.  What is the approximate probability both drawn cards have Letters on them?  (answers as a percent)

9%

300

If the odds of an event happening are 4:1, what is the probability of the event happening in % form?

80%

300

A bag contains 12 red chips, 8 white chips, and 10 blue chips. A chip is selected and then replaced. Then a second chip is selected. Find probability that a red chip followed by a blue chip is selected.  (answer in percent form)

13%

400

A survey was given to 800 random fans at an Atlanta Hawk’s game to name their favorite Hawk. 500 fans named Trae Young as their favorite Hawk. Based on this survey what is the probability that Trae Young will be a fan's favorite Brave at the next game?  Name this type of probability, spelled correctly.

empirical probability

400

A commercial from Pepsi is to be randomly played during the 2.5 hours of the NBA finals game one. You had to run an errand and miss 20 minutes of the game, what is the probability that you would still be able to see the commercial?  (answers as a percent)

87%

400

Two cards are drawn at random from a standard deck of cards, without replacement.  What is the probability of both cards being a multiple of 3?  (answers as a percent)

5%

400

If the Probability of an event happening is 62.5%, what is the ODDs of the event happening?  (answer in colon form)

5:3

400

In a bowling league play, Cameron had a strike percentage of 58%.  In the championship match, Cameron needs 2 of his last 3 balls to be a strike to win the tournament.  What is the probability the Cameron will win the tournament?  (answer in percent form)

42%

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