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Counting Method
Permutations
Odds
Probability
100
You are shopping for a new pair of jeans, if you have 3 colors, 6 waist sizes and 10 lengths, how many choices do you have?
180 choices
100
What is the factorial product of 6!
720
100
What are the odds of getting a 3 or 6 on a roll of a number cube?
2:4 2 favorable outcomes : 4 unfavorable outcomes
100
Probability compares favorable outcomes to the number of total outcomes (part/whole) odds compares favorable outcomes to unfavorable outcomes
What does probability compare? How is probability different from odds?
200
Dinner: 4 main courses, 3 side dishes, salad with one of 6 dressings. How many choices?
72
200
What is factorial product of 0!
0
200
What are the odds of choosing a yellow M&M from a bag containing 5 yellow M&M's and 8 red M&M's?
5:8
200
If there is a deck of cards with 3 white cards and 5 black cards, what is the probability of drawing 1 white card?
3/8 3 favorable outcomes/total # of outcomes
300
Crafty Computer Company offers a choice of 4 processors, 3 hard drives, and 3 installed software packages. Use the counting principle to find the number of different computers.
36
300
Every morning Harold feeds his dog, takes a shower, eats breakfast, and reads the newspaper. In how many different orders can he do these tasks?
24
300
When rolling a number cube: Ed gets a point for a 1 or a 2. Fred gets a point for a 3 or a 6. Gwen gets a point for a 4 or a 5. What are Ed's odds of winning? Is this a fair game? Why or Why not?
2:4 2 favorable outcomes : 4 unfavorable outcomes. Yes it is fair, everyone has the odds of winning.
300
What is theoretical probability?
What outcome should happen
400
Stereos: 5 receivers, 3 CD players, 4 types of speakers. How many systems?
60
400
Keith must choose a 3-letter password for a computer account. He can use any of the 26 upper-case letters of the alphabet, but he cannot repeat letters. How many passwords are possible?
15600 26 x 25 x 24
400
There is spinner with 5 equal sections labeled A,B,C,D,E - and Tad gets a point A,B, or C and Jill gets a point for D or E. What are Tad's odds? What are Jill's odds? Is this game fair?
1) 3:2 3 favorable outcomes: 2 unfavorable outcomes 2) 2:3 3) no- they don't have the same odds of winning
400
What is experimental probability?
What outcome(s) actually occurs
500
How many different outcomes are there for flipping two coins?
4
500
The president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer of a school club are lining up for a photograph. In how many different orders can they line up?
24 4*3*2*1
500
The letter M A T H are put in a bag: What is the probability that I will draw a letter?
1/1- 100%
500
Drawing a green marble from a bag containing the following marbles. Probability and odds (2) 3 green, 7 yellow
Prob- 3/10 Odds- 3:7