Simple Probability

Front

What is probability?

Back

Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Front

What is the probability of selecting a brown candy from a bowl with 4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, and 2 brown candies?

Back

1/10

Front

What does it mean if an event is 'impossible'?

Back

An impossible event has a probability of 0, meaning it cannot happen.

Front

What does it mean if an event is 'certain'?

Back

A certain event has a probability of 1, meaning it will definitely happen.

Front

What is the probability of rolling greater than a 1 on a single die?

Back

5/6

Front

What is the range of possible values for probability?

Back

Probability can range from 0 to 1.

Front

What does 'equally likely' mean in probability?

Back

Equally likely means that all outcomes have the same chance of occurring.

Front

If you flip a fair coin, what is the probability of it landing heads up?

Back

1/2

Front

What is the most likely tile to be picked from the set: T, E, A, O if T appears 5 times, E appears 3 times, A appears 2 times, and O appears 1 time?

Back

T

Front

What is the probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of cards?

Back

1/2 (There are 26 red cards out of 52 total cards.)