Theoretical & Experimental Probability
Relative Frequency
Compound Probability
Two Way Tables
Data Analysis
100

The theoretical probability of rolling an odd number on a standard number cube.

What is 1/2 ?

100

Freshman - 2, Sophomores - 3, Juniors - 5 &  Seniors - 4

What is the P(senior)?

What is 2/7?

100

You eat a piece of fruit from a basket of apples, bananas, pears and melons.  Later your brother eats a piece of fruit from the basket.  Do these represent independent or dependent events?

What is dependent events?

100

What is the probability that a randomly chosen patient caught a cold and did not exercise?


Caught a cold

Did not catch
a cold

Totals

Exercised

8

30

38

Did not exercise

10

2

12

Totals

18

32

50

What is 1/5 or 0.2 or 20% ?

100

How many families have 2 children?





What is 8?

200

The probability of tossing at least 1 tail if you toss two coins at once?

What is 3/4 ?

200

Find the relative frequency that a student was not involved in a water sport.

Activity

Number of People

Waterskiing

12

Hiking

18

Canoeing

13

What is 18/43 ?

200

What is P(A and B) if A and B are independent events, P(A)=0.24 and P(B)=0.15?

What is 0.036 ?

200

What is the probability that a randomly chosen patient exercised and did not catch a cold? 


Caught a cold

Did not catch
a cold

Totals

Exercised

8

30

38

Did not exercise

10

2

12

Totals

18

32

50

What is 3/5 or 0.6 or 60% ?

200

What is the median amount of honey collected?

What is 56 pounds?

300

A bag has 42 red marbles, 15 blue marbles, 3 orange, and 8 green marbles.  If a marble is chose at random, what is the probability that the marble is not orange?

What is 65/68 ?

300

Favorite Fruit

Fruit            Number of responses

apple                    12

pear                     25

banana                 11

What is the relative frequency of choosing a pear?

What is 25/48 ?

300

At a grocery store, there is a 62% chance that a customer will pay with a credit card and a 25% chance that a customer will pay with cash.  What is the probability that a randomly selected customer will pay with a credit card or cash?

What is 87 % ?

300

What is P(did not exercise | did not catch a cold)?


Caught a cold

Did not catch
a cold

Totals

Exercised

8

30

38

Did not exercise

10

2

12

Totals

18

32

50

What is 1/16 or 0.0625 or 6.25% ?

300

What percent of the honey collected was above 56 pounds?

What is 50%

400

A spinner has 4 equal sections. After 12 spins, the spinner landed on  section A 4 times, section B 5 times, section C 2 times, and section D  1 time.  

What is the experimental probability of the spinner stopping on section A?  

What is 1/3 ?

400

If you roll a number cube 150 times, about how many times should you roll a number greater than 4?  

What is 50 times?

400

Angelo chooses a number from 1 to 10.  What is the probability that he chooses an odd number or a multiple of 5?  

What is 3/5  or 0.6  or 60% ?

400

What is P(4-wheel drive | pickup truck)?


2-Wheel Drive

4-wheel drive

Totals

Pick up Trucks

0.15

0.33

0.48

SUVs

0.28

0.24

0.52

Totals

0.43

0.57

1






What is 11/16 or 0.6875 or 68.75% ?

400

Choose the correlation coefficient of the scatterplot.   -1,   -.8,   -.2,   0,   .2,   .8,   1


What is -.8?

500

Find the theoretical probability of rolling a sum of 6 using TWO standard dice.


What is 5/36 ?

500

The relative frequencies of two of three possible outcomes are 1/2 and 1/3.  What is the relative frequency of the third outcome?

What is 1/6 ?

500

A spinner has 8 equal sections numbered 1 to 8.  What is the probability of the spinner stopping on a number that is a multiple of 3 or is greater than 5?

What is 1/2 or 0.5 or 50% ?

500

What is P(SUV | 2-wheel drive)?


2-Wheel Drive

4-wheel drive

Totals

Pick up Trucks

0.15

0.33

0.48

SUVs

0.28

0.24

0.52

Totals

0.43

0.57

1





What is 28/43 or .651 or 65.1% ?

500

Describe the gameplay results relationship between the damage received and the damage dealt.  

What is: As the damage received increased, the damage dealt decreased.