Qualitative and Quantitative Probability (7.6H)

An online office supply store has 30 boxes of white printer paper, 10 boxes of colored printer paper, 5 ink printer cartridges, 7 laser printer cartridges. Thomas selects an item at random. Based on the given information, which statement is true?

• The item is more likely to be an ink printer cartridge than a laser printer cartridge.

• The item is less likely to be colored printer paper than a laser printer cartridge.

• The item is more likely to be white printer paper than any other product.

• The item is less likely to be colored printer paper than any other product.

A clothing store has the following items on sale:

• 50 dresses
• 10 blouses
• 40 skirts
• 45 sweaters

Caroline selects an item at random. Based on the given information, which statement is true?

• The item is more likely to be a dress than a sweater.

• The item is more likely to be a blouse than a skirt.

• The item is less likely to be a sweater than a blouse.

• The item is less likely to be a sweater than a skirt.

In Mr. Jawarani’s first period math class, there are 9 students with hazel eyes, 10 students with brown eyes, 7 students with blue eyes, and 2 students with green eyes. Mr. Jawarani picks a student at random. Which color eyes is the student most likely to have?

• Brown

• Hazel

• Green

• Blue

In the past 2 hours, Crispy Cereal Factory made 2,000 boxes of cereal. The factory operates 24 hours per day. Based on this information, which is the best prediction for the number of boxes the factory will make in one day?

• 26,000 boxes

• 48,000 boxes

• 24,000 boxes

• 10,000 boxes

Harry has two baskets of fruit. Each basket contains 7 apples.

• Basket L contains 7 pieces of fruit.
• Basket M contains 14 pieces of fruit.

Which statement is true?

• The probability of randomly selecting an apple from basket M is 1.

• The probability of randomly selecting an apple from Basket M is 0.5

• The probability of randomly selecting an apple from Basket M is greater than the probability of randomly selecting an apple from Basket L.

• The probability of randomly selecting an apple from Basket L is equal to the probability of randomly selecting an apple from Basket M.

On Julie's music playlist, she has 100 jazz songs, 70 hip-hop songs, 50 country songs, and 30 rock songs. She sets her player to choose a song at random. Based on the given information, which statement is true?

• The song is twice as likely to be hip-hop as jazz.

• The song is half as likely to be jazz as rock or country.

• The song is half as likely to be country as rock or jazz.

• The song is just as likely to be jazz as rock or hip-hop.

In a town of 40,000 people, it is expected 41.9% will watch the Super Bowl. How many people in the town will watch the Super Bowl?

• 15,760 People

• 17, 560 People

• 16,760 People

• 16,660 People

In a sample survey, 500 teenagers indicated that 175 of them use their computers regularly. Out of 4,500 teenagers, how many can you accurately predict will use their computer regularly?

• 1,425 Teenagers

• 1,525 Teenagers

• 1,475 Teenagers

• 1,575 Teenagers

12 out of 50 seventh graders said they would be willing to pay between $21-$30 dollars for a class trip. If there are 350 students in the seventh grade, about how many would go on the trip if it cost $30?

• 20 Students

• 34 Students

• 84 Students

• 350 Studetns

The sections of a spinner are shaded red, blue, or green. Out of 24 spins, how many times will the spinner land on blue or green?

• 16

• 20

• 12

• 6