Vocabulary
Independent & Dependent Events
Simple Probability
More Probability
Probability Vocab
100
Information gathered from a certain group
What is population
100
You roll a die two times. Find P(even & then 1)
1/12
100
What is the probability of rolling a 2 when a fair die is rolled.
1/6
100
What is the probability of getting a heads or a tails when flipping a fair coin?
1
100
how likely an event is to happen
What is probability
200
Part of the population chosen to represent entire group
What is sample
200
You spin a spinner with four even parts(blue, red, green, yellow) and draw a card. Find P(blue & then Ace).
1/52
200
What is the probability of rolling an even number when a fair die is rolled
1/2
200
You have a container filled with eight pieces of green paper and six pieces of blue paper. What is the probability of choosing, without peeking, a green piece of paper?
8/14 = 4/7
200
All possible outcomes of an experiment
What is sample space
300
a one sided perspective
What is biased.
300
You pick a marble from a bag containing 1 green marble, 4 red marbles, 2 yellow marbles, and 3 black marbles. You replace the first marble and then select a second one. Find P(yellow & then black).
3/50
300
What is the probability that a card drawn at random from a deck of cards will be an ace
4/52 = 1/13
300
David flipped a fair coin 100 times and the coin landed on tails 55 times. What is the experimental probability that this coin will land on heads the next flip?
45/100 = 9/20
300
result of an experiment
What is outcome
400
Sample that does not accurately represent the population
What is biased sample
400
Seven girls and five boys volunteer to represent their class at a school assembly. The teacher selects one name and then another from a bag containing the twelve students names. Find P(girl & then girl).
42/132 = 21/66
400
What is the probability that when a pair of six-sided dice are thrown, the sum of the numbers equals 5
4/36 = 1/9
400
You have a bag of 24 marbles. 8 are blue, 9 are red, 5 are green and 2 are yellow. Find P(Red or Yellow).
11/24
400
a set of one or more outcomes
What is event
500
a sample in which every person has an eual chance of being selected
What is random sample
500
A box contains 5 green marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 3 orange marbles. You draw one marble, do not replace it and then draw another marble. Find P(green & then blue).
12/156
500
A book contains 32 pages numbered 1, 2, ..., 32. If a student randomly opens the book, what is the probability that the page number contains digit 1?
13/32
500
In a standard deck of cards (52 cards). Find P(King or Queen or 7 of hearts).
9/52
500
an event that includes 2 or more simple events
What is compound event