Challenge
You bring a bag of 20 jellybeans to school: 8 are red, 6 are green, and 6 are purple. What is the chance you randomly get a green or purple one?
What is 12/20 or 3/5?
What is the probability of rolling a 3 on a standard die?
What is 1/6?
What decimal represents a 50% chance?
What is 0.5?
What percent is the same as 1 out of 2?
What is 50%?
What’s the probability of flipping heads on a coin?
What is 1/2 or 50%?
At recess, 6 students play tag, 4 play basketball, and 2 read. What’s the probability that a student is not playing a game?
What is 2/12 or 1/6?
A bag has 2 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. What is the probability of picking a red one?
What is 2/6 or 1/3?
If the chance of rain is 0.8, is it likely or unlikely?
What is likely?
What percent chance do you have if the probability is 0.75?
What is 75%?
At a school dance, 10 students are wearing red shirts, 5 are in blue, and 5 are in black. What’s the probability of randomly choosing a student in black?
What is 5/20 or 1/4?
There are 5 chocolate, 3 vanilla, and 2 strawberry cupcakes on a tray. What’s the probability of picking either chocolate or vanilla?
What is 8/10 or 4/5?
There are 5 green, 3 yellow, and 2 red balls. What is the probability of picking a yellow?
What is 3/10?
A spinner has 10 equal sections, and 4 are red. What is the probability of red as a decimal?
What is 0.4?
A game has a 20% chance to win. Is this likely or unlikely?
What is unlikely?
A weather forecast says there’s a 30% chance of snow. What does that mean?
What is it probably won't snow, but it could?
You have 3 red markers, 4 blue markers, and 3 green markers in a pencil case. What is the probability of not picking a blue marker?
What is 6/10 or 3/5?
A spinner has 8 equal sections. 3 are blue. What's the probability of landing on blue?
What is 3/8?
You have 2 out of 5 chances to win. What is this as a decimal?
What is 0.4?
A team has won 12 out of 20 games. What is their win percentage?
What is 60%?
A bag contains 3 apples, 2 oranges, and 5 bananas. You randomly pick a fruit. What’s the probability it's not an apple?
What is 7/10 or 70%?
A school raffle has 100 tickets. You bought 5. What is the probability that you will win the raffle?
What is 5/100 or 1/20?
A box has 10 pencils: 4 black, 3 red, 2 blue, 1 green. Find the probability of picking a red or blue pencil.
What is 5/10 or 1/2?
A quiz has 4 multiple choice questions, each with 4 options. What is the probability of guessing one correctly?
What is 0.25?
A jar has 5 green, 10 red, and 5 blue candies. What is the percent chance of picking red?
What is 50%?
In gym class, there are 4 basketballs, 2 soccer balls, and 2 volleyballs. If you grab one without looking, what is the probability it’s not a basketball?
What is 4/8 or 1/2?