Fundamental Counting Principle
Experimental or Theoretical Probability
Name that Compound Event
Independent and Dependent Events
Mutually Exclusive Events
200
You look in your closet and discover you are low on clean laundry. You have two pairs of jeans, four shirts, and three pairs of shoes. How many possible outfits do you have?
What is 24?
200
Using a quarter, Alyson predicts that she will flip heads 20 times out of 40 tries. Is this an example of theoretical or experimental probability?
What is theoretical?
200
You roll a die and spin a spinner. Is this an example of: Independent events Dependent events Mutually Exclusive events
What are independent events?
200
You flip a coin and roll a six-sided die. What is the probability of flipping a head and rolling a 3?
What is 1/12?
200
A spinner is divided into 6 equal sections: red, blue, orange, green, yellow, and purple. What is the probability of spinning a green or a yellow?
What is 1/3?
300
You toss a quarter six times. How many possible outcomes are there?
What is 12?
300
Jessica rolls a die 30 times. She rolls a six on the die for 8 out of the 30 rolls. Is this an example of theoretical or experimental probability?
What is experimental probability?
300
You roll a 3 or a 4 on a die.
What is mutually exclusive?
300
You have a deck of 8 red cards and 7 blue cards. What is the probability of selecting a red card, not replacing it, and then picking another red card?
What is 4/15?
300
Using a six-sided die, what is the probability of rolling an odd number or a 4?
What is 2/3?
400
Using the numbers 0-9, how many three-digit combinations are possible? All numbers may be repeated.
What is 1000?
400
You have a bag of 8 red marbles, 10 blue marbles, and 6 green marbles. What is the theoretical probability of picking a blue marble?
What is 5/12?
400
You have a deck of 8 red cards, 6 blue cards, and 10 green cards. You select a red card, do not replace it, and select another red card.
What are dependent events?
400
A spinner is divided into five equal sections: red, blue, green, yellow, and orange. What is the probability of spinning a red and then rolling a 3 on a six-sided die?
What is 1/30?
400
Using a 12-sided die, what is the probability of rolling an even number or an odd number?
What is 1?
500
A bicycle license plate requires one letter and two digits from 0-9. How many combinations are possible?
What is 2600?
500
Steven flips a coin 50 times. He flips heads 35 times and tails 15 times. Which side, heads or tails, has an experimental probability of 7/10?
What is heads?
500
You have a bag of 12 blue marbles, 10 black marbles, and 8 purple marbles. You select a blue marble and put it back. You then select a purple marble.
What are independent events?
500
You have a bag of 3 green marbles, 4 red marbles, and 2 black marbles. What is the probability of selecting a green marble, not replacing it, selecting a red marble, not replacing it, and then selecting a black marble?
What is 1/21?
500
You have a deck of 4 red cards, 7 black cards, 4 green cards and 5 blue cards. What is the probability of selecting a card that is black or green or blue?
What is 4/5?