Probability Experimental

Experimental probability

Lesson objective: to calculate the experimental probability of events occuring

Experimental probability is what actually does happen after you have performed the experiment

Multiple Choice

What type of probability is a way of estimating the probability of an event happening based on repeated trials?

• Experimental Probabillity

• Theoretical Probability

Multiple Choice

Jason rolls a die 14 times.. What is the Experimental probability that he will roll a 1 or 6?

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 3/7

• 1/8

Multiple Choice

A coin is tossed 18 times. It lands on heads 12 times. What is the experimental probability of the coin landing on tails? simplify the fraction!

Multiple Choice

The spinner was spun 30 times and landed on blue 12 times. What was the experimental probability of the spinner landing on colors that were not blue?

• 2/5

• 3/5

• 4/5

• 1/5

Multiple Choice

Kate spun the spinner 75 times and landed on "3" thirty times.

What is the experimental probability as a percentage?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

Multiple Choice

Dylan made 15 out of 35 free throws.

What's his experimental probability as a simplified fraction?

• 3/7

• 15/35

• 1/2

• 5/7

Multiple Choice

Experimental Probability is:

• What Will happen 
• What actually happens
• What should happen
• What I think Happens

Multiple Choice

Shannon has a bag of jelly beans.

5 Green

2 Red

3 Blue

What is the experimental probability of her selecting a red jelly bean?

• 11/33

• 2/10

• 1/5

• 23/30

Multiple Choice

A dice was rolled five times and the following were rolled: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4

Based on this information, find the experimental P(1).

• 3/5
• 1/6
• 2/5
• 1/5

Multiple Choice

A bag has 4 green marbles, 3 red, 2 blue and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

• 3/10

• 3/6

• 1/9

• 1/3