Experimental v. Theoretical Probability

Sam flipped a special coin 10 times to see if it was "fair".

He got 8 heads and 2 tails.

For this special coin, what was the probability of getting heads?

• 2/8

• 8/10

• 2/10

• 8/2

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

Is this question about EXPERIMENTAL or THEORETICAL probability

Sam flipped a special coin 10 times to see if it was "fair."

He got 8 heads and 2 tails.

For this special coin, what was the probability of getting heads?

• Experimental

• Theoretical

The spinner is equally divided between the four colors.

Find the probability of RED

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 2/4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

Was this question about EXPERIMENTAL or THEORETICAL probability?

"The spinner is equally divided between the four colors.

Find the probability of RED"

• Experemental

• Theoretical

Which portion represents the probability of rolling a 4 on a normAL 6-sided die?

• 1/2

• 4/6

• 1/6

• 1/4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

Is this question about EXPERIMENTAL or THEORETICAL probability?

Which portion does NOT represent the probability of rolling an even number on a normal die?

• Experimental

• Theoretical

A soccer coach keeps track of how goals are attempted and how many score.

This season there were 100 attempts and 35 scored.

Which portion DOES NOT represent the probability of scoring this season?

• 3.5

• 35

  100

• 0.35

• 35%

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Is this question about EXPERIMENTAL or THEORETICAL probability?

"A soccer coach keeps track of how goals are attempted and how many score.

This season there were 100 attempts and 35 scored.

Which portion DOES NOT represent the probability of scoring this season? "

• Experimental

• Theoretical

The spinner is equally divided into sections.

What is the probability of landing on GREEN?

• 1

  4

• 1

  8

• 3

  8

• 3

  4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

Is this question about EXPERIMENTAL or THEORETICAL probability?

"The spinner is equally divided into sections.

What is the probability of landing on GREEN?"

• EXPERIMENTAL

• THEORETICAL