Predicting Outcomes

The sections of spinner below are shaded red, blue, or yellow. Out of 24 spins, how many times will the spinner land on blue or yellow?

• 16

• 20

• 12

• 6

The table shows the number of votes for different school mascots. Based on the information in the table, what is the most reasonable prediction of the number of votes for eagle out of the next 25 votes?

• 72

• 8

• 1

• 21

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?

• 27

• 9

• 18

• 80

Find the experimental probability of spinning Letter Q.

• 15/15

• 3/10

• 3/50

• 7/10

Jillian rolled a number cube 360 times. About how many times do you expect her to roll a 2?

• 20 

• 180

• 60 

• 120

Four colors of blocks are placed in a bag and each time a block is chosen from the bag, its color is written down in the table and the placed back in the bag.  The experiment is conducted 75 times.  Which color has an experimental probability of 1/3?

• green

• blue

• yellow

• red

100 second graders were asked to do a book report about one of these four zoo animals. The number of students who chose each animal is shown in the table. If 250 second graders did a report, predict how many would choose to write about a giraffe.

• 60 students

• 50 students

• 40 students

• 30 students

If you flip a coin 50 times, how many times would you predict it would land on heads?

• 50

• 20

• 25

• 1

In this jar of 20 jellybeans, 8 are pink. How many would be pink in a jar of 100?

• 20

• 40

• 5

• 100

Drake made 14 out of 20 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 30 free throw shots would you expect him to make?

Remember to simplify your probability first!

• 20

• 21

• 22

• 25