Theoretical and Empirical Probability

What is the probability of spinning yellow?

• 1/11

• 1/12

• 1/4

• 3/4

Roll dice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 2?

• 3/5

• 4/5

• 2/5

• 1/5

If you choose from the following M & M colors, what is the probability that you choose blue? **Remember to simplify**

5 green

6 yellow

8 blue

7 brown

• 8/18

• 4/13

• 8/25

• 1/3

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?

*Remember to simplify*

• 3

• 1/10

• 3/10

• 30%

You pick a marble from this bag.

What is the probability you will choose either a black or white marble?

• 3/5

• 9/100

• 1/10

• 2/5

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

• 30%
• 70%
• 100%
• 0%

Probability can be written as ...

• a fraction
• a decimal
• a percent
• all of the above

Based on the chart, what is the experimental probability of pulling a green marble?

• 1/8
• 8/25
• 8/100
• 7/8

Andrew picks one marble at a time from a box and replaces it. He repeats this process 25 times and records the results in the table. Based on the table, which color marble has an experimental probability of 1/5?

• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• Green

What is the Theoretical Probability of landing on red?

• 43%
• 33.3%
• 40%
• 36%