Vocabulary
What About Probability
INDEPENDENT EVENTS
DEPENDENT EVENTS
COMPOUND EVENTS
100
The ratio of a specific outcome to the total number of outcomes.
What is PROBABILITY
100
The chance of a tossed-coin landing on heads.
What is one-half (1/2)
100
Event A does not impact event B
What is INDEPENDENT
100
When an one event effects another ...
What is DEPENDENT EVENT
100
The probability of tossing a coin three times and it landing tails up (all three times)...
What is 1/8
200
Any one of the possible results of an action
What is OUTCOME
200
You are rolling a regular die. The probability of that die landing on an even number...
What is 3 out of 6 or 1out 2 (3/6 or 1/2)
200
Jeremiah has a drawer full of socks. In the drawer there are 6 black socks, 4 blue socks,2 white socks and 2 brown socks. The probability that Jeremiah will draw a black sock replace it and then draw a white sock ...
What is 3/49
200
You have a bag of 2 white, 8 red, and 5 blue marbles in a bag. The probability of selecting a red and then a white marble without replacement ...
What is 8/105
200
A spinner and number cube are used in a game. The spinner has an equal chance of landing on one or five colors: read, yellow, blue, green and purple. The faces of the number cube are labeled 1 to 6. The probability of spinning blue then rolling 3 or 4...
What is 1/15
300
Any one outcome or collection of outcomes
What is an EVENT
300
Suppose you choose a whole number from 1 to 50 at random. The probability that the number chosen contains the digit 5 ...
What is 6/50 or 3/25
300
For this experiment, you will draw one card and replace it. Then draw one shape and replace it. The cards contain the following numbers: 16, 52, 42, 7, 16, 7, 3, 7, 42, and 4. The shapes include: 4 stars, 5 hearts, and 3 arrows P (7 and arrow) ...
What is 9/120 or 3/40
300
Your mother is getting ready to do the laundry. In the hamper are 18 blue socks and 24 black socks. The probability of randomly picking 2 black socks from the hamper and putting them in the washing machine ...
What is 92/287
300
A spinner and number cube are used in a game. The spinner has an equal chance of landing on one or five colors: read, yellow, blue, green and purple. The faces of the number cube are labeled 1 to 6. The probability of rolling and even number and spinning yellow...
What is 1/10
400
A _____ event whereby the outcome of one event does NOT affect the other event.
What is INDEPENDENT
400
The type of probability that does not involve an experiment
What is THEORETICAL
400
For this experiment, you will draw one card and replace it. Then draw one shape and replace it. The cards contain the following numbers: 16, 52, 42, 7, 16, 7, 3, 7, 42, and 4. The shapes include: 4 stars, 5 hearts, and 3 arrows The probability that you will draw 42 and a star ...
What is 8/120 or 1/15
400
Two balls are drawn successively without replacement from a box which contains 4 white balls and 3 red balls. Find the probability that the first ball drawn is white and the second ball drawn is red.
What is 12/42 or 2/7
400
A spinner and number cube are used in a game. The spinner has an equal chance of landing on one or five colors: read, yellow, blue, green and purple. The faces of the number cube are labeled 1 to 6. The probability of rolling a 2 or 4 on the number cube and not landing on red on the spinner ...
What is 4/15
500
A ____ event whereby the outcome of one event affects the outcome of another event.
What is DEPENDENT
500
Another name for experimental probability
What is EMPIRICAL
500
For this experiment, you will draw one card and replace it. Then draw one shape and replace it. The cards contain the following numbers: 16, 52, 42, 7, 16, 7, 3, 7, 42, and 4. The shapes include: 4 stars, 5 hearts, and 3 arrows The probability that you will draw an even number and a heart ...
What is 24/120 or 1/5
500
Your bag contains 6 red, 5 blue, 2 yellow, and 3 green color tiles. Find the probability of a red tile without replacing it and then a yellow tile
What is 12/240 or 1/20
500
An inspector found that 15 out of 250 cars had a loose front door and 10 out of 500 cars had headlight problems. The probability that a car has both a loose door and a headlight problem ...
What is 3/2500