The vocabulary word for the list of all possible outcomes
What is the sample space?
A cup has sticks numbered 1 through 13. What is the probability of an odd number?
What is 7/13?
A coin and a die are both rolled. What is the probability of flipping tails and an even number?
What is (1/2 * 1/2 =) 1/4?
The weather app says there is a 20% chance of rain tomorrow. This word describes the likelihood that it will rain tomorrow.
What is unlikely?
What is experimental probability?
What is the outcome when an experiment is completed.
A bag contains marbles; 3 red, 2 green, 5 yellow, 8 black, 4 purple. The probability of drawing a yellow marble and then a black marble.
5/22 * 8/21 =
What is 20/231
Using the tree diagram, what is the probability someone will randomly choose to comics and skating on a Friday?
What is 1/18?
A spinner has 6 equal sections, red, blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink. What is the probability that the spinner will land on yellow?
What is 1/6?
A bag contains the following marbles: 4 red, 2 green, 3 yellow, and 1 orange. What is the probability that a green then a red will be picked, if the marble is replaced for the second draw.
What is (2/10 * 4/10 =) 8/100 or 2/25?
The likelihood of landing on a prime number when rolling a dice.
What is "as likely as not" or "equally likely"?
Prime numbers on a dice: 2, 3, 5
P(prime) = 3/6 = 1/2
Mia tosses a coin and gets heads 7 times out of 20. Is this theoretical or experimental?
What is experimental?
Flipping a coin and if it is tails rolling a die for 4 or greater.
1/2 * 1/2 =
What is 1/4
what is expected/ predicted to happen in a probability question.
What is theoretical probability?
A spinner has 10 equal sections, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10. If the spinner is spun, what is the probability of spinning a number less than 7?
What is 6/10 or 3/5?
A drawer contains 4 white, 4 black, 2 yellow, and 5 polka-dot socks and Taylor wants to find a pair of yellow socks to wear to school. What is the probability that she will choose a pair of yellow socks in her first two picks if she doesn't replace the sock she draws first.
What is (2/15 * 1/14 =) 2/210 = 1/105?
Describe a possible simulation to represent the situation.
Guessing an answer to a 4 part multiple choice question.
Sample response: Spin a 4 sided spinner
You could flip a coin twice-> choice A (HH), choice B (HT), choice C(TT), choice D (TH)
The probability of drawing a face card from a standard deck of cards is 3/13. Is this theoretical or experimental probability?
What is theoretical?
flipping a coin followed by flipping another coin.
1/2 * 1/2=
What is 1/4
Allen wins a game 3 out of every 5 times he plays. About how many times would you expect him to win the game if he plays 20 times?
What is 12 times?
A drawer contains 20 socks: 8 blue, 4 green, 6 black, and 2 white. What is the probability of picking out a blue sock?
What is 8/20 or 2/5?
A blue die and an orange die are rolled. What is the P(3, then even)?
What is (1/6 * 1/2 =) 1/12?
(the colors are extraneous information)
A soda company is giving away free sodas. They claim that there is 1 free soda coupon in every 6 sodas. Which of the following would be a possible simulation?
A) Flip 3 coins
B) Flip 6 coins
C) Roll a number cube
D) Spin a 4 sided spinner
C - there are 6 sections on a number cube (each one could represent a different soda)
A heart is randomly chosen from a deck of cards 7 out of 12 times. What is the experimental probability?
What is 7/12?
selecting from 30 named sticks from a cup with replacement. Probability of selecting Jack and then Patrick
1/30 * 1/30 = (with replacement!)
What is 1/900
Blimpie, the sandwich/sub shop nearby, offers white or wheat bread. You can choose between ham, turkey, roast beef, or tuna. You also have a choice between cheddar, provolone, or swiss cheese. How many total sandwich combinations are there?
What is 24?
2*4*3 = 24
Ms. Rippelz's class has 20 boys and 12 girls. What is the percent chance that they will choose a girl to answer a question?
What is 12/32 = 37.5%?
A spinner with equal sections of red, blue, green, and purple is spun while a number cube is rolled. What is the P (not blue and not a 3)
What is (3/4 * 5/6 =) 15/24 or 5/8?
Munson decides to randomly guess on a 4 question True or False quiz. Which of the following would be a simulation she could use?
A) Spin a 4 sided spinner twice
B) Flip a coin 4 times
C) Roll a number cube
D) Flip a coin 2 times
B) Flip a coin 4 times (each of the 4 flips represents a question and each question 2 answers - true or false)
Joshua is conducting an experiment and calculating the experimental probability of flipping a coin and landing on heads. Which amount of times should Joshua flip the coin so that his experimental probability is closest to the theoretical?
A) 2 B) 10 C) 30 D) 300
What is D - 300
*Remember, you always want to do it the most times. The more times you conduct an experiment, the closer your probabilities will be.
5 unique bunnies in a bag. The probability that a black bunny will escape once the white one has escaped.
1/5 * 1/4 =
What is 1/20