Vocabulary
Basic Probability
Venn Diagrams
Predictions Using Probabilities
Probabilities in Percent Form
Random Trivia!
100
This is the likelihood of an event occuring. 

a. chance 

b. probability 

c. percent 

d. independent

What is probability?
100
This is the probability, in simplest form, of rolling an even number on a die 
What is 1/2?
100
A Venn diagram represents a set of numbers. What is the term used to describe numbers that are within circles on the Venn diagram?

Subset

100
Of 10 people at the park, 4 really like the new playground. Use the information to predict how many out of 100 people would really like the new playground.
40 out of 100 people
100
This percent represents the probability of rolling a 3 on a ten-sided die.
What is 10%?
100

How many years are there in a millennium? 

1000

200
This the result of an event. 

a. dependent 

b. event 

c. outcome 

d. chance

What is outcome?
200
You and four friends order food at a restaurant. This is the probability that your food will be served first.
What is 1/5?
200

On a Venn Diagram, the overlap of two circles represents what?

The intersection, or the elements that each subset have in common.

200
If 12 people out of 50 saw the new movie with Reese Witherspoon, how many people out of 1,000 would you expect to see the movie?
240
200
On a spinner with blue, yellow, green, and red sections, this percent represents the probability of spinning blue.
What is 25%
200

What is the name of the galaxy that Earth is located in?

Milky Way
300
The outcome you want is this. 

a. favorable 

b. probability 

c. independent 

d. wanted

What is favorable?
300
This is the probability, in simplest form, of rolling greater than 2 on a ten-sided die numbered 1-10.
What is 4/5?
300

What is another way of representing the data in a Venn diagram?

Two way tables

300
If 14 of 40 students are interested in participating in athletics, how many out of 420 would you expect to be interested in athletics?
The ratio 14/60 is equal to the ratio x/420; where x equals the number of students your would expect to be interested in athletics. Solve the ratio and you get the answer! 98 students would be interesting in athletics
300
This percent represents the probability of not spinning orange on a spinner with yellow, green, orange, and red sections.
What is 75%
300

The inventor of the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell

400

Name a way to draw all the possible outcomes of an event with branches 

What is a tree diagram?

400

A bag has seven Snickers and three Milky Way bars. What is the probability of selecting a Snickers bar?

What is 7/10?

400

In a class of 30 students, 22 carried an iPhone and 9 carried a Samsung phone. Three students carried both an iPhone and a Samsung. Two students carried neither.


How many students did not carry a Samsung phone?

21

400
For every 75 light bulbs produced at a factory, 2 are defective. In a box of 300 light bulbs, how many would likely be defective?
Ratio 2/75 = x/300 Solve the ratio and you get 8 defective light bulbs.
400
This percent represents the probability of drawing a green marble from a bag with 9 green and 11 black marbles.
What is 45%
400

What is the capital of Hawaii?

Honolulu

500

What is the term used to describe two events that do not have any outcomes in common? i.e. there is no intersection between the events

Mutually exclusive

500

Two dice are rolled at the same time. What is the probability that the sum of the uppermost faces of the two dice is greater than 6?

21/36 = 7/12

500

In a group of 10 people, 6 rented their house, 4 rented a car, and 3 did not rent either a house or a car.

Find the probability of selecting a person who rents both a car and a house.

3/10

500
At the school carnival, Jesse won the balloon dart game 1 out of every 5 times he played. If he plays another 15 times, about how many times can he expect to win?
3
500
This percent represents the probability of rolling a 7 on a standard die 
What is 0%?
500

In 1974, the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis published a paper titled "The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of 'Writer's Block.'" How many words did it contain?

Zero

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