Probability Test

Probability and Statistics

​Learning Intention: Students will practice problems relating to probability and statistics.

Open Ended

What is probability?

Multiple Select

What is RANDOM sampling? (Choose the 2 that apply)

• A sampling method that favors a certain group over another

• A sampling method where each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected

• Sampling method used to avoid bias and other unwanted effects

Poll

How confident do you feel about probability?

• Great

• OK, but those coins and spinners were taught a long time ago!

• What is that?

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of spinning green?

• 0
• 1/4
• 1/2
• 3/4

Random Sample

*Each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected

*Used to avoid bias and other unwanted effects

Multiple Choice

How do you write 0.02 as a percent?

• 20%
• 200%
• 2%
• .02%

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of selecting an orange candy?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What color are you MOST likely to land on?

• pink

• green

• yellow

• blue

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Jazlyn has 4 quarters, 10 dimes, and 3 nickels in her wallet. What is the likelihood of her choosing a penny?

• certain

• likely

• unlikely

• impossible

Liklihood of events

• Impossible

• Unlikely

• Equally likely

• Likely

• Certain

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of the spinner landing on an odd number?

• 4/8
• 4/4
• 1/4
• 1/3

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What result is least likely?

• Blue

• Red

• Yellow

• Purple

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which color marble is least likely to be pulled from the jar?

• Green 
• Red
• Blue

Probability

• # favorable outcomes/# possible outcomes

• Liklihood of an event happening

• Expressed as a fraction, decimal, or percent

Multiple Choice

An event with a probability of equally likely as unlikely would be...

• 0

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 1

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Match

Match the following probabilities:

• 0

• 1

• $$\frac{1}{2}$$  

• between 0 and $$\frac{1}{2}$$  

• between $$\frac{1}{2}$$  and 1

Certain

Unlikely

As Likely as Not

Likely

Impossible

• Certain

• Unlikely

• As Likely as Not

• Likely

• Impossible

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

The experimental probability that Jonah will catch a fly ball is equal to 7/8. About what percent of the time will Jonah catch a fly ball?

• 55%

• 66%

• 77%

• 88%

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Kyleigh saw 10 blue, 8 red, and 42 white cars drive by her house in 1 hour. What is the experimental probability that the next car the drives by her house will not be a white car?

• .5

• .6

• .3

• .7

Multiple Choice

What is a statistic?

• Characteristic used to describe a sample

• An event with one outcome

• An impossible event

• A measurement similar to perimeter

Multiple Choice

A spinner has 8 equal regions. Each region is marked with one of the following numbers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. What is the probability of an even number being spun on the first roll?

• 1/8

• 1/2

• 1

• 3/8

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

A regular 6-sided die is to be rolled once. What is the probability that a number less than 3 is rolled?

• 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/2

• 2/3

Multiple Choice

Open the image and select the best answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

A regular 6-sided die is to be rolled one time. What is the probability that the number 5 is rolled?

• 1/5

• 5/6

• 1/6

• 6/5

Multiple Choice

Probability is ...

• the chance that some event will occur.
• a game that involves coins.
• a guarantee.

Multiple Choice

Probability can be written as ...

• a fraction
• a decimal
• a percent
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads?

• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/4
• Never, Tails never fails.

Multiple Choice

Experimental Probability is:

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

Multiple Choice

Theoretical Probability is?

• What Should happen
• What does happen
• What Will Happen
• What I want to Happen

Multiple Choice

A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

Multiple Choice

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.
P(green) = 

• 5/19
• 10/28
• 5/14

Multiple Choice

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

• 3/10
• 3/9
• 1/9
• 1/3

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of selecting an orange candy?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

Multiple Choice

P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

Multiple Choice

The probability of it raining today is 30%.  What is the probability that it will NOT rain?

• 30%
• 70%
• 100%
• 0%

Multiple Choice

Find the experimental probability:

Roll dice: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4

P(1) =

• 3/5

• 1/6

• 2/5

• 1/5

​Statistics

Multiple Choice

In a marine conservation park, how many seals were counted in the year 2011?

• 25

• 30

• 40

• 50

Multiple Choice

What is the label on the y-axis in this graph?

• Rainfall in mm

• Day of the month

• Rainfall during the first 9 days of a month

Multiple Choice

At what time did the SpaceX rocket reach its highest altitude according to the launch data?

• 60 seconds after launch

• 80 seconds after launch

• 100 seconds after launch

• 120 seconds after launch

Multiple Choice

What is the label on the x-axis of this graph?

• Number of visitors

• Year

• Visitors to a Park

Multiple Choice

Which person is running the fastest?

• A

• B

• C

• Impossible to determine

Multiple Choice

What is the title of the graph below?

• Months

• Inches

• Average monthly rainfall

Multiple Choice

Which line represents a quick decrease of data at a CONSTANT rate.

• D

• A

• F

• B

Multiple Choice

What is the label on the x-axis on the graph?

• Inches

• Months

• Average Snowfall

Multiple Choice

The following scatter plot shows Pam's training as she prepares to run a 6 mile race at the end of the month.  Which of the following would be a reasonable approximation for the length of time it would take for her to run 6 miles? 

• A. 50 min
• B. 80 min
• C. 45 min
• D. 60 min

Multiple Choice

What is the trend in New York snowfall between January and May?

• It increased

• It decreased

• It stayed the same

Multiple Choice

The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books.  Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 180 pages. 

• 12 chapters
• 15 chapters
• 18 chapters
• 21 chapters

Multiple Choice

What is the y-axis in this graph?

• Student Membership (in millions)

• Year

• US Public School Student Membership

Multiple Choice

What is the correlation between length of running start and distance of jump?

• positive:  the further you run the further you jump
• negative: the less you run the less distance of your jump
• positive: the further your running start the less your distance

Multiple Choice

What is the title of the above graph?

• Instagram Stories vs Snapchat Daily Users

• Daily Users

• Year

Multiple Choice

What is the correlation?

• Negative correlation
• No correlation
• Positive correlation
• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the x-axis labeled?

• Instagram Stories vs Snapchat Daily Users

• Daily Users

• Year

Multiple Choice

About how many male math teachers were there in 2006?

• 15
• 30
• 35
• 45

Multiple Choice

What is the y-axis labeled?

• Instagram Stories vs Snapchat Daily Users

• Daily Users (Millions)

• Year

Multiple Choice

The histogram shows the birth weights of 100 new born babies.  How many babies weighed 8 pounds or more?

• 22
• 23
• 30
• 45

Multiple Choice

According

to the graph, in the beginning of 2017, approximately how many daily users

did Snapchat have?

• 50 million users

• 150 users

• 150 million users

• 100 users

Multiple Choice

How many students were greater than 55 inches tall but less than 70 inches tall?

• 13
• 15
• 16
• 17

Multiple Choice

When did Instagram stories begin?

• Beginning 2015

• Middle of 2016

• Middle of 2017

Multiple Choice

Which interval shows the greatest number of pets?

• 15-19

• 0-4

• 5-9

• 10-14

Multiple Choice

During which year did Instagram pass Snapchat’s number of average daily users?

• 2015

• 2016

• 2017

Multiple Choice

Which bar graph displays the same information as the table provided?

Multiple Choice

Which grew at a faster rate, Instagram or Snapchat daily average users?

• Instagram daily average users

• Snapchat daily average users

Multiple Choice

In what year is it expected that India will overtake China as the worlds largest population

• 2022

• 2025

• 2050

• 2100

Multiple Choice

What is the vaccination rate in Australia at the latest date on Aug 2021?

• 20%

• 25%

• 30%

• 36%

Multiple Choice

Which plant type has the best growth rate in partial shade?

• geranium

• impatiens

• fuchsia

• trillium

Multiple Choice

What type of sun exposure is WORST for growing geraniums?

• full sun

• partial sun

• partial shade

• full shade

Multiple Choice

This data shows students percentage of passing their competency exams by gender. What subject did the boys score better than females by the largest amount?

• computer science

• geography

• mathematics

• chemistry

Multiple Choice

Which quarter had the highest engagement in social media?

• quarter 1

• quarter 2

• quarter 3

• quarter 4

Multiple Choice

Which social media platform had the lowest engagement in quarter 3?

• facebook

• instagram

• twitter

• linked in

Multiple Choice

Directions: When answering questions where you need to type...just put the number, no words

• Got it!

• Don't got it

Fill in the Blanks

How many kids have blue eyes?

Multiple Choice

Which eye color is the least common among the kids?

• Hazel

• Blue

• Black

• Green

• Brown

Multiple Choice

There are more girls who have green eyes than girls with brown eyes

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

There are more girls who have hazel or green eyes than there are boys with black eyes

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which students take the same amount of time walking to school?

• Joe

• Maureen

• Lucy

• Riley

• Camille

Fill in the Blanks

How much longer does it take Riley to walk to school than Maureen?

Multiple Choice

Who spends the longest time walking to school?

• Joe

• Maureen

• Lucy

• Riley

• Camille

Multiple Select

Which students take at least 12 minutes to walk to school?

• Joe

• Maureen

• Lucy

• Riley

• Camille

Multiple Select

Which students have solved more than 16 problems correctly?

• Marie

• James

• Thomas

• Samantha

Fill in the Blanks

If there were 25 math problems, how many did Samantha get wrong?

Fill in the Blanks

How many problems did Marie solve correctly?

Fill in the Blanks

If Thomas got 9 problems wrong, how many problems were on his quiz?

Fill in the Blanks

Find the total sales of cookies on Monday and Tuesday

Multiple Choice

Did they earn more from selling drinks or selling cookies on Thursday?

• Drinks

• Cookies

Fill in the Blanks

Compared to Wednesday, how much more money did they make on Friday?

Multiple Choice

Which day had the lowest amount of sales?

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

Multiple Choice

There are 3 1/2 Flutes in the band room

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are there more flutes or drums?

• Flutes

• Drums

Fill in the Blanks

How many more drums are there than tubas?

Fill in the Blanks

Find the total number of music instruments in the band room.