General Rules
Probability
Probability Vocabulary
Probability (without solving)
Random
100

Given an event, A, what equation gives you the probability that event A will NOT occur? 

What is .... 

P(Ac) = 1 - P(A) 

or 

P(Ac)+P(A)=1

100

TJ is a high school basketball player. He has a 70% free throw percentage. Assuming each throw is independent, what is the probability that he gets his first successful throw on his third free throw in a game? 

What is ...

0.3*0.3*0.7= 0.063

100

Events that do not impact each other's probability/knowing whether even A occurs does not tell us anything about whether event B occurs.

What is... 

independent

100
The rule for finding the probability of rolling a fair die three times and getting three fours. 

What is ... 

P(rolling three 4s) = P(4)*P(4)*P(4) = P(4)^3 

or (1/6)*(1/6)*(1/6)= (1/6)^3

100

What college did Ms Coleman go to? 

What is ... 

Miami University 

or

Cleveland State University

200

Given two independent events, A and B, what is the probability that event A and B occurs. 

What is...

P(A ∩  B) = P(A) * P(B)

200

Sky has a 95% chance of getting an A on the test. If Sky gets an A, Jerred has a 90% chance of also getting an A. What is the probability they both get As?

What is...

P(Jerred and Sky)=P(Sky)* P(Jerred|Sky)

=0.95*0.9

=0.855

200

contains all of the possible outcomes 

what is...

 sample space 

200

The rule for the probability of having a brother or a sister

What is... 

P(bro or sis)= P(bro)+P(sis) - P(bro and sis) 


200

What year was RHS Summit built?

What is ... 

2011

300

Given two events, A and B, what is the probability that event A and B occurs.

What is... 

P(A ∩  B) = P(A) * P(B|A)

300

Bath and Body Works offers a coupon to 50% of its online visitors, selected at random, each day. Ms. Coleman visits the website for 4 days.

What is the probability that Ms. Coleman will be offered a coupon on at least one of the days she visits the website?

What is...

1-P(no coupon offered)

1-(0.5)4

P(at least 1)=0.9375

300

two events that cannot occur simultaneously 

What is.... 

mutually exclusive or disjoint

300

The rule for finding the probability of a female given that they are an AP stats student. 

What is ... P(Female| AP Stats Student)= P(Female AP Stats student)/P(AP Stats student)

300

What is Ms. Coleman's daughter's name? 

What is ... 

Robin

or

Wren

400

Given two events, A and B, what is the probability that event A or event B occurs?

What is ... 

P(A U  B)= P(A) + P(B) - P(A ∩  B) 

or 

P(A U  B)= P(A) + P(B) - P(A)*P(B|A)

400

Ms. Coleman is playing Papers Please, where you detect false documents at a border crossing. She can correctly tell 90% of the time if a document is falsified, and she never denies entry if she can't tell or if it's real. If 5% of the border crossers have false documents, what percent of border crossers will she prevent from entry? 

What is ... 


0.05*0.9=0.045

400

two events that cannot occur together, but one must happen 

What is...

complementary 

400

The probability of not drawing a pink or orange Starburst from a bag of Starburst

What is ... 

1- P(pink starburst) - P(orange starburst) 

or

1-P(pink or orange starburst)

400

What was an extracurricular Ms. Coleman did in high school?

What is.... 

marching band, track, tennis, quiz bowl, NHS, or cheerleading

500

Given a string of n trials in a probability experiment with a constant probability of success, what is the simplest way to calculate the probability of at least one success?

What is ... 

P(at least one)= 1-P(none)

or 

P(at least one)= 1-P(successc)n

500

A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability that it lands on heads exactly one time? 

What is... 

3/8 or 0.375 

500

The three equations used to determine independence between 2 events.  

What is...

P(A|B)=P(A)

or 

P(B|A)=P(B)

or

P(A∩B)=P(A)P(B) 

500

The probability that two people do not have the same birth month in a group of three people

What is...

12/12*11/12*10/12

or 

11/12*10/12

500

What are the first two lines of the Reynoldsburg Alma Mater?

What is...

All hail to our alma mater

We'll be true to you