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The chance, expressed as either a fraction or a percentage, of landing on a blue section if a spinner is divided into 4 equal sections: red, blue, green, and yellow.


What is 1 out of 4, or 25%.

100

The probability, expressed as either a fraction or a percentage, of picking a red marble if there are 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles in a bag.

What is 3 out of 5, or 60%.

100

The chance of landing on heads when you flip a coin.

What is is 1 out of 2, or 50%.

100

The measure of how likely an event is to happen, often expressed as a fraction, percentage, or decimal.

What is probability.

200

The probability expressed as a fraction or a percentage of landing on a section labeled with a vowel (A or E), if a spinner is divided into 5 equal sections labeled A, B, C, D, and E.


What is 2 out of 5, or 40%

200

The probability, expressed in either a fraction or percentage, of picking a yellow marble in a bag with 4 green marbles and 6 yellow marbles.

What is 6 out of 10, or 60%.


200

The probability of rolling an even number when you roll a six-sided die.

What is 3 out of 6, or 1/2, which is 50%.

200

A possible result of a chance event, such as rolling a die or picking a card.

What is an outcome.

300

The probability, expressed as a fraction or a percentage, of landing on a red section of a spinner divided into 8 sections: 3 red, 2 blue, 1 green, 1 yellow, and 1 purple.

What is 3 out of 8, or 37.5%.

300

The probability, expressed in either a fraction or percentage, of picking a blue marble if a bag contains 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 green marbles. 

What is 4 out of 12, or 1/3, which is approximately 33.3%.

300

The probability of drawing an Ace in a deck of 52 playing cards. 

What is 4 out of 52, or 1/13, which is approximately 7.7%.

300

All outcomes of an event have the same probability of occurring.

What is equally likely.

400

The probability of landing on blue both times given a spinner divided into 10 sections with colours: 4 red, 3 blue, 2 green, and 1 yellow, is spun twice.

What is (3/10) * (3/10) = 9/100, or 9%

400

The probability, expressed in either a fraction or percentage, of picking either a blue or a green marble if a bag contains 2 red, 3 blue, 4 green, and 1 yellow marble.

What is 7 out of 10, or 70%

400

The probability of drawing a card that is a heart from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.

What is 13 out of 52, or 1/4, which is 25%.

400

The set of all possible outcomes of a chance event.

What is possible outcomes or sample space.

500

The probability of not landing on a yellow section at all when a spinner has 12 sections: 3 red, 3 blue, 3 green, and 3 yellow if the spinner is spun three times.

What is (3/4) * (3/4) * (3/4) = 27/64, or approximately 42.19%.

500

The probability, expressed as a fraction or percentage, that one marble picked at random will be either blue or green in a bag with 6 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles.

What is 9 out of 15 (or 3 out of 5), or 60%

500

The probability that both chocolates are white if you randomly pick one chocolate and then put it back, and pick another one from a box of 30 chocolates where, 12 are milk chocolate, 10 are dark chocolate, and 8 are white chocolate.

What is (8/30) * (8/30) = 64/900, or approximately 7.1%.

500

The likelihood of an event happening based on all possible outcomes.

What is theoretical probability.