Probability Questions
The probability of picking a jack from a deck of cards.
What is 4/52 or 2/26 or 1/13
Pick a number between 1-10. What is the probability of picking and even number.
5/10
The definition of probability
What is probability is the likelihood of an event happening
If there are 4 green marbles, 8 red marbles and 12 blue marbles. What is the probability of picking a green marble?
What is 4/24 or 1/6
The probability of rolling a 7 with 2 dice
What is 6/36 or 1/6
The definition of independent events
What is independent events are events that won’t affect another one
What is 1/6
The probability of rolling higher than a 3
What is 3/6 or 1/2
The definition of dependent events
What is dependent events affect the next event.
The probability of landing on heads
What is 1/2
Jim has 5 quarters and 8 nickels. He puts them all in a box. What is the probability of Jim picking a quarter.
What is 5/13
What do you write when figuring out probability?
What is fractions.
The probability of rolling an even number
What is 3/6
A box has 24 purple pencils, 18 blue pencils, 22 pink pencils, 8 red pencils and 8 yellow pencils. What is the probability of picking a blue pencil?
What is 18/80 or 9/40
Are dependent and independent events opposites?
What is yes.