VOCABULARY
an event that will probably happen
likely
I rolled a six sided cube 25 times and rolled a 7 eight times.
Experimental
5+6
11
The letters of the word probability are placed in a bag. The probability of picking a b is...
2/11
A spinner is equally divided into 8 sections. The sections are 1, triangle, 4, triangle, 3, rhombus, 5, circle. Spin a 3, the probability is...
1/8
Describes predictable long-run relationships between possible outcomes of random processes.
Probability
The probability of getting a 4 on a 6 sided number cube was 25%
Experimental
-2+-4
-6
The letters of the word probability are placed in a bag. The probability of picking an i is..
2/11
A spinner is equally divided into 8 sections. The sections are 1, triangle, 4, triangle, 3, rhombus, 5, circle. Spin a number, the probability is...
1/2
an event that will definitely happen
certain
The probability of getting heads when flipping a coin is 50%
Theoretical
-39/13
-3
The letters of the word probability are placed in a bag. The probability of picking a r is...
1/11
A spinner is equally divided into 8 sections. The sections are 1, triangle, 4, triangle, 3, rhombus, 5, circle. Spin a shape, the probability is...
1/2
an event that probably will not happen
A bag contains the following:
Question: If you close your eyes and randomly pull out one ball, what is the probability that it will be green?
theoretical probability
-8*-12
96
The letters of the word probability are placed in a bag. The probability of picking a vowel is...
4/11
A spinner is equally divided into 8 sections. The sections are 1, triangle, 4, triangle, 3, rhombus, 5, circle. Spin a quadrilateral, the probability is...
1/8
a possible result of a game or experiment
outcome
You own a 9-sided dice that contains the numbers 1 through 9 on the sides.
Question: What is the probability that the dice lands on “7” if you were to roll it one time?
theoretical probability
5-(-10)
15
The letters of the word probability are placed in a bag. The sum of the probabilities of picking each letter is...
11/11 or 1
A spinner is equally divided into 8 sections. The sections are 1, triangle, 4, triangle, 3, rhombus, 5, circle. Spin a prime number, the probability is...
1/4