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Theoretical
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How Likely is it?
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Maria is flipping a coin.  What is the theoretical probability the coin will land on heads?
What is 1/2, 0.5, or 50%?
100
Layla flipped a coin 10 times and landed on heads 4 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on heads?
What is 2/5, or 0.4, or 40%?
100

If you flip a coin 10 times, about how many times should it land on heads?

5
100
Define "probability."
The chance that an event will occur
100
How likely is it that a coin is flipped and lands on tails?
Equally likely
200

The classic wood carousel at Carousel Park in Hampton, VA has 32 horses and 16 of them are standing horses. What is the probability of randomly selecting a standing horse?

What is 1/2, or 0.50, or 50%?

200
Jason rolled a die twenty times. He landed on 2 five times, 3 seven times,  6 two times, and 5 six times. What is the experimental probability of landing on 6?
1/10, 0.1, or 10%
200
You have a spinner with four equal sections that are blue, red, green, and yellow. If you spin it 100 times, about how many times should you land on yellow?
25 times
200
Define "experimental probability."
The probability of what actually occurs.
200
How likely is it that a number cube is tossed and lands on 3?
Unlikely
300
What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 2 with a standard number cube?
What is 2/3, or 0.66, or 66%?
300

A letter tile is randomly selected from a bag, recorded, and replaced 100 times. The results are listed below. What is the experimental probability of selecting the letter "E"? A = 16; E = 11; I = 29; O = 19; U = 25

11/100 or 0.11, or 11%

300
Trent has 30 marbles in a bag. The theoretical probability of choosing a green or blue marble is 1/2. How many marbles are blue or green?
15 blue or green marbles
300
Define "theoretical probability"
The probability that you expect to happen
300

How likely is it that a number cube is tossed and it lands on 8?

impossible

400

There are 4 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 1 yellow marble in a box. One marble is taken out of the box. What is the probability that the marble is red or yellow? 

What is 5/8, 0.625 or 62.5%?

400

Pedro recorded the types of birds that visit his bird feeder. Based on the results below, what is the probability the next bird will be a chickadee? Woodpecker = 3; Chickadee = 5; Cardinal = 1; Sparrow = 13; Blue Jay = 3

1/5, or 0.20, or 20%

400

There are 20 students in Ms. Basile's class. The theoretical probability of choosing a student with brown hair to answer a question is 40%. How many brown-haired students are in the class?

8 girls

400

Describe the difference between events that are certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible.

Certain would be 100% of the time, likely is anything greater than 50% of the time, unlikely is anything less than 50% of the time, and impossible is anything that has a 0% chance of occuring.

400

How likely is it that you pull a red marble from a bag with 4 purple marbles, 12 red marbles, and 6 yellow marbles?

Likely

500

Luke spins a spinner with 5 equal sections numbered 1-5. What is the probability he will spin and land on a prime number?

What is 3/5 or 0.6, or 60%?

500

Hasaan has a spinner with 5 equal sections, each a different color. After only 10 spins, the pointer had landed on red 40% of the time. After a whopping 1,000 spins, the pointer landed on red only 22% of the time. How can Hasaan account for this change in experimental probability? (Why is it not a shock that the probability changed so much?)

As the number of trials increase, the experimental probability reaches closer to the theoretical probability. (The Law of Large Numbers)

500

Samya has a 0.2 chance of winning Ms. Basile's raffle. If there are 30 tickets in the bucket, how many of the tickets have Samya's name on it?

6

500

What do you call the type of event where one event is occurring? (Ex: rolling a dice)

Simple event

500

How likely is it that a number cube is tossed and lands on any number 1-6?

certain