Probability Words
A word for the results that may happen in a probability experiment
What are OUTCOMES?
Probability of rolling a 4 on a 6-sided dice
What is 1 OUT OF 6? (1/6)
Probability of spinning blue
What is 2 OUT OF 4? (2/4, or 1/2)
Tomorrow will be Wednesday. (impossible, unlikely, likely or certain?)
What is IMPOSSIBLE?
A probability of 60 out of 100 as a percent
What is 60% ?
A word to use when something is 100% guaranteed to happen
What is CERTAIN?
Probability of pulling a red cube from a bag that holds 2 red and 3 yellow cubes
What is 2 OUT OF 5? (2/5)
Probability of pulling out a red shirt to wear today
What is 2 out of 7?
Joseph will find a $10 bill on his way home today. (impossible, unlikely, likely or certain?)
What is UNLIKELY?
A probability of 7 out of 100 as a percent
What is 7% ?
A type of probability that is determined by the results of testing a event many times
What is EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY?
Probability of rolling an even number on a 6-sided dice
What is 3 OUT OF 6? (3/6)
Probability that Laura will NOT be picked
What is 7 out of 8?
It will be sunny this weekend. (impossible, unlikely, likely or certain?)
What is LIKELY?
A probability of 3 out of 10 as a percent
What is 30% ?
A type of probability that is determined using thinking, reasoning and numbers
What is THEORETICAL PROBABILITY?
Probability of flipping tails on a coin, after flipping heads 5 times in a row
What is 1 OUT OF 2 (1/2)
Probability of picking a green OR pink gumball
What is 7 out of 16
Michelle will turn a year older on her next birthday. (impossible, unlikely, likely or certain?)
What is CERTAIN?
A probability of 1 out of 4 as a percent
What is 25% ?
2 words to describe how expected or unexpected something is to happen
What are LIKELY AND UNLIKELY?
Probability of drawing a Queen or King of Hearts from a regular deck of cards?
What is 2 OUT OF 52? (2/52, or 1/26)
Probability of spinning orange in LOWEST TERMS
What is 1 OUT OF 4? (1/4)
Mme Mend will teach Intensive English in France next year. (impossible, unlikely, likely or certain?)
What is UNLIKELY?
A probability of 9 out of 25 as a percent
What is 36% ?