6H Day16 Probability comparison

If Helena takes 1 toothpick out of the box without looking, which statement is true?

• She is more likely to take out a yellow toothpick than a red toothpick.

• She is less likely to take out a blue toothpick than a green toothpick.

• She is more likely to take out a red toothpick than a green toothpick.

• She will not take out a red toothpick.

Barney is spinning a spinner with 5 equal parts. The parts are numbered 1, 1, 2, 2, 4. Which statement is true?

• Barney is more likely to spin a 1 than a 2.

• Barney is less likely to spin a 4 than a 2.

• Barney is less likely to spin a 1 than a 4.

• Barney is equally likely to spin a 4 as a 2.

Tianna is rolling a 1-6 number cube. Which statement is true?

• Tianna is equally to roll an even number as an odd number.

• Tianna is more likely to roll a 6 than a 1.

• Tianna is equally likely to roll a 1 as an odd number.

• Tianna is equally likely to roll a 5 as an even number.

A container holds 3 clear, 10 yellow, 3 green, and 4 red balls. If a random ball is selected which statement is NOT accurate?

• Selecting a green or red ball combined is less likely than a yellow ball.

• Selecting a green ball is equally as likely as selecting a clear ball.

• Selecting a red ball is less likely than a clear or green ball combined.

• Selecting a clear ball is equally as likely as selecting a red ball.

MJ has 6 boxes of 24-count box of pens. Only 12 out of the first box wrote. Which statement supports the remaining boxes?

• No more than 48 pens will write.

• Between 56 and 96 pens will write.

• At least 96 pens but less than 120 pens will write.

• All 120 pens will write.

Mary Ellen is equally likely to remove a multicolored hair tie as she is to remove a purple, black, or red combined.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Mary Ellen is twice as likely to remove a multicolored hair tie as she is to remove a white hair tie.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A bag has 9 red tiles, 10 blue tiles, and 6 green tiles. A tile is randomly drawn from the bag. Which statement is true?

• Drawing a red tile is more likely than drawing a blue tile.

• Drawing a green tile is more likely than drawing a blue tile.

• Drawing a red tile is less likely than drawing a green tile.

• Drawing a yellow tile is impossible.

A nickel and a dime are flipped. Which statement is true?

• Flipping two heads is more likely than flipping one head and one tail.

• Flipping two heads is less likely than flipping two tails.

• Flipping a head on the nickel and a tail on the dime is equally likely.

• Flipping two tails is equally likely as flipping one head and one tail.

Based on the data, which of the following could describe the spinner Zhane used?

• The red and blue combined are larger than the green and yellow combined

• The blue section is twice as large as the red section.

• The green section is larger than the yellow section.

• The red section is smaller than the blue and green sections combined.