theoretical
experimental
Impossible, Unlikely, Likely, or Certain
Word Problems
multiplication
100

what is the probability of landing on heads when flipping a coin?  

1/2 or 50%

100

You roll a standard six-sided die 30 times, and the number 4 appears 7 times. What's the experimental probability of rolling a 4? 

7/30 or 23%

100

If you roll a standard six-sided die, is it certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible to roll a number greater than 6?

impossible

100

If Becky has 7 apples and gives 2 away, how many apples does she have left?

5 apples

100

2x9

18

200

what is the probability of getting a queen in a deck of cards? (simplify)

7.6% or 8% or 1/13

200

A spinner with 3 equal sections (red, blue, green) is spun 30 times. The results are: red 12 times, blue 10 times, green 8 times. What's the experimental probability of landing on blue? (simplify)

1/3 or 33%

200

You have a bag with 5 red marbles and 5 blue marbles. Is it certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible to pick a green marble?

impossible 

200

What is 20 / 5?

4

200

3x5

15

300

What's the probability of getting two heads in a row when flipping a coin twice?

1/4 or 25%

300

you spin a spinner 12 times. you should land on each color 3 times. it lands on blue 5 times, red 2 times, yellow 3 times, and green 2 times. is that more or less then what the theoretical probability would have been? 

less

300

You roll two fair six-sided dice. What is the probability of getting a sum of 7?

Likely

300

A train travels 300 kilometers in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the train in kilometers per hour?

100 km/h

300

4x8

32

400

If you draw two cards from a deck, what's the probability of drawing an ace, then a king (without putting the first card back)?

1/169 or 6.25%

400

A basketball player shoots 20 free throws and makes 14. What is the experimental probability that they will make their next free throw?

0.7 or 70%

400

A deck of 52 cards is shuffled. What is the probability of drawing an Ace of Hearts?

unlikely

400

Michael scores a 95, 87, 85, 93, and a 94 on his first 5 math tests. If he wants a 90 average, what must he score on the final math test?

86

400

6x15

90

500

A jar contains 3 red and 2 blue marbles. You randomly draw one marble, and it's blue. What's the probability that the next marble you draw will also be blue, assuming you don't replace the first marble?

1/3 or 33.3%

500

A machine produces 1000 items, and 50 are defective. What is the experimental probability of selecting a defective item from a batch of 200 items produced by the same machine?

1/20 or 5%

500

there is 1 black marble in a bag of all white marbles. is it likely to pull the black marble out of the bag 

no it is unlikely 

500

Two cards are drawn from the pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that both are diamonds or both are kings.

14/221 or 0.06 or 6%

500

12x20

240