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Theoretical Probability
Experimental Probability
Counting
Principle
Compound
Events
Guess
What?
100
The probability of an event occurring equals the number of favorable outcomes to the total number of possible outcomes.
What is theoretical probability?
100
Probability that is based on observations.
What is experimental probability?
100
At the China Panda, you order the family dinner. You have a choice of two appetizers, two soups and three main dishes. Determine the total possible combination of meals to choose from.
What is 12?
100
You have a bag that contains 6 blue, 2 green, 3 red, and 1 white marble. You select a marble at random, find the probability of selecting a red marble, then blue when the red marble is not replaced.
What is 3/22?
100
Theoretical or Experimental: In 60 coin tosses, 25 are tails.
What is experimental?
200
Using the cards lettered TRUMPET. You select a card at random from, find the probability of selecting a vowel (in percent).
What is 29%?
200
Factory workers test 80 batteries. Four batteries are defective. The probability that a battery is defective, in percent.
What is 5%?
200
Find the number of different couches that you can make using 16 different fabrics and 8 patterns.
What is 128?
200
You have a bag that contains 6 blue, 2 green, 3 red, and 1 whits marble. You select a marble at random. Find the probability of selecting a green marble then selecting red when the green is replaced.
What is 1/24?
200
Odds in favor of or odds against: The ratio of the number of unfavorable outcomes to the number or favorable outcomes.
What is odds against?
300
You write the letters MISSISSIPPI on cards and mix them in a hat. You select one card without looking. The probability of selecting an I.
What is 36%?
300
A quality control inspector finds flaws in 6 of 45 tools examined. If the trend continues, determine the probability of the number of defective tools in the a batch of 540?
What is 72?
300
If you toss four coins and spin a spinner with four equal sections. Determine the number of possible outcomes.
What is 64?
300
Thomas has a set of 26 alphabet cards, each having a different letter of the alphabet on it. He randomly draws one card and then rolls a fair die, numbered from 1 to 6. What is the probability he draws a card with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) on it and then rolls an odd number?
What is 5/32?
300
Independent or Dependent: You select a card. Then you select another card without replacement.
What is dependent probability?
400
Six out of the 111 elements are noble gases. You write the names of all the elements on cards and select a card at random. Find the probability of not picking a noble gas as a percent.
What is 95%?
400
During hockey practice, Yazi blocked 19 out of 30 shots and Gene blocked 17 out of 24 shots. For the first game, the coach wants to choose the goalie with the greater probability of blocking a shot. Which player should he choose?
Who is Gene with 71%?
400
You toss two coins. Find the probability of getting one tail and one head using the sample space.
What is 3/4?
400
Corrissa spins the arrow on a spinner with four congruent sections 2 times. If the spinner has 3 red sections and 1 blue section, what is the probability the arrow will land on a red section on both spins?
What is 9/16?
400
Experimental or Theoretical: You toss a coin several times and record the results. Out of 20 trials, you get tails 9 times.
What is experimental?
500
A bag contains an unknown number of marbles. You know that P(red) = 1/4 and P(green) = 1/4. How many marbles are in the bag?
What is 4 marbles?
500
You toss a coin several times and record the results. Out of 20 trials, you get tails 9 times. Find the probability of getting heads?
What is 11/20 or 55%?
500
You toss a coin and spin a spinner. the spinner has four equal sections that are numbered from 1 to 4. Use a tree diagram to determine the probability of getting tails and spinning a 4.
What is 1/8?
500
A fair cube with faces 6, 4, 3, 7, 9, and 2 is rolled four times. What is the probability that all rolls will result in an even number?
What is 1/16?
500
A fair cube with faces numbered from 1 through 6 is tossed a number of times. If the probability of the cube landing on the number 1 every time is 1/216, what is the best answer for how many times the cube is rolled?
What is 3 times?