In a bag of 100 m&ms there are 32 blue m&ms. You are trying to find the probability of pulling out a blue m&m. The blue m&ms in this situation are called this.
What is favorable outcome?
100
This is the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the number of possible outcomes when all are equally likely.
What is theoretical probability?
100
Probability that is based on repeated trials of an experiment is called this.
What is experimental probability?
100
Two events that do not affect the outcome of one another are called this.
What are independent events?
100
This is the top number of a fraction.
What is the numerator?
200
The possible results of an experiment are called this.
What is an outcome?
200
The theoretical probability of flipping a heads on a quarter is this.
What is 1/2 or .5 or 50%?
200
If thirteen out of 20 emails in your inbox are junk mail, then this is the experimental probability that your next email will be junk mail.
What is 13/20 or 0.65 or 65%?
200
Your teacher chooses one student to lead a group, and then chooses another student to lead another group. This is an example of this type of event.
What are dependent events?
200
This is the set of whole numbers, positive and negative.
What is the Integers?
300
A collection of one or more outcomes is called this.
What is an event?
300
On a fair spinner with 8 sections, the theoretical probability of spinning a 1 or a 5 is this.
What is 2/8 or 1/4 or 25% ?
300
You flip a coin 10 times and get tails 7 times. This is your experimental probability of getting a heads.
What is 3/10 or 0.3 or 30%?
300
You flip two quarters. This is the probability of flipping two heads.
What is 1/4 or .25 or 25%?
300
This is a three-dimensional object that has parallel bases and rectangular faces.
What is a prism?
400
On a number cube, these are the six possible outcomes.
What is 1,2,3,4,5,6?
400
On a fair spinner with 6 sections, the theoretical probability of spinning an odd number is this.
What is 3/6 or 1/2 or 50%?
400
You check 20 cartons of eggs. 4 of the cartons have cracked eggs. This is the experimental probability that a carton of eggs has at least one cracked egg.
What is 4/20 or 1/5 or 0.2 or 20%?
400
You spin a spinner with 10 sections and flip a coin. This is the probability of spinning an even number and flipping a head.
What is 1/4 or .25 or 25%?
400
This is the set of all numbers that can be written as ratios (fractions, whole numbers, repeating decimals, and terminating decimals).
What are Rational numbers?
500
There are 5 red jellybeans, 9 blue jellybeans, and 13 green jellybeans. This is the favorable outcome of pulling a red jellybean.
What is red jellybean, red jellybean, red jellybean, red jellybean, red jellybean?
500
You have a 2/3 chance of getting a point when playing a game. This is approximately how many turns will you have to take to get 10 points.
What is 15?
500
An inspector estimates that 0.5% of MP3 players are defective. In a shipment of 5000 MP3 players, this is how many MP3 players you would predict would be defective.
What is 25?
500
In a class of 33 students there are 17 girls and 16 boys. This is the probability of randomly choosing a girl, removing her from class, and then randomly choosing a boy.
What is 17/66 or 25.8%?
500
This is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.