D143 Activity: Probability

Experimental Probability is: (a)  

• What Will happen 
• What actually happens
• What should happen
• What I think Happens

Theoretical Probability is: (a)  

• What Will happen
• What actually happens
• What should happen
• What I think Happens

Bella will roll a number cube, labeled 1 through 6, 300 times. About how many times could Bella expect to roll a number less than 4?

• 50

• 100

• 150

• 200

Alexis has a number cube labeled 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. He will roll the cube 100 times. About how many times could Alexis expect the number cube to land on 8?

• 5

• 8

• 11

• 16

Achilles rolled a number cube, labeled 1 through 6, 200 times and recorded each of his results. About how many times could Achilles expect to roll a 3 or 4?

• 35

• 70

• 100

• 130

McKayla flipped a coin 150 times. How many times could McKayla expect the coin to land on tails?

• 25

• 50

• 75

• 100

Deon has 7 white chips, 5 red chips, and 8 blue chips in a bag. Without looking, Deon pulls a chip out, records the color, and puts it back in the bag. He does this 200 times. About how many times could Deon expect to pull out a blue chip?

• 25

• 65

• 80

• 100

The probability of winning a game is 1 : 12. If Jada plays the game 60 times, how many times could she expect to win?

• 5

• 8

• 10

• 12

A farmer found 10 out of every 25 tomato plants will grow. This year, the farmer planted 200 tomato plants. How many plants can the farmer expect to grow?

• 50

• 80

• 100

• 125

The probability of winning a certain game is 5/8. If the game is played 500 times, about how many times would someone be expected to lose?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400