Theoretical Probability

What is an outcome?

• The result of an experiment
• The chance or likelihood of an event
• A fraction, decimal, or a percent
• An activity that gives various results

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

What is the P(not purple) on this spinner?

• 2/5

• 1/5

• 4/5

• 3/5

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

Find the probability of rolling a 7 on a single die.

• 1/6
• 7/6
• 0
• 7/7

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

What is the probability of spinning green?

• 0

• 1/4

• 1/12

• 3/4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

What is the probability of spinning red?

• 0
• 5/12
• 1/2
• 3/4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”?

• 2/7

• 1/6

• 5/7

• 25/26

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is a vowel?

• 7/11

• 4/11

• 2/11

• 5/26

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 green and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

• 3/10

• 3/9

• 1/9

• 1/3

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

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

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

The spinner is divided into eight equal parts. Find the theoretical probability of landing on the given section of the spinner.P(white)=

• 1/8
• 5/8
• 7/8
• 3/7

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7