Simple and Compound Probability

What is the probability of spinning green?

• 0

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 3/4

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3?

• 1/2

• 1/12

• 1/6

• 2/8

2 events in which either one or the other must happen, the sum is 1 or 100%

• Random

• Complementary Events

• Theoretical Probability

• Experimental Probability

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

Probability based on what should happen when conducting a probability experiment

• Theoretical Probability

• Random

• Compound Event

• Experimental Probobility

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CCSS.HSS.MD.A.3

Probability based on the outcomes during

an experiment

• Theoretical Probability

• Sample Space

• Experimental Probability

• Random

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

Which is an example of theoretical probability?

• The probability of rolling a 4 on a die is 1/6.

• I flipped a coin and it landed on tails 2/10 times.

A number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a 6 on the first roll, then a number less than 5 on the second roll? 

• 2/3
• 5/36
• 1/9
• 1/36

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

Two cards are drawn from a standard deck of cards and no cards are returned to the deck. Identify whether the events are independent or dependent. 

• Independent
• Dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

Johnny did a survey and discovered that 5 out of 32 students walk to school. If 3 students are randomly selected from Johnny's school, without replacement, what is the probability that all 3 students walk to school? 

• 3/7,440 = 0.04%
• 1/4,960 = 0.06%
• 15/8,192 = 0.18%
• 1/496 = 0.2%

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Gregg has 12 cards. Half are black, and half are red. He picks two cards out of the deck without replacement. What is the probability that both cards are red?

• 1/6

• 5/22

• 1/2

• 1/144

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9