Probability
Fractions, Decimals, & Percents, Oh My!
Experimental Probability
Theoretical Probability
Potpourri
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Determine whether the event is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, or certain. Guessing the answer to a true/false question correctly
As Likely as Not
100
What is 15/100 as a DECIMAL and PERCENT?
0.15 Decimal 15% Percent
100
Students have checked out 55 books from the library. Of these, 32 books are fiction. What is the experimental probability that the next book check out will be fiction?
32/55
100
Find the probability. Write as a fraction. Selecting one of the 15 Bs from 75 total Bingo balls
15/75 = 1/5
100
A spinner is divided into fourths and numbered 1 through 4. Mark spins the spinner and tosses a coin. What are all the possible outcomes?
1H, 1T, 2H, 2T, 3H, 3T, 4H, 4T
200
A bag contains 3 green balls, 7 orange balls, and 2 black balls. The probability of randomly picking a green ball is 1/4. What is the probability of not picking a green ball?
3/4
200
Write 14/81 as a percent. Round to the nearest TENTH of a percent, if necessary.
17.3%
200
Find the experimental probability. Write your answer as a fraction, decimal, and a percent. Jose is a soccer goalie. If he has 21 out of 25 saves practice, what is the experimental probability that he will have a save on the next shot on goal?
21/25 Fraction 0.84 Decimal 84% Percent
200
Hailey has 20 crayons in a box. Of these, 9 are white and 11 are red. Find the probability of drawing a white crayon. Write your answer as a fraction and a decimal.
9/20 Fraction 0.45 Decimal
200
An ice cream shop offers 4 different flavors of ice cream and 3 different fruit toppings. How many different desserts are possible if you can choose one flavor of ice cream and one topping?
12
300
The probability of randomly drawing a gold marble from a bag of gold, red, and blue marbles is 3/5. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red or blue marble?
2/5
300
Write 0.026 as a percent.
2.6%
300
Josh hit the bull's eye in darts 8 times out of 15 throws. What is the experimental probability that Josh's next throw will hit the bull's eye?
8/15
300
In a deck of 52 cards, there are 13 diamonds. What is the probability of drawing a diamond from a shuffled deck of cards? Write your answer as a fraction, decimal, and percent.
1/4 Fraction 0.25 Decimal 25% Percent
300
Which percent best shows the probability that Kito will randomly draw an even number from five cards numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10? A. 75% B. 25% C. 50% D. 100%
D. 100%
400
A jar contains 6 brown, 8 purple, and 10 white pieces of candy. Would you be more likely to pull out a brown or purple candy?
PURPLE
400
Write 19/20 as a decimal and percent.
0.95 Decimal 95% Percent
400
Define experimental probability.
The experimental probability of an event is found by comparing the number of times the event occurs to the total number of trials.
400
Define Theoretical Probability:
Theoretical probability is used to find the probability of an event when all outcomes are equally likely.
400
Amber's Math club meets at school on Tuesday afternoons. How likely is it that Amber is at the mall on Tuesday afternoon?
unlikely
500
What is the probability of drawing a red queen in a standard deck of 52 cards?
2/52 = 1/26 REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO SIMPLIFY!!!
500
The class had 143 pink M&M's out of a total of 506 M&M's. Write a RATIO, DECIMAL, and PERCENT for the number of pink M&M's out of the total. ROUND DECIMALS to the nearest 100th and PERCENTS to nearest 10th.
143/506 RATIO 0.28 DECIMAL 28.3 % PERCENT
500
What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 2 on a standard dice?
4/6 = 2/3
500
A spinner with 10 equal sections numbered 1 through 10 is spun. Find the probability. Write your answer as a fraction, decimal, OR percent. P(prime number) =
2/5 Fraction 0.4 Decimal 40% Percent
500
Determine whether the even is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, or certain. Randomly drawing a red or pink card from a deck of red and pink cards
Certain