Theoretical
Marcus is flipping a coin. What is the theoretical probability the coin will land on heads?
1/2, .5, or 50%
Marcus is rolling a number cube 50 times. He rolls a 1-30 times, a 2-5 times, a 3-6 times, a 4-9 times, a 5-3 times, and a 6-7 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling 1? (Make sure to simplify the fraction)
3/5, .6, or 60%
You are trying to decide what to wear to school. You know you have a green pair of pants, a red pair, and a blue pair. You also have a brown shirt, a plaid shirt, and a yellow shirt. How many different outfit combinations can you make?
9 outfit combinations
There is a spinner numbered 1-6. There is also a coin. What is the probability of spinning a 4 and flipping tails?
1/12
The classic wood carousel at Carousel Park in Hampton, VA has 16 jumping horses and 16 standing horses. What is the theoretical probability of randomly selecting a jumping horse?
1/2, or 0.50, or 50%
Marcus is rolling a number cube 50 times. He rolls a 1-30 times, a 2-5 times, a 3-6 times, a 4-9 times, a 5-3 times, and a 6-7 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling 5? (Make sure to simplify the fraction)
3/50, 0.06, or 6%
What is the number of possible outcomes for spinning one spinner with 8 equal sections and another spinner with 6 equal sections?
48 possible outcomes
You forget the last two digits of you phone password. What is the probability that you randomly choose the correct digits? (Remember your options are 0-9)
1/100
What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 2 with a standard number cube?
1/6, or 0.1666..., or 16.666..%
Marcus is rolling a number cube 50 times. He rolls a 1-30 times, a 2-5 times, a 3-6 times, a 4-9 times, a 5-3 times, and a 6-7 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling 3? (Make sure to simplify the fraction)
3/25 or 0.12, or 12%
Marcus and Mr. Lewon are candidates for class president of the 7th grade. Thomas, Terran, and Nayeli are candidates for secretary. How many winning combinations are possible?
6
You roll two number cubes. What is the probability of rolling double threes?
1/36
How likely is it that a number cube is tossed and it lands on 8?
Impossible
There are 5 red marbles, 2 green marbles, and 1 yellow marble in a box. What is the theoretical probability a marble taken out is red?
5/8, or 0.625, or 62.5%
Marcus is rolling a number cube 50 times. He rolls a 1-30 times, a 2-5 times, a 3-6 times, a 4-9 times, a 5-3 times, and a 6-7 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling 6? (Make sure to simplify the fraction)
7/50, or 0.14, or 14%
Ms. Arthur 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. She also packs a pair of white shoes, black shoes, and brown shoes. How many possible outfit combinations does she have?
36 possible outfit combinations
What is a compound event?
two or more events
How likely is it that a number cube is tossed and lands on any number 1-6?
Certain
Marcus spins a spinner with 5 equal sections numbered 1-5. What is the probability she will spin a prime number?
3/5 or 0.6, or 60%
Marcus is rolling a number cube 50 times. He rolls a 1-30 times, a 2-5 times, a 3-6 times, a 4-9 times, a 5-3 times, and a 6-7 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling a 3 or 4? (Make sure to simplify the fraction)
3/10, 0.3, or 30%
Marcus is trying to figure out what kind of pet he wants. He could either get a betta fish, turtle, hermit crab, opposum, or a Siberian Husky. He also has a few names picked out that he likes. The names are Marcus Jr., Hector, Mark, or Queen Elizabeth. How many pet/name combinations could Marcus create?
20 different pet/name combinations
What is the probability of rolling a yahtzee on the first roll? (Remember that a yahtzee is rolling the same number on 5 different dice)
1/1296, 6/7776, 0.0008, or 0.08%
How likely is it that a number cube lands on 2 and a coin lands on heads?
unlikely