Vocab
An event that can occur during an experiment.
What is an outcome?
3 dice are rolled simultaneously. This is the number of outcomes you can have.
What is 216?
A card is randomly chosen from deck. This is the probability that it is a red 5.
What is 2/52 or 1/26?
This is the format of the probability fraction used in geometric probability.
What is (# or area you want to happen)/(total area that can happen)?
This is the definition of mutually exclusive events.
This is the set of all possible outcomes.
What is sample space
An answer sheet has 8 questions. The first 6 questions are multiple choice (A-D) and the last two questions are true and false. This is how many answer combinations there are.
What is 16384?
Two cards are randomly chosen from a deck of cards with replacement. This is the probability of drawing a three and then a queen in order.
What is 1/169 or .59%?
A square is inside of another square. The outer square is 12in x 12in. The inner square has half the lengths of the larger square. This is the probability that you randomly place a point inside the inner square.
What is 25%?
This is the probability formula for events that are mutually exclusive.
What is P(A) + P(B)?
What is geometric probability?
At a burrito stand, customers have the choice of beans, pork, or chicken, with rice, or no rice, and cheese and/or salsa. This is the amount of possible combinations the customer can have.
What is 18?
A box has 3 yellow marbles, 4 black marbles and 7 blue marbles. This is the probability of drawing 2 black marbles and a yellow marble in that order, without replacement.
What is 1.6%?
A square is inside of another square. The outer square is 12in x 12in. The inner square has half the lengths of the larger square. This is the probability that you randomly place a point inside the outer square but not in the inner square.
What is 75%?
This is the probability formula for events that are not mutually exclusive.
When events A and B occur, the first event does not affect the probability of the second event.
What is independent events?
Miranda has a bike lock that has a four number combination where the numbers are from 0 to 9. This is the amount of lock combinations she can have if she does not repeat any numbers.
What is 5040?
A spinner numbered 1 through 12 is spun. This is the probability that the number spun is an 11 given that the number spun was odd.
What is 1/6 or 16.7%?
A circle with a diameter of 4cm is placed inside of a rectangle that is 12cm by 8cm. This is the probability that you randomly place a point inside the circle.
What is 13.1%?
This is the probability of drawing a card from a deck and getting a jack or a 6.
What is 8/52 or 15.3%?
The type of probability of an event under the condition that some preceding event has occurred.
What is conditional probability?
A baseball team has 14 players. The lineup for the team has 9 players in it. This is the number of lineup combinations that the team can have.
What is 726,485,760?
This is the probability that a phone number using the numbers 7,7,7,2,2,2 and 6 will be 622-2771.
What is 0%?
A circle with a diameter of 4cm is placed inside of a rectangle that is 12cm by 8cm. This is the probability that you randomly place a point inside the rectangle but not inside circle.
What is 86.9%?
This is the probability that a card drawn is an even number or a 4.