Quiz about Probability

Question 1

Probability can be written as ...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Answer

a fraction

Answer

a decimal

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a percent

Question 2

An unlikely chance event is closer to what number?

Accepted Answer

0

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 3

What is the probability of spinning the spinner and having it land on RED?

Accepted Answer

50%

Answer

33%

Answer

12%

Question 4

What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Answer

Never, Tails never fails.

Question 5

A bag contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. What is the probability of picking a quarter?

Accepted Answer

5/11

Answer

5/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

5

Question 6

The probability of it raining today is 30%.  What is the probability that it will NOT rain?

Accepted Answer

70%

Answer

30%

Answer

100%

Answer

0%

Question 7

What is the probability of spinning an even number?

Accepted Answer

50%

Answer

16 2/3%

Answer

33 1/3%

Answer

75%

Question 8

Is the spinner more likely or less likely to land on green than yellow?

Accepted Answer

more likely

Answer

less likely

Question 9

What is the probability of pulling a red marble out of a jar of marbles that have 10 green marbles, 7 red marbles and 3 blue marbles?

Accepted Answer

7/20

Answer

1/7

Answer

7/10

Answer

3/10

Question 10

If you were to roll the die one time what is the probability of it landing on a 2?

Accepted Answer

1 out of 6

Answer

2 out of 6

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2 out of 2

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1 out of 1

Question 11

What is an outcome?

Accepted Answer

The result of an experiment

Answer

The chance or likelihood of an event

Answer

A fraction, decimal, or a percent

Answer

An activity that gives various results

Question 12

Probability can be written as ...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Answer

a fraction

Answer

a decimal

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a percent

Question 13

Six of the 6 numbers are greater than 0. Spinning a number that is greater than 0 is...

Accepted Answer

certain

Answer

impossible

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unlikely

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as likely as not

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likely

Question 14

At softball practice, Manny had 6 hits out of 15 times at bat. What is the experimental probability that Manny will get a hit at his next at bat?

Accepted Answer

2/5

Answer

1/5

Answer

3/5

Question 15

A bag contains 1 red marble, 2 blue marbles, and 3 green marbles. What is the probability of picking a red marble?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/5

Question 16

One of the 6 numbers is a 3. Spinning a 3 is...

Accepted Answer

unlikely

Answer

impossible

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as likely as not

Answer

likely

Answer

certain

Question 17

So far this year Trisha's softball team has played 4 of their 20 games on Field A. What is the experimental probability that they will play their next game on Field A?

Accepted Answer

1/5

Answer

4/5

Answer

3/5

Question 18

P(A)

Accepted Answer

1/10 = 0.1 = 10%

Answer

3/10 = 0.3 = 30%

Answer

1/5 = 0.2 = 20%

Answer

2/5 = 0.4 = 40%

Question 19

Pam is playing darts. She hit the bull's eye 7 times out of 20 throws. What is the experimental probability that Pam will not hit the bull's eye on her next throw?

Accepted Answer

13/20

Answer

7/20

Answer

1/7

Question 20

Four of the 6 numbers are less than 5. Spinning a number that is less than 5 is...

Accepted Answer

likely

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impossible

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unlikely

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as likely as not

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certain

Question 21

If you choose from the following M & M colors, what is the probability that you choose blue?
5 green
6 yellow
8 blue
7 brown

Accepted Answer

4/13

Answer

8/26

Answer

8/25

Answer

1/3

Question 22

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a yellow candy, not replacing it, then selecting a green candy?

Accepted Answer

3/95

Answer

1/5

Answer

3/19

Answer

12/380

Question 23

What is the probability of spinning a number less than 5?

Accepted Answer

66 2/3%

Answer

16 2/3%

Answer

33 1/3 %

Answer

83 1/3%

Question 24

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.
P(green) =

Accepted Answer

5/19

Answer

10/28

Answer

5/14

Question 25

Theoretical P(Not Yellow or Green or Blue)

Accepted Answer

12/17

Answer

1/5

Answer

3/17

Answer

4/17

Question 26

Theoretical P(1 or 5)

Accepted Answer

1/3

Answer

4/5

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/6

Question 27

Choose the statement that is true about the experimental and theoretical probability of rolling a number cube 20 times.

Accepted Answer

The experimental probability of rolling 3 is 15% and the theoretical probability is 16.6%

Answer

The experimental probability of rolling 3 is 16.6% and the theoretical probability is 15%

Answer

The experimental probability of rolling 1 is greater than the theoretical probability

Answer

The experimental probability of rolling 6 is 16.6% and the theoretical probability of rolling 6 is 25%

Question 28

The spinner was spun 30 times and landed on blue 12 times. What was the experimental probability of the spinner landing on colors that were not blue?

Accepted Answer

3/5

Answer

2/5

Answer

4/5

Answer

1/5

Question 29

If the spinner was spun 50 times and landed on 11 fifteen times, which statement is true?

Accepted Answer

The theoretical probability of landing on 11 is 12.5% while the experimental probability of landing on 11 is 30%

Answer

The experimental probability of landing on 11 is 1/8 while the theoretical probability of landing on 11 is 3/10

Answer

The experimental probability of landing on 11 is less than the theoretical probability of landing on 11

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The theoretical probability of landing on 11 is equal to the experimental probability of landing on 11

Question 30

A cell phone company expects that every 2 out of 25 cell phones will have some form of defect. At this rate, how many cell phones out of 500 will be expected to have a defect?

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

35

Answer

4

Answer

12

Question 31

John conducted an experiment will total number of 50 trials. The results are shown on the table. If he decided to conduct the trails again at 5000, what is the probability that John would draw a blue card?

Accepted Answer

2,000

Answer

200

Answer

1,000

Answer

100

Question 32

The probability that Morgan misses a free throw is 12%. If she makes 85 free throws, about how many of them can she expect to miss?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

15

Answer

20

Answer

5

Question 33

The experimental probability that Lily will win a game is 4/9. if she plays the game 90 times, how many times can she expect to win? (HINT Set up a proportion: Part/Whole = Part/Whole)

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

45

Answer

36

Answer

20

Question 34

Tamara can choose between 5 pairs of earrings and 7 pairs of necklaces. How many outcomes are in the sample space?

Accepted Answer

35

Answer

5

Answer

12

Answer

7

Question 35

Layla has 2 pairs of shoes and 6 pairs of socks. If each pair of socks and each pair of shoes is equally like to be chosen, which is the best simulation to show the probability of choosing any given combination?

Accepted Answer

roll a die and flip a coin

Answer

roll a die two times

Answer

flip a coin 6 times

Answer

flip a coin 2 times

Question 36

Samuel has 5 different colors of pens and 2 different colors of paper. Which model could be used to show how many different choices he has?

Accepted Answer

spin a spinner with 5 sections, then flip a coin

Answer

roll a die 5 times

Answer

flip a coin 5 times

Answer

roll a die, then flip a coin 5 times

Question 37

How could you simulate randomly choosing a shirt to wear out of 8 different choices?

Accepted Answer

flip three coins

Answer

roll a die

Answer

spin a 5-sided spinner and flip a coin

Answer

roll two dice

Question 38

How likely is it that I will see a dinosaur tomorrow?

Accepted Answer

Impossible

Answer

Certain

Answer

Likely

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Equally Likely

Question 39

How likely is it that summer will come?

Accepted Answer

Certain

Answer

Likely

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Impossible

Answer

Equally likely

Question 40

There are 25 red marbles and 25 red marbles. How likely is it you will pick a blue marble?

Accepted Answer

Equally Likely

Answer

Certain

Answer

Likely

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Impossible

Probability

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