Mystery
Fraction/Decimal/Percent
Units/Rates
Fractions
Mean/Median
Theoretical or Experimental
100

I have 2 blue pencils, 3 red pencils, and 4 black pencils.  What is the probability that I will pick a red pencil?

What is 3/9 or 1/3?

100

1/2 changed to a decimal

What is .50?

100

I bought two cookies for $3.50.  How much does one cookie cost?

What is $1.75?

100

Show two fractions that are equal to 1.

1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, 6/6, 7/7, etc.

100

Find the mean (average).

11, 10, 2, 8, 4, 1


What is 6?
100

The chances of a coin landing heads is 50%.

What is theoretical?

200

Complete this number line

  |______|______|______|_______|

-10                                                10

What is  

  |_____|_____|_____|_____|

-10       -5        0         5        10

200

3/8 to a decimal

What is .60?

200

2 slices of pizza cost $3.00.  How much does 1/2 a slice cost?

What is $.75?

200

Write 6/9 with larger digits and with smaller digits.  

What is 12/18 and 2/3?

200

Find the Median.  

15, 9, 3, 10, -2, 5, 0


What is 5?

200

In 2011, 39 people died by being struck by lightning, and 241 people were injured. There
were 310,000,000 people in the United States.  The probability of getting struck by lightning in a given year is 280/310,000,000 or 0.0000009 or 0.00009%

What is experimental?

300

If I triple my number, take away 4 and I get 23. What is my missing number?

What is 3?

300

.36 into a percent

What is 36%?
300

One candy costs $1.25.  How much do 10 pieces of candy cost?

What is $12.50?

300

Which fraction is bigger?

4/5 or 3/4

What is 4/5?

300

Find the mean.

2.4, 5.7, 10, 16, 8.3, 13.2, 6.7

What is 8.9

300

A baseball batting average is the probability a baseball player hits the ball when batting. If
a baseball player has a batting average of 266, it means the player’s probability of getting
of getting a hit is 0.266.

What is experimental?

400

The probability of getting a green crayon in a box with: 5 black, 3 white, 7 red, 2 yellow, 3 blue, and 4 green.

What is 4/24 or 1/6?

400

7/25 into a percent without changing it to a decimal

What is 28%?

400

5 Pounds of french fries cost $7.00.  How much do 2 pounds cost?

What is $2.80?

400

Find the sum of these two fractions.

1/2 + 2/6= 

What is 5/6?

400

Find the Median.

11, 12, 11, 12, 11, 12 

What is 11.5?

400

Sara is at a picnic and reaches into an ice chest, without looking, to grab a can of soda.
There are 14 cans of orange, 12 cans of fruit punch, and 10 cans of cola.  She has a 12/36 or 1/3 chance of getting a fruit punch.

What is theoretical?

500

In a medical study, 107 people were given a new vitamin pill. If a participant got sick, they
were removed from the study. Ten of the participants caught a common cold, 2 came down
with the flu, 18 got sick to their stomach, and 77 never got sick. The probability of being sick while in this study is _________.

What is 30/107?

500
turn 45% into a fraction

What is 9/20?

500

One pound of apples costs $2.75.  I have $16.50.  How many pounds of apples can I buy?

What is 6 pounds?
500

Find the lowest common denominator for these two fractions.

5/12 and 3/15

what is 60?

500

Find the mean, rounded to the nearest hundredth.

.8, 10.7, 12, 3, 1, 5.9, 9.2

What is 6.09? (from 6.0857142857)

500

A fair number cube marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 is rolled. Tyler tossed the cube 40 times,
and noted that 26 times an even number showed. The experimental probability that an even number will be rolled is__________. The theoretical probability is ________.

What is 26/40 or 13/20 or 65%?  What is 1/2 or 50%?