Simulations

Multiple Choice

How could you simulate randomly choosing a place for lunch out of 6 different restaurants?

• flip a coin
• roll a die
• spin a 4-sided spinner
• flip 2 coins

Multiple Choice

How could you simulate randomly choosing a shirt to wear out of 8 different choices?

• flip three coins
• roll a die
• spin a 5-sided spinner and flip a coin
• roll two dice

Multiple Choice

The questions on a multiple choice test each have 5 answer choices. Which model can be used to simulate randomly selecting the correct answer on a 20 question multiple choice test?

• rolling a number cube 5 times
• spinning a five-sided spinner 20 times
• flipping a coin 20 times
• choosing 1 marble in a bag of 20 different colored marbles

Multiple Choice

Which is the best way to simulate choosing one student out of 12 to be the class president?

• roll a die and flip a coin
• roll a die
• spin a spinner with 4 sections
• flip a coin

Multiple Choice

Samuel has 5 different colors of pens and 2 different colors of paper. Which model could be used to simulate how many different combinations he has?

• spin a 5-sided spinner, then flip a coin
• roll a die 5 times
• flip a coin 5 times
• spin a 7-sided spinner twice

Multiple Choice

A cereal company is placing one of 6 different toys into its boxes of cereal. Which model could be used to simulate the toys you would randomly find in 50 boxes of cereal?

• a coin that is flipped 50 times
• a 4-sided spinner that is spun 50 times
• a number cube that is rolled 50 times
• a coin is flipped and a number cube is rolled 50 times