Certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, impossible

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What does 'certain' mean in probability?

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It means that an event will definitely happen.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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What does 'likely' mean in probability?

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It means that an event has a good chance of happening, but it is not guaranteed.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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What does 'equally likely' mean?

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It means that all outcomes have the same chance of occurring.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

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What does 'unlikely' mean in probability?

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It means that an event has a small chance of happening.

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CCSS.L.1.6

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CCSS.RL.1.4

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What does 'impossible' mean in probability?

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It means that an event cannot happen at all.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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If there are 3 red gumballs and 1 blue gumball, what is the probability of choosing a blue gumball?

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Unlikely, because there are more red gumballs.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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If a spinner has equal sections for 1, 2, and 3, which number is equally likely to land on?

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1, 2, and 3 are equally likely.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

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In the set of numbers 2, 2, 3, 4, what is the mode?

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2, because it appears most often.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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If a spinner has sections for 1, 2, 3, and 4, which number is least likely to land on if it has 4 sections for 1 and 1 section for each of the others?

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2, 3, or 4 are less likely than 1.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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If you flip a coin, what is the probability of getting heads?

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Certain, because it can only land on heads or tails.

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5