Making Predictions and Probability

Jillian rolled a number cube 360 times. About how many times do you expect her to roll a 2?

• 20 
• 180
• 60 
• 120

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.6

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

Drake made 14 out of 20 free throw shots.  About how many out of the next 30 free throw shots would you expect him to make?

• 20
• 21
• 22
• 25

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

A poll was taken of Hobby Middle School, 25 out of 30 students said they would prefer pizza on Friday’s. Out of 1200 students, what is a reasonable prediction of how many students would prefer pizza on Fridays?

• 100

• 1000

• 10

• 1

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

A student was at Hobby Middle school to determine which movie 7th graders preferred: The results are shown below:

-Hunger Games was preferred by 15 students

- Divergent was preferred by 10 students

Based on the results of the survey, how many of the 300, 7th graders would prefer Divergent?

• 75

• 12

• 7.5

• 120

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

A bag contains:

• 5 red marbles

• 6 blue marbles

• 3 green marbles

• 4 black marbles

• 2 yellow marbles

A marble will be drawn from the bag and replaced 200 times. What is a reasonable prediction for the number of times a yellow or green marble will be drawn?

• 20

• 30

• 50

• 40

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B