Probability Jeopardy

Possible Outcomes

100

How many possible outcomes are there when rolling a dice?

6

200

How many possible outcomes are there when choosing a random week of the year?

52

300

How many possible outcomes are there for tossing three coins?

8

400

How many possible outcomes are there for rolling a dice and tossing a coin?

12

500

How many possible outcomes are there for selecting one consonant and one vowel from the name GREGORY?

10

Single Event

100

An ordinary die is rolled once. Determine the probability of rolling an odd number.

1/2

or 0.5

or 50%

200

Ten cards, numbered 1-10, are placed in a bag. If a card is chosen at random, what is the probability of choosing a number greater than 4?

3/5

or 0.6

or 60%

300

A ticket is randomly selected from a box containing 3 yellow, 4 green, and 8 blue tickets. Determine the probability that the ticket is not yellow.

4/5

or 0.8

or 80%

400

A card is randomly selected from a normal playing deck. What is the probability that the card in a Jack, Queen, King, or Ace?

4/13

or 0.308

30.8%

500

A jigsaw puzzle has 25 pieces. If a puzzle piece is chosen at random, what is the probability of choosing a corner piece?

4/25

or 0.16

or 16%

Independent Events

100

If I flip two coins, what is the probability that I will flip a heads and then a tails?

1/4

or 0.25

25%

200

If I roll two dice, what is the probability that I roll two threes?

1/36

or 0.278

27.8%

300

I draw a card from a standard deck of playing cards, put it back, then draw another card. What is the probability that I draw two kings?

1/169

or 0.006

or 0.6%

400

Jan, on average, makes 2 of every 3 shots she makes in a basketball game. Lee makes 7 of every 10 shots. If both students take a shot, what is the probability that Jan makes her shot but Lee misses his?

1/5

or 0.2

or 20%

500

Grace and Simon are taking a math test on Monday. Grade has a 85% chance of getting a C or higher, and Simon has a 60% chance of passing. What is the probability that Grace gets a C or higher and Simon fails?

17/50

or 0.34

34%

Dependent Events

100

A packet contains 6 green and 3 yellow jelly beans. What is the probability of randomly selecting a yellow, eating it, then selcting a green?

1/4

or 0.25

or 25%

200

Tickets numbered 1-15 are placed in a hat. One ticket is drawn, then without replacement, a second ticket is drawn. What is the probability that both tickets are odd numbers?

4/15

or 0.27

27%

300

Anton draws a card from a normal deck and keeps it. Erik then pulls a card from the same deck. What is the probability that Anton draws a red card and Erik draws a spade?

13/102

or 0.127

or 12.7%

400

Madison and Alex are two students in a class of 32. Two students are being selected randomly to compete in a lip sync challenge. What is the probaility that Alex will be chosen, and then Madison will be chosen?

1/992

500

In a package or candies, 4 are blue, 6 are green, 3 are red, 2 are yellow, and 1 is brown. You pick one randomly, eat it, then repeat 3 more times. What is the probability that you eat two blues first, then a yellow, and lastly a brown?

1/1820

Vocabulary

100

What are möjliga utfall and gynnsamma utfall in english?

Possible outcomes and favorable outcomes

200

What does beroende mean in english?

Dependent

300

If I draw a card from a deck "med återlaggning," are the events independent or dependent?

Independent

400

What is likformig sannolikhetsfördelning in english?

Uniform probability distribution

500

Using the correct terminology that we learned in class, what is the formula that we use to solve for the probability of a single event?

favorable outcomes / possible outcomes