Theoretical
Experimental
Impossible, unlikely, likely, certain
Word Problems
Student Choice
100

A six sided number cube is rolled. What is the probability of it landing on a 6? 

1/6 

100

Damon flipped a coin 50 times and got 31 heads.

what is the probability? 

31/50 

100

A spinner has 12 sections each section is red 

what is the probability that it will land on blue? 

Impossible 

100

A box contains 4 equal sized cards labeled 1, 3, 5, and 7 Larry will select one card from the box. 

What is the probability that Larry will select a card labeled with a number less then 6? 

3/1 or 75% 

100

5 x 5 

25 

200

A drawer has 3 red shirts, 2 blue shirts, and 4 white shirts. 

What is the probability of choosing a red or blue shirt 

5/9 

200

A 10-sided die is numbered 0-9.  If you roll it 60 times, what is the best prediction for how many times you would roll either a 1 or 2 ?

12 times 

200

A spinner has 8 sections six of them are green 

is it likely or unlikely that the spinner will land on green? 

likely 

200

A game piece has 12 sides what is the probability of rolling a number greater than 5? 

7/12 or 58% 

200

35 + 35 

70 

300

What is the probability of choosing a spade out of a standard deck of cards? 

1/4

300

 Six different names were put into a hat. A name is chosen 101 times and the name Josh is chosen 21 times. What is the experimental probability of the name Josh being chosen?

21/101 

300

Suppose Robert has a bag of colored wristbands, and he chooses one without looking. The bag contains a total 25 wristbands and 6 of them are colored purple 

Is it likely or unlikely that Robert will choose a purple wristband? 

unlikely 

300

of the marbles in a bag, 3 are red, 2 are yellow, and 2 are pink. Jack will randomly choose one marble from the bag. 

what is the probability that Jack will choose a pink marble from the bag? 

2/7 or 28% 

300

1234 x 200 

246,800 

400

The numbers 1-11 are placed in a bag. 

What is the probability of drawing a prime number?

5/11 

400

Liz flips a coin 60 times. The coin lands heads up 42 times and tails up 18 times. 

Based on Liz's results, the experimental probability of the coin landing heads up is? 

70% 

400

A spinner has 12 equal-sized sections. Nine of the sections are green. 

is it likely or unlikely that the spinner will land on green? 

likely 
400

A bag of marbles has 3 red marbles, 4 white marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 2 pink marbles 

What is the probability of choosing a red and blue marble out of the bag? 

  4/7 

400

1234 - 325 

909

500

A bag of marbles has 3 white
marbles, 4 green marbles,
5 blue marbles, and 2 red
marbles. What is the probability
of choosing a blue marble out
of the bag?

5/14 

500

The table shows the results for spinning the spinner 50 times. What is the relative frequency for the event "spin a 1"?

Experiment table 

outcome: 1, 2, 3, 4 Number of trails 

frequency 5,18,14,13 

The relative frequency for the event "spin a 1" is 1/10 

500

Suppose you have a bag with 20 letter tiles in it, and 3 of the tiles are labeled A. Suppose a second bag has 500 letter tiles in it, and 170 of the tiles are labeled A. From which bag are you more likely to pick a tile that is labeled Y?

the second bag with 170 

500

The letters that spell MATHEMATICS are placed in a bag 

what is the probability a vowel is selected from the bag? 

4/11 

500

12657 x 12345 

156,250,665