Quiz about Probability

Question 1

A number cube, labeled 1 through 6, will be rolled one time. What is the likelihood of rolling a 6?

Accepted Answer

Not likely

Answer

Impossible

Answer

Very likely

Answer

Certain

Question 2

The probability of an event is 67%.

Describe the likelihood of the event

Accepted Answer

Likely

Answer

Certain

Answer

Equally likely/unlikely

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Impossible

Question 3

The Probability of an event is .21. Descirbe the likelihood of the event.

Accepted Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Certain

Answer

Likely

Answer

Impossible

Question 4

The probability of an event is 0.74. Describe the likelihood of the event.

Accepted Answer

Likely

Answer

Certain

Answer

Equally likely/unlikely

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Impossible

Question 5

The cafeteria is serving three kinds of sandwiches: tuna (T), chicken, (C), and peanut butter (P). They are also serving a choice of two drinks: milk (M) or water (W). Which shows the complete set of possible combinations?

Accepted Answer

TW, TM, CW, CM, PW, PM

Answer

TW,CW,PW

Answer

TW, TM, TC, CW, PW

Answer

TCP, MW

Question 6

A spinner is spun and the results are shown in the chart. Which of the following statements is true about the probability of spinning a blue?

Accepted Answer

The experimental probability and theoretical probability are equal.

Answer

The experimental probability is less than the theoretical probability.

Answer

The experimental probability is greater than the theoretical probability.

Answer

The experimental probability cannot be determined from the data.

Question 7

When calculating experimental probability, as more trials are conducted, the experimental probability generally gets closer to the theoretical probability. Eventually, the experimental probability will equal theoretical probability.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 8

In a random survey of 50 students at Great Middle School, 32 said chocolate was their favorite flavor of yogurt. The school has 450 students. How many of them are likely to select chocolate as their favorite flavor?

Accepted Answer

288

Answer

144

Answer

162

Answer

225

Question 9

A principal randomly chose 40 students from grade 5. Of these students, 9 were wearing watches. Based on this information, what is the most reasonable prediction of the number of students wearing watches in a group of 120 students from grade 5?

Accepted Answer

27

Answer

9

Answer

18

Answer

80

Question 10

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 11

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 brown candy?

Accepted Answer

1/10

Answer

2/18

Answer

1/9

Answer

2/20

Question 12

What is the probability of spinning a 2 on the spinner?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Question 13

How many total outfit options are represented?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

22

Answer

3

Question 14

How many outcomes are there with tossing a coin and rolling a dice?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

2

Answer

6

Answer

24

Question 15

What is the possibility of tossing a coin four times and getting tails each time?

Accepted Answer

1/16

Answer

1/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Question 16

. A box contains all the letters of the word U N D E R S T A N D. What is the probability of selecting an 'N' first and a 'D' next, if the first letter is replaced?

Accepted Answer

1/25

Answer

3/50

Answer

1/10

Answer

2/5

Question 17

There are 6 red marbles, 5 green marbles, and 4 yellow marbles in a bag. If Joe picks 2 marbles one after the other without replacement, then what is the probability that both are red in color?

Accepted Answer

1/7

Answer

2/5

Answer

1/21

Answer

4/25

Question 18

The questions on a multiple choice test each have 6 answer choices. Which model can be used to simulate randomly selecting the correct answer on a 20 question multiple choice test?

Accepted Answer

rolling a six-sided number cube 20 times

Answer

rolling a six-sided number cube 6 times

Answer

spinning a spinner with 4 equal sized sections 4 times

Answer

choosing 1 marble in a bag of 20 different colored marbles

Question 19

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 20

A cereal company is placing one of 6 different tickets into its boxes of cereal. If each ticket is equally likely to appear in a box of cereal, which model could be used to simulate the tickets you would find in 50 boxes of cereal?

Accepted Answer

a number cube that is rolled 50 times

Answer

a coin that is flipped 50 times

Answer

a spinner that has 4 sections that is spun 50 times

Answer

a coin is flipped and a number cube is rolled 50 times

Probability

20 questions

A number cube, labeled 1 through 6, will be rolled one time. What is the likelihood of rolling a 6?

The probability of an event is 67%.
Describe the likelihood of the event

The Probability of an event is .21. Descirbe the likelihood of the event.

The probability of an event is 0.74. Describe the likelihood of the event.

The cafeteria is serving three kinds of sandwiches: tuna (T), chicken, (C), and peanut butter (P). They are also serving a choice of two drinks: milk (M) or water (W). Which shows the complete set of possible combinations?

A spinner is spun and the results are shown in the chart. Which of the following statements is true about the probability of spinning a blue?

When calculating experimental probability, as more trials are conducted, the experimental probability generally gets closer to the theoretical probability. Eventually, the experimental probability will equal theoretical probability.

In a random survey of 50 students at Great Middle School, 32 said chocolate was their favorite flavor of yogurt. The school has 450 students. How many of them are likely to select chocolate as their favorite flavor?

A principal randomly chose 40 students from grade 5. Of these students, 9 were wearing watches. Based on this information, what is the most reasonable prediction of the number of students wearing watches in a group of 120 students from grade 5?

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?

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20 questions

A number cube, labeled 1 through 6, will be rolled one time. What is the likelihood of rolling a 6?

The probability of an event is 67%.Describe the likelihood of the event

The Probability of an event is .21. Descirbe the likelihood of the event.

The probability of an event is 0.74. Describe the likelihood of the event.

The cafeteria is serving three kinds of sandwiches: tuna (T), chicken, (C), and peanut butter (P). They are also serving a choice of two drinks: milk (M) or water (W). Which shows the complete set of possible combinations?

A spinner is spun and the results are shown in the chart. Which of the following statements is true about the probability of spinning a blue?

When calculating experimental probability, as more trials are conducted, the experimental probability generally gets closer to the theoretical probability. Eventually, the experimental probability will equal theoretical probability.

In a random survey of 50 students at Great Middle School, 32 said chocolate was their favorite flavor of yogurt. The school has 450 students. How many of them are likely to select chocolate as their favorite flavor?

A principal randomly chose 40 students from grade 5. Of these students, 9 were wearing watches. Based on this information, what is the most reasonable prediction of the number of students wearing watches in a group of 120 students from grade 5?

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?

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