Theoretical and Experimental Probability Practice 1

Experimental Probability is:

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

Theoretical Probability is?

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

An experiment consists of rolling a fair number cube. Find the theoretical probability of rolling a 3.

• 1/6
• 3/6
• 1
• 1/2

An experiment consists of rolling a fair number cube. Find the theoretical probability of rolling an 8.

• 0
• 8/6
• 4/3
• 1/2

Find the theoretical probability of landing on green or red if you spin the spinner.

• 0
• 3/8
• 5/8
• 1/4

You have three sticks. Each stick has one red side and one blue side. You throw the sticks 10 times and record the results.

Use the table to find the experimental probability of tossing 3 blue.

• 2/5

• 2/10

• 1/5

• 3/10

What is the Theoretical Probability of not landing on red?

• 25%
• 50%
• 65%
• 66.7%

A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?

• 3
• 1/10
• 3/10
• 30%

What is the experimental probability of tails? (based on image)

• 1/2
• 7/16
• 9/16

Bella spun a spinner with three sections. Using her results, find the likelihood that Bella lands on a red or yellow on her next spin.

• 4/5

• 2/5

• 3/5