Definitions
This term is defined by a ratio that compares desired outcomes to total possible outcomes.
What is probability?
This is the likelihood of: a rock sinking when it is dropped into water (likely, unlikely, certain, or impossible).
What is certain?
We flip a coin 10 times, what is the probability of it landing heads side up on the 11th time?
What is 1/2?
Which spinner below has a larger probability of landing on red?
What is #1?
What is the likelihood of Dr. Liebars' cat coming onto the screen during today's class?
What is certain?
This term describes the relative frequency of an event as its approximation approaches the actual probability.
What is the Law of Large Numbers?
This aspect of probability has no memory.
What is chance?
We are playing a game of Yahtzee. Calculate the probability of rolling a 4 on all three dice?
What is 1/216?
Which of the following tree diagrams provides all of the possible outcomes for the varying possibilities of the answers to four true/false questions?
What is #2?
What is the sum of the probabilities of all the possible outcomes?
What is 1?