Marbles
Probability Vocab
What is the Probability of...
Current "Events"
Cards
100
A jar contains six green, four yellow, and two red marbles: what's the probability of drawing two yellow marbles with replacement?
What is 11.1% ?
100
Name the probability that an event "should be" when given the times the event occurs and the total possible.
What is Theoretical Probabiltiy?
100
Draw a rectangle that a random point has a 1/4 probability of NOT being in the shaded region.
(picture may vary) rectangle may be segmented into fourths, one of which is not shaded
100
If there are 3 comedies and 5 action movies playing, find the probability that your friend will randomly choose a comedy
What is 3/8?
100
In a standard deck of 52 cards, the probability that the card is a king or that the card is black are considered this type of events
What is Inclusive Events?
200
A jar contains six green, four yellow, and two red marbles: what's the probability of drawing two yellow marbles without replacement?
What is 9.1% ?
200
The name of the probability based on the outcome of a number of trials in an experiment
What is Experimental Probability?
200
The probability of a teacher choosing a girl and a boy in a class with 10 girls and 15 boys
What is 1/4, .25, 25%?
200
If the probability of Santorum, Romney, or Gingrich being selected to be the next republican nominee for president is 3/8, what is the probability of none of them being selected?
What is 5/8 or 62.5%
200
In a standard deck of 52 cards, find the probability that: P(king or black)
What is 53.8% or 28/52
300
A jar contains six green, four yellow, and two red marbles: an event with a probability of 0.5
What is the probability of drawing a green marble? or What is the probability of drawing a yellow or red marble?
300
The name used to describe how many times someone does an experiment
What is Trials?
300
Refer to the table: the probability that a person shops online, given that they are a student
What is 50/154 or 32.4%?
300
If a country's probability of developing nuclear weapons was 15%, and another country had a 30% probability of potentially responding, the probability of these two events occurring together are dependent or independent
What is dependent events?
300
In a standard deck of 52 cards, find the probability that: a card is a 2 or 7, or that the card is a 10 of diamonds (Mutually Exclusive Events)
What is 9/52 or 17.3%?
400
A jar contains six green, four yellow, and two red marbles: an event with a probability of 2/3
What is the probability of drawing a green or red marble?
400
The name used to describe two events that can occur without overlap or repeats
What is Mututally Exclusive Events?
400
Refer to the table: the probability that a person is a teacher, given that they shop only in stores
What is 21/67 or 31.3%
400
If Governor Christie has a 25% probability of winning an argument over teacher merit pay and the probability of East adopting a hybrid-block schedule next year is 99.9%, the two events probability of both happening are dependent or independent
What is independent?
400
In a standard deck of 52 cards, find: P(red or 8 or 10) - Inclusive Event
What is 30/52 or 57.7%
500
A jar contains six green, four yellow, and two red marbles: an event with a theoretical probability of 8/144
What is the probability of drawing a yellow then a red marble with replacement?
500
The math rule that states, the more you do an experiment, the closer your probability will be to the theoretical probability
What is The Law of Large Numbers?
500
Refer to the table: P(both∣parent)
What is 24/48 or 50%?
500
See Video: http://www.dogonews.com/2012/2/6/video-of-the-week-the-future-ping-pong-world-champion The probability that Jamie will hit the ping pong ball is 1/9. For which number of trials for Jamie would the experimental probability to be closest to the theoretical probability: A) 9 B) 19 C)39 D)109
500
In a standard deck of 52 cards, find the probability that: The card is a face card or the card is a 3, and the name that describes these types of events
What are 30.7% and Mutually Exclusive?