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Probability

RatioImpossible to Certain

Experiment vs. Theory

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Q2 Q2 Q2

Q3 Q3 Q3

Q4 Q4 Q4

Q5 Q5 Q5

Q1: Probability Ratio

You ask a friend to think of a number from four to twelve.

What is the probability that his number will be 8?

Q1 Answer: Probability Ratio

1/9

Q2: Probability Ratio

A bag contains 5 blue sticks, 4 red sticks, and 3 orange sticks and you ask a friend to pick one without looking. What is the probability that the stick will be blue?

Q2 Answer: Probability Ratio

5/12

Q3: Probability Ratio

A bag contains ten black marbles, twenty white marbles, and five grey marbles. You pick one without looking. What is the probability that the marble will be either white OR black?

Q3 Answer: Probability Ratio

30/35 = 6/7

Q4: Probability Ratio

Each of the letters in the word SAMSUNG are on separate cards, face down on the table. If you pick a card at random, what is the probability that its letter will be S or U?

Q4 Answer: Probability Ratio

3/7

Q5: Probability Ratio

Molly is playing cards with her friend when she draws a card from a pack of 30 cards numbered from 1 to 30. What is the probability of drawing a number that is square?

Q5 Answer: Probability Ratio

5/30 = 1/6

Q1: Impossible to Certain

A bag contains five red marbles, fifteen black marbles, and ten white marbles. You pick one without looking. What is the probability that the marble will be either red OR white?

Q1 Answer: Impossible to Certain

15/30 = ½Equally Likely

Q2: Impossible to Certain

A bag contains 6 purple sticks, 2 orange sticks, and 4 black sticks and you ask a friend to pick one without looking. What is the probability that the stick will be pink?

Q2 Answer: Impossible to Certain

0/12 = 0Impossible

Q3: Impossible to Certain

Mike is playing cards with his sister when he draws a card from a pack of 35 cards numbered from 1 to 35. What is the probability of drawing a number that is divisible by 1?

Q3 Answer: Impossible to Certain

35/35 = 1Certain

A magician showed a magic trick where he picked one card from a standard deck. Determine what the probability is that the card will be a red color queen card?

Q4: Impossible to Certain

Q4 Answer: Impossible to Certain

2/52 = 1/26Unlikely

Q5: Impossible to Certain

A bag contains 3 green marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 8 red marbles and you ask a friend to pick one without looking. What is the P(not green)?

Q5 Answer: Impossible to Certain

13/16Likely

Q1: Experiment vs. Theory

You flip a coin 10 times and out of those get tails 8 times. What is the difference between your Theoretical probability and your Experimental probability?

Q1 Answer: Experiment vs. Theory

0.8 – 0.5 = 0.3

You roll a die 24 times and roll 1 eleven times, what is the difference between the theoretical and experimental?

Q2: Experiment vs. Theory

Q2 Answer: Experiment vs. Theory

0.46 – 0.17 = ~0.29

You spin this spinner 12 times, You land on green 6 times. What is difference between the Experiment vs. Theory?

Q3: Experiment vs. Theory

Q3 Answer: Experiment vs. Theory

0.5 - 0.25 = 0.25

Q4: Experiment vs. Theory

You have six marbles in a bag. 2 are red, 2 are blue, and 2 are green. You pull a marble out and replace 6 times, and Record 5 blue marbles. Experiment vs. Theory?

Q4 Answer: Experiment vs. Theory

0.833 – 0.33 = ~0.5

Q5: Experiment vs. Theory

You flip a coin 35 times and get heads 15 times. What is the Experimental vs. Theoretical?

Q5 Answer: Experiment vs. Theory

0.5 - 0.43 = 0.07