Theoretical Probability
Experimental Probability
Likelihood
Complement
Random
100
Define/Describe Theoretical Probability
The chance of an event happening based on all possible outcomes. Answers what SHOULD happen.
100
Define/Describe Experimental Probability
The ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials. Answers what ACTUALLY happens.
100
Probability is the chance of an event happening and is expressed as a number between ______ and ______
0 and 1
100
Define Complement in regard to probability
The probability of an event NOT happening
100
What is the difference between my theoretical and experimental probabilities?
E: 1/2
T: 1/4
1/4
200
There are 3 hearts, 2 diamonds, 1 triangle, and 2 circles on a spinner. What is the theoretical probability of you landing on a diamond?
2/8 or 1/4
200
True or False
Experimentally, if I were to flip a coin 100 times, I would always land on heads 50 times and tails 50 times
False
200
What is the likelihood of the following event?
Rain on a day where clouds are dark gray and above head.
Likely
200
Billy Bob Joe has a 1/3 probability of grabbing a chocolate chip cookie out of his cookie jar. What is the complement of grabbing a chocolate chip cookie?
2/3
200
What is Mr. Hardin's first name?
Joey
300
If you were to flip a coin 38 times, how many times would you expect heads? How many times would you expect tails?
19 heads and 19 tails
300
Mrs. Radcliffe's experimental probability for landing on hearts the other day with her spinner was 1/4. If she spun the wheel 16 times, how many times did she land on hearts?
4 times
300
What is the likelihood of the following event?
Rolling a dice and landing on a number greater than or equal to 4
equally likely
300
I stopped at the bowling alley and asked the desk worker to grab me a bowling ball. Every 4 out of 9 bowling balls are green. What is the compliment of him grabbing a green bowling ball?
5/9
300
When I write these questions below, which one is asking for the probability of flipping a heads and which one is asking for the compliment of flipping a heads?
1. P(Heads')
2. P(Heads)
1. Complement
2. Probability
400
If I had a theoretical probability of landing on a diamond every 4/9 spins on my spinner, how many diamonds would I expect to land on if I spun my spinner 27 times?
12
400
A spinner labeled with equal sections 1-5 was spun. Results are shown. What is the experimental probability of landing on a 4?
1/5
400
State the likelihood of the following event:
passing a class if you turn in none of your assignments
Unlikely
400
A gumball machine contains equal numbers of red, yellow, green, and blue gumballs. It randomly gives out one for each pull at the machine. What is the complement of getting a red gumball from one pull at the machine?
3/4
400
Mr. Hardin wants to know the likelihood (in words) his chances of getting a number 2-4 if these cards were flipped over. What is the theoretical probability?
likely
3/5
500
You have 3 red coins, 2 blue coins, and 5 orange coins in a bag. If you keep drawing coins blindly and replace them after each pick, theoretically how many orange coins should you pick after doing this 40 times?
20 orange coins
500
Taylor Swift decided to flip a coin 20 times. She landed on heads 8 times. She landed on tails 12 times. What is the experimental probability of her landing on tails her next flip?
12/20 or 3/5
500
State whether the following numbers would be impossible, unlikely, equally likely, likely, certain, or not a value of probability on the probability scale:
0 .49 2 .75 .5
0 - impossible
.49 - unlikely
2- Not a value of probability
.75 - Likely
.5 - equally likely
500
On a spinner, there are 3 hearts, 2 diamonds, 1 triangle, and 2 circles. What is the compliment of landing on a triangle?
8/9
500
If Billy has five cards below and he flips them over, what is his probability of drawing a prime number? State your answer in a fraction, percent, and decimal.
2, 3, and 5 are prime numbers
3/5 60% .60