Starts with the letter p...
The chance or likelihood of any event happening is called
Probability
You toss a coin. Find: P (Heads)
1/2
David rolled a 4 sided die 120 times. His results are below
# on die: 1 2 3. 4
times rolled: 32 25 20 43
Find P(3)
1/6
You roll a number cube twice. Find P(6, then 5)
1/36
Gino has 5 blue socks and 4 black socks. He selects one sock at random. Without replacing the sock, he selects a second sock at random. Find P(blue, then black)
5/18
3.1415.......
pi
You toss a number cube. What is the probability of it landing on an even number?
1/2
Carly is birdwatching at the coast. She has seen 7 seagulls out of 21 total birds. What is the experimental probability that the next bird Carly sees will be a seagull?
1/3
You roll a number cube twice. Find P(an even, then 2)
3/32
Gino has 5 blue socks and 4 black socks. He selects one sock at random. Without replacing the sock, he selects a second sock at random. Find P(blue, then blue)
5/18
A ratio that compares a number to 100 is called
Percent
There is a spinner with numbers 1-8 on it. What is the probability of the spinner landing on a 2 or 3?
1/4
A coin is tossed 100 times and head comes for 68 times. Find the experimental probability of getting a head.
17/25
On a spinner, there are 10 equal spots, numbered 1-10. What is the probability of spinning a 5 and then spinning a 5 again?
You pick a marble from a bag containing 1 green marble, 4 red marbles, 2 yellow marbles, and 3 black marbles. You don't replace the marble and select another marble at random. Find P(red, then yellow)
4/45
This is an integer greater than 1 with only two positive factors
Prime Number
There is a spinner with numbers 1-8 on it. What is the probability that the spinner will NOT land on 4?
7/8
David rolled a 4 sided die 120 times. His results are below
# on die: 1 2 3. 4
times rolled: 32 25 20 43
Find P(1 or 3)
13/30
A jar contains 2 caramels, 7 mints and 16 dark chocolates. What is the probability of choosing a mint, putting it back, then choosing a caramel?
14/625
A jar contains 2 caramels, 7 mints and 16 dark chocolates. What is the probability of choosing a dark chocolate, eating it, then choosing a caramel?
4/75
This is an arrangement of items in a particular order
Permutation
There is a spinner with numbers 1-8 on it. You spin the spinner twice. What is the probability of landing on 1 AND 6.
1/32
Projected probability!!!
David rolled a 4 sided die 120 times. His results are below
# on die: 1 2 3. 4
times rolled: 32 25 20 43
Predict how many times he'd land on the number 3 is the die was rolled 480 times.
80 times
You have a jar of 14 marbles. 7 are red, 2 are blue, 3 are yellow and 2 are white. What is the probability of selecting a marble that is blue, putting it back, then selecting a white marble?
1/49
There are 27 students in a class. 13 are juniors and 14 are seniors. What is the probability of choosing a student that is a senior and then choosing a different student that is a junior?
7/27