Possible Outcomes
Theoretical 1
Experimental 1
Theoretical 2
100
What are the possible outcomes of flipping a coin
Heads or tails
100
What is the theoretical probability of flipping heads on a coin?
1/2
100
Dan flipped a coin 20 times. He got heads 12 of those times. What is the experimental probability of getting heads?
12/20
100
What is the theoretical probability of drawing a blue marble?
3/20
200
How many possible outcomes are there for rolling a six-sided dice?
6
200
What is the theoretical probability of rolling an even number on a dice?
3/6 or 1/2
200
Students at a school were interviewed about their dream super power. The results are below:
What is the experimental probability students interviewed wanted to be able to fly?
38/100
200
Which color are you most likely to pull?
Green
300
What are the possible outcomes of this spinner?
Spinning red, orange, yellow, purple, blue or green
300
What is the theoretical probability of spinning a blue or yellow?
2/6
300
Jenny put colored cubes into a bag. There were 4 blue, 2 red, 2 green and 2 yellow. She picked cubes out of the bag 10 times and got blue 6 times. What is the experimental probability of getting blue?
6/10
300
Are you more likely to land on black or white?
Equal chance for both
400
If you put 2 red marbles, 3 green and 2 blue marbles in a bag how many possible outcomes are there?
3
400
If there were 8 green marbles, 2 red and 3 blue in a bag what would be the theoretical probability of drawing a blue marble?
3/12 or 1/4
400
What is the experimental probability that female students wanted the power of invisibility?
32/100
400
What is the theoretical probability of drawing a red card?
2/5
500
BONUS: What are the possible outcomes of pulling a random card from a deck of cards?
Getting a different suit (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs)
Pulling black or red
Pulling 2-10 or Ace, King, Queen and Jack
500
BONUS: Which spinner has a better probability of spinning an odd number? Spinner 1 or 2?
Spinner 1
500
There were many dog breeds at the park last Saturday
What is the experimental probability that the dog was a mutt?
20/ 56
500
BONUS: 10 people are each flipping a coin. They will flip the coin 10 times each. What is the most probable number of times the coin will land 'heads up'?
50