Probability with a Deck of Cards
Probability with Dice
Theoretical vs.
Experimental
Probability Potluck
Compound Probability
100

Probability of drawing a 2 (as a percent)


19%

100

the probability of rolling a 2  (give answer as a fraction)

1/6

100

Mr. Barker found the probability of drawing a spade to be 1/5 or 20%. Did he find the theoretical or experimental probability? 

Experimental Probability

100

Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green) what is the probability of spinning red?

1/4 or 25%

100

Leslie is rolling a number cube. The faces of the number cube are labeled 1 to 6. If Leslie rolls the number cube 2 times, what is the probability that he will get a 2 on both rolls?

1/36

200

Probability of drawing the Queen of Hearts?

1/52


200

Probability of an even number or a 1

(give as a percent)

67%

200

Probability of flipping heads twice in a row (as a fraction)

1/4


200

You have a bag of marbles, four red and five green. What is the probability of choosing red?

(4/9) or 44%

200

Bruce has a penny and a nickel. Bruce will flip each coin. What is the probability as a decimal that he will get a heads on both coins?

0.25

300

Probability of drawing a 2,3 or 4 (as a fraction)

3/13


300

Probability of rolling an 8 on a single die

0

300

What is the theoretical probability of landing on green or blue? 

1/2 or 50%

300

Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green), the probability of spinning red then blue  (as a fraction)

1/16 


300

Dixie has a bag of coins. The bag contains 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 3 pennies. She will randomly choose a coin from the bag, NOT replace it, and then choose another coin. What is the probability that Dixie will choose a nickel and then a penny?

3/15 or 1/5

400

Probability of pulling any 4 OR a heart (as a fraction)

4/13

400

probability of rolling a 5, then a 2 (as a fraction)

1/36

400

What is the experimental probability of landing on green or blue? 

3/8 or 38%

400

the theoretical probability of rolling a one THEN picking a red card out of a deck of cards


 1/12 or 8%


1/6 * 1/2 (half of cards are red so 1/2)

400

Ms. Vallejo has these cans of soup in her cabinet.

  • 1 can of tomato soup

  • 4 cans of chicken soup

  • 3 cans of cheese soup

  • 2 cans of beef soup


Ms. Vallejo will randomly choose one can of soup. Then she will put it back and randomly choose another can of soup. What is the probability that she will choose a can of tomato soup and then a can of chicken soup?

1/25

500

the probability of flipping a coin to heads, then rolling a 3 on a die (as a fraction)

1/12

500

the probability of rolling a six then a number less than 3 (as a fraction)

 1/18

500

What is the theoretical probability of not landing on green? 

3/4 or 75%

500

What is the theoretical probability of picking a purple marble?

2/11 or 18%

500

Dixie has a bag of coins. The bag contains 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 3 pennies. She will randomly choose a coin from the bag, replace it, and then choose another coin. What is the probability that Dixie will choose a nickel and then a penny?

1/6