Probability with a Deck of Cards
Probability with Dice
Probability Vocabulary
Theoretical vs.
Experimental
Experimental
Probability Potluck
100
Probability of drawing a 2 (as a percentage, 1 d.p.)
7.7%
100
the probability of rolling a 2 (give answer as a fraction)
1/6
100
If an outcome is certain, its probability is ...
1
100
Mr. Barker found the probability of drawing a spade to be 1/5 or 20%. Did he find the theoretical or experimental probability?
Experimental Probability
100
Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green) what is the probability of spinning red?
1/4 or 25%
200
Probability of drawing the Queen of Hearts?
1/52
200
Probability of an even number or a 1
(give as a percent)
67%
200
Events that have no influence on each other
Independent
200
Probability of flipping heads twice in a row (as a fraction)
1/4
200
You have a bag of marbles, four red and five green. What is the probability of choosing red?
(4/9) or 44%
300
Probability of drawing a 2,3 or 4 (as a fraction)
3/13
300
Probability of rolling an 8 on a single die
0
300
The ratio of actual outcomes to the total number of possible outcomes in repeated trials
Experimental Probability
300
What is the theoretical probability of landing on green or blue?
1/2 or 50%
300
Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green), the probability of spinning red then blue (as a fraction)
1/16
400
Probability of pulling any 4 OR a heart (as a fraction)
4/13
400
probability of rolling a 5, then a 2 (as a fraction)
1/36
400
What word describes considering the contents of 2 sets as one bigger set?
Union
400
What is the experimental probability of landing on green or blue?
3/8 or 38%
400
the theoretical probability of rolling a one THEN picking a red card out of a deck of cards
1/12 or 8%
1/6 * 1/2 (half of cards are red so 1/2)
500
the probability of flipping a coin to heads, then rolling a 3 on a die (as a fraction)
1/12
500
the probability of rolling a six then a number less than 3 (as a fraction)
1/18
500
the ratio of the number of ways an event can occur to the total number of equally likely outcomes
Theoretical probability
500
What is the theoretical probability of not landing on green?
3/4 or 75%
500
What is the theoretical probability of picking a purple marble?
2/11 or 18%
600
Probability of not an ace (as a percent)
92%
600
When rolling two dice, the probability that the sum is NOT 12. (as a fraction)
35/36
600
After repeated trials the experimental probability should get _________ to the theoretical probability
closer
600
What is the experimental probability of not landing on green?
17/20 or 85%
600
What is the probability of landing on a green, then pulling a red marble, then spinning not orange?
5/44 or 11%