Mixed Probability
What is the probability of rolling a 5 on a standard 6-sided die?
1/6 or 16.6%
Hasaan has a spinner with 5 equal sections labeled A, B, C, D, E. After 10 spins, he landed on A 2 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on A?
2/10 or 1/5 or 20%
What is the sample space of outcomes for rolling one six-sided die
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
What is the probability of pulling a queen or jack in a deck of cards?
8/52 or 2/13
Maria is flipping a coin and spinning a spinner. The spinner has 4 equal sections labeled A-D. What is the probability the coin will land on heads and the spinner will land on the letter "A"?
1/8 or 12.5%
Irma supplies costumes to a number of theater companies. She recently provided 18 different hats, including 4 fedoras. What is the experimental probability of getting a fedora?
4/18 or 2/9, or 22.2%
Describe the sample space for the following scenario:
A coin is flipped and a 3-section spinner labeled 1, 2, 3 is spun.
H1, H2, H3, T1, T2, T3
What is the probability of getting a red or black card?
52/52 or 100%
The classic wood carousel at Carousel Park in Hampton, VA has 32 jumping horses and 16 standing horses. What is the probability of randomly selecting a jumping horse?
32/48 or 66.6%
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%
Brendan rolls a 6-sided die and chooses one of two cards labeled Q and R. What is the sample space for this scenario?
Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6
What is the probability of rolling a 5 on a 6-sided die AND flipping a coin and landing on heads?
1/12 or 8.3%
Jarvonya spins a spinner with 5 equal sections numbered 1-5. What is the probability of spinning and landing on a 8?
0
Pedro recorded the types of birds that visit his bird feeder. Based on the results below, what is the experimental probability of the bird being a chickadee? Woodpecker = 3
Chickadee = 5
Cardinal = 1
Sparrow = 13
Blue Jay = 3
1/5, or 5/25 , or 20%
There are two marbles in a bag. One red and one yellow. Then a coin is flipped. Write the sample space for the scenario.
HR, HY, TR, TY
Consider rolling a 6-sided die twice.
What is P(2 and 4)
1/36 or 2.7%
There are 3 red marbles, 2 green marbles, and 1 yellow marble in a box. One marble is taken out and not replaced. A second marble is then taken out and not replaced. What is the probability both marbles that were taken out are red?
P(red and red)
6/30 or 1/5, or 20%
A six-sided die is thrown 50 times. It landed on 2 six times.
What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 2?
What was the experimental probability of rolling a 2?
1/6 or 16.6% theoretical
2/50 or 1/25 or 4% experimental
A jar contains three marbles numbered 1, 2, and 3. Then you flipped a coin. What is the sample space of outcomes?
1H, 2H, 3H, 1T, 2T, 3T
Consider a deck of cards.
What is P(queen or king)?
8/52 or 15.3%