What is the probability of landing on heads when I flip a coin?
1/2
100
A spinner is numbered 1 - 100 and is spun 100 times. 9 occured 12 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on 9?
12/100
100
Find the sample space for tossing a coin and spinning a spinner with 5 equal sections.
H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 and T1, T2, T3, T4, T5
100
What is the best way to simulate choosing one student out of 12 to be the class president?
Rolling a dice and flipping a coin.
Spinning a spinner with 12 equal sections.
100
What is the P(6,5)?
720
200
What is the probability of choosing a red marble from a bag containing 3 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 5 yellow marbles?
3/10
200
A spinner with 5 equal sections was spun 250 times and 5 came up 20 times. What is the theoretical and experimental probability of landing on 5?
Theor: 1/5
Exper: 20/250 or 4/50 or 2/25
200
A number cube is rolled and a coin is tossed. What is the probability of rollilng a number greater than 4 and tossing tails?
2/12 or 1/6
200
The questions on a multiple choice test each have 4 answers. Describe a model that you could use to simulate the outcome of guessing the correct answer to a 50-question test.
spin a spinner with 4 equal sections 50 times
200
What is 9!
362880
300
A flight arriving at BWI in Baltimore, MD arrives on time 82% of the time. What is the probability that the flight will NOT arrive on time?
18/100 or 18% or .18
300
A number cube is rolled 20 times and lands on 1 two times and 5 four times. Compare the experimental probabilities of both outcomes.
1: 2/20 or 1/10
5: 4/20 or 1/5
The probability of landing on a 5 is greater than landing on a 1. You will have a greater chance of landing on 5 than 1.
300
Given a bag with 10 marbles in it, 3 red, 4 blue, 1 yellow, and 2 pink, what is the probability of drawing a blue and then drawing a pink if the first marble is not replaced?
8/90
300
An icecream store offers waffle cones or sugar cones. Each is equally likely to be chosen. Describe a model that could be used to simulate this situation.
flipping a coin
300
How many permutations are possible of the letters in the word FRIENDS?
5040
400
What is the probability of NOT landing on 4 or 5 if I spin a spinner with 6 equal sections labeled 1-6?
2/6 or 1/3
400
Refer to table on board/pg.725 in text: Suppose 540 people visit the zoo. Predict how many people will choose the monkey exhibit as their favorite.
162 people
400
How many possible outcome can I have by randomly picking a month of the year and a day of the week?
84
400
During the regular season, Jason made 80% of his free-throws. Describe an experiment to find the experimental probability of Jason making his next 2 free throws.
Spinning a spinner with 5 equal sections and 4/5 represents making a free throw.
400
How many different 3-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 9, 3, 4, 7, and 6? Assume no number can be repreated.
P(5,3) = 60
500
What is the probability of a vowel in the word PROBABILITY?
4/11
500
Yesterday, 50 bakery customers bought muffins and 11 of those customers bought bananas muffins. If 100 customers buy muffins, how many would you expect to buy a banana muffin?
22 people
500
5 number cubes are rolled at the same time. If the number cubes are kept separate, what is the total possible number of outcomes?
7,776
500
A jar of cookies contains 18 different types of cookies. Each type is equally likely to be chosen. Based on your simulatino, how many times must a cookie be chosen i order to get each type?
Spin a spinner divided into 3 equal sections and roll a dice. Repeat until all types of cookies are obtained.
500
SUSANNAH has wooden blocks that spell out her name. Find the probability that the child arranges the letters in the exact order of her name.