Simple Events
Sample Spaces
Fundamental Counting Principle
Probability Problems
Vocabulary
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The boarders at a kennel are made up of the following dogs: males 10, females 14. What is the probability that it will be a female?
What is 7/12
100
Show the sample space. Choosing an outfit from green shirt, blue shirt, or red shirt and black pants or blue pants
What is green/black, green/blue, blue/black, blue/blue, red/black, red/blue
100
How many outcomes for flipping 3 coins?
What is 8
100
There are 5 peppermint, 4 licorice, 8 grape, 2 orange, and 9 cherry jelly beans in a bag. Paco picks a jelly bean. Without replacing the first one, he picks a second jelly bean. Find P(grape then cherry)
What is 1/125
100
A(n) __________________is a possible result.
What is an outcome
200
A spinner is divided into 7 equal sections. Find P(6)
What is 1/7
200
List the outcomes for spinning a spinner with 5 sections (labeled A,B,C,D,E) and flipping a coin.
What is Ah, At, Bh, Bt, Ch, Ct, Dh, Dt, Eh, Et
200
How many outcomes? choosing 8 car models, 5 exterior colors, and 2 interior colors
What is 80
200
Two number cubes are rolled. Find P(4 and an odd #)
What is 1/12
200
____________ cannot happen at the same time.
What is disjoint events
300
The rental car company had 14 sedans and 8 minivans available to rent. If the next customer picks a vehicle at random, what is the probability that a minivan is chosen?
What is 4/11
300
List outcomes for choosing between 1, 2, or 3 and the colors red, blue, green
What is 1red, 2red, 3red, 1blue, 2blue, 3blue, 1green, 2green, 3green
300
How many outcomes? selecting a day of the week and a month of the year
What is 84
300
A number cube is rolled 24 times and lands on 2 four times and 6 three times. What is experimental probability of landing on a 2?
What is 1/6
300
The chance of an event happening is ________________
What is probability
400
A menu has 2 soups, 6 sandwiches, and 4 salads. Find P(not a soup)
What is 5/6
400
Show sample space for hamburger or hotdog and potato or macaroni salad
What is burger/potato, burger/macaroni, hotdog/potato, hotdog/macaroni
400
How many outcomes? tossing a coin and rolling two number cubes
What is 72
400
The following colors were spun when a spinner was spun 100 times: blue 14, green 10, yellow 8, red 68 What is the experimental probability of spinning a red?
What is 1/10
400
The set of all possible outcomes is called the __________
What is sample space
500
Students involved in community service are the following: 6th graders - 20, 7th graders - 8, and 8th graders - 12. P(6th or 7th graders)
What is 7/10
500
Show sample space for choosing: rolling a die and flipping a coin
What is 1h, 2h, 3h, 4h, 5h, 6h, 1t, 2t, 3t, 4t, 5t, 6t
500
How many outcomes? regular or decaf coffee, with or without cream, with or without sweeteners
What is 8
500
There are 5 peppermint, 4 licorice, 8 grape, 2 orange, and 9 cherry jelly beans in a bag. Paco picks a jelly bean. Without replacing the first one, he picks a second jelly bean. Find P(grape then cherry)
What is 2/21
500
What do we use to find the total number of possible outcomes of an event?
What is Fundamental Counting Principle