Likelihood of Events
What is the likelihood that if you roll a standard number cube, you will roll a number that is divisible by 1?
What is CERTAIN?
The letters in the word APRIL are put into a bag and drawn randomly. Find P(A).
What is 1/5?
The list below shows the different choices of pizza at the local pizza shop:
Pepperoni: 11
Supreme: 7
Cheese: 6
Hawaiian: 3
What is the THEORETICAL probability of choosing a Hawaiian pizza?
What is 1/9?
I flip a coin. Then I spin a spinner with four equal sized color sections (red, blue, yellow, green). What is the probability the coin lands on heads and I land on blue?
What is 1/8?
There are 5 candles. Two are striped, one is plain, and two are polka dot. What is the probability of selecting 2 polka dot candles?
What is 1/10?
What is the likelihood that if you do your homework, your grades will improve?
What is LIKELY?
In Mr. Martinez's 6th period class, there are 8 bus riders and 12 walkers. What is the probability of randomly selecting a student that walks to school?
What is 3/5?
A bag of marbles includes only green and red marbles. The results of an experiment are shown below.
Marble 1 = Green
Marble 2 = Red
Marble 3 = Green
Marble 4 = Red
Marble 5 = Green
Marble 6 = Green
What is the experimental probability of selecting a green marble?
What is 2/3?
Four coins are flipped. What is the probability of all landing on heads?
What is 1/16?
A box of granola bars contains 3 chocolate chip bars, 2 peanut butter bars, 1 lemon bar, and 4 raisin bars. Kevin will randomly select a granola bar from the box and then select another bar. What is the probability that the first bar Kevin selects will be lemon and the second will be raisin?
What is 2/45?
What is the likelihood it will rain if there is thunder?
What is LIKELY?
The letters in the word APRIL are put into a bag and drawn randomly. Find P(vowel').
What is 3/5?
A spinner with 5 equal pieces was spun 100 times and recorded the frequency.
1 - 20 times
2 - 18 times
3 - 22 times
4 - 24 times
5 - 16 times
What is the experimental probability of spinning a number less than 5?
What is 21/25?
Daniel drew a toy from a treasure chest with 25 different toys. He selected a bouncy ball, replaced it, and then selected the bouncy ball again. What is the probability that this could occur?
What is 1/625?
Derek is selecting a sock from his drawer. He chooses a sock at random and then randomly selects a second sock. He has four plain white socks and two striped socks. What is the probability that he selected a striped sock both times?
What is 1/15?
What is the likelihood that someone's bills are due on the 32nd of the month?
What is IMPOSSIBLE?
What is 1/3? What is the complement is 2/3?
What happens to the experimental probability as more trials are conducted?
What is the experimental probability becomes closer to the theoretical probability?
The letters of the alphabet are written on cards and placed in a brown paper bag. What is the probability of drawing a consonant, replacing it, and then drawing a Z?
What is 21/676?
Jenna placed the letters PROBABILITY into a bag. She will draw a letter, keep it, and draw a second letter. What is the probability that she draws two B's?
What is 1/55?
What is the likelihood that if you pull a card out of a standard 52 card deck, you will pull out a number that is divisible by 3 or 4? Give the probability that matches this likelihood to earn 500 points.
What is UNLIKELY? 5/13
What is 7/20?
Jackie spun a spinner 30 times and recorded her results below.
The spinner has 8 total slices. 4 are blank, 2 have stars, 1 has polka dots, and 1 has stripes.
When spinning, it landed on stars 4 times, stripes 12 times, dots 6 times, and the blank space 9 times.
What is the theoretical probability that it lands on a star space?
What is 1/4?
One card from a deck of cards is selected, replaced, and another card is chosen. What is the probability that the first card is a black card and the second card is a face card?
What is 3/26?
The theatre closet has 11 wigs, 16 props, and 13 costumes What is the probability a student selects a prop, does not replace it, and another student selects a costume?
What is 2/15?