Probability Likelihood

Likelihood in Probability!

By Talya Frost

Let's review converting fractions to decimals and percents!

Multiple Choice

Write 1/4 as a decimal.

• 0.25

• 0.4

• 0.14

• 1.4

Multiple Choice

Write 3/4 as a decimal.

• 0.75

• 0.25

• 0.34

• 0.12

Multiple Choice

Write 3/8 as a decimal.

• 0.375

• 0.38

• 3.8

• 0.3

Multiple Choice

Convert to a decimal: 8/25

• .22
• .34
• .32
• .5

Multiple Choice

The library is   $$\frac{24}{25}$$  mile away from Jose’s home. Express this distance as a decimal

• 0.25

• 0.24

• 0.96

• 0.69

Multiple Choice

There is a 1 in 8 chance of the Cowboys winning a football game. Which value is equivalent?

• 18%

• 1.25

• 0.125

Multiple Choice

Convert to a decimal: 17/16

• 1.3
• 1.0625
• 1.6025
• 1.61

Multiple Choice

In a neighborhood 12/40 of the kids are in middle school. What percent is equivalent to the number of neighborhood kids in middle school?

• 35%

• 24%

• 30%

Multiple Choice

When converting decimals to percents, move the decimal:

• Two places to the left.
• Two places to the right.
• Two places up.
• Two places down.

Multiple Choice

Write 0.39 as a percent.

• 39
• 3.9%
• 39%
• .0039%

Multiple Choice

Change 0.384 to a percent.

• 3.84%
• 384%
• 38.4%
• 38.4

Multiple Choice

Change to a percent

0.08

• 0.08%

• 80%

• 8%

• 0.8%

Multiple Choice

Change .009 to a percent.

• 0.9%
• 0.09%
• 9%
• 9.00%

Multiple Choice

Write the decimal as a percent
0.79

• 7.9%
• .79%
• 79%
• 790%

Let's bring it all together!

Multiple Choice

Convert to a percent:

7/8

• 114%

• 8.75%

• 87.5%

• 85%

Multiple Choice

Convert to a percent:

9/25

• 24%

• 2.4%

• 3.6%

• 36%

Multiple Choice

Write 9/10 as a percent.

• 9%

• 90%

• 900%

• 99%

Multiple Choice

On a recent quiz, you answered 19 out of 25 questions correctly. What was your score as a percentage?

• 60%

• 65%

• 76%

• 80%

In math, "likelihood" means the chance or probability that something will happen. It's like guessing how likely an event is to occur.

What is likelihood?

Multiple Choice

Which event is IMPOSSIBLE?

• Rolling a 7 on a 6 sided dice.

• Tossing a coin and landing on heads.

• Rolling an even number on a dice.

• The sun rising in the morning.

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of flipping heads on a coin?

• impossible

• unlikely

• as likely as unlikely

• likely

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of drawing out a pink marble?

• likely

• certain

• equally likely

• impossible

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of selecting a rose colored crayon?

• unlikely
• as likely as not likely
• likely
• certain

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of drawing out a blue?

• likely

• unlikely

• impossible

• equally likely

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of rolling an even number on a die?

• impossible

• unlikely

• equally likely

• likely

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of rolling a sum of one with a pair of dice?

• impossible

• unlikely

• equally likely

• likely

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of spinning orange?

• impossible

• certain

• likely

• unlikely

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood of the spinner landing on a white section?

• equally likely

• impossible

• certain

• unlikely

Multiple Choice

What is the likelihood that the spinner lands on red or yellow?

• likely

• unlikely

• certain

• impossible

Multiple Choice

If an event can occur with a probability of 21/23, then we can say that it ...

• will always occurr

• cannot occur

• is less likely to occur

• is likely to occur

Multiple Choice

If an event can occur with a probability of 3/8, we can say that it...

• will always occur

• cannot occur

• is less likely to occur

• is likely to occur