Probability Vocabulary

What is an event that will happen or has a probability of 1?

• theoretical

• probability

• mutually exclusive

• certain

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

outcome with the same chance of occurring

• mutually exclusive

• impossible

• equally

• independent

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

a situation involving doing the activity that leads to results or outcomes.

• complement

• outcome

• dependent

• experimental

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

CCSS.7.SP.C.6

an event with a probability of zero

• impossible

• mutually exclusive

• outcome

• outcome

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur. The chance that an event will happen. A ratio of chance/all chances.

• odds

• probability

• outcomes

• tree diagram

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Mathematical calculation that an even will happen in theory.

• odds

• theoretical probability

• outcomes

• dependent event

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7

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Possible results of an event

• outcomes
• compound event
• simple event
• probability

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

One outcome or collection of outcomes

• simple event
• experimental probability
• theoretical probability
• fundamental counting principle

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A set of all possible outcomes of one or more events. Ex. {1,2,3,4,5,&6}

• Independent Events

• Outcome

• Probability

• Sample Space

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.MD.A.3

Probabilities are always between...

• 0 & 1 or 0% & 100%

• 0 & 100 or 0% & 1%

• 1 & 100

• 2 & 1

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5