Sample Spaces Tree Diagrams

• F

• G

• H

• J

• Answer Choice A
• Answer Choice B
• Answer Choice C
• Answer Choice D

Jason can choose 1 pair of pants and one shirt to wear today. His choices are represented in the tree diagram. How many total possible outcomes can Jason choose from?

• 9

• 3

• 12

• 27

How many possible outcomes are there if you flip 3 coins?

• 16

• 4

• 2

• 8

• A

• B

• C

• D

Jason can choose 1 pair of pants and one shirt to wear today. Here are his choices. Which tree diagram shows all of the combinations that Jason can choose from?

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What is a tree diagram?

• A diagram that starts with putting a seed in the ground

• Apple Tree

• Another way to show all possible outcomes

• Christmas Tree

The tree diagram shows the outcomes of rolling a die and flipping a coin.  
How many total outcomes are there?  

• 6

• 12

• 24

• 36

A Tree Diagram is

• A written list of all possible outcomes

• A description of all possible outcomes

• A drawing with branches of all possible outcomes

For breakfast, you can choose to eat cereal or a bagel and to drink coffee, OJ, tea, or water. What is the sample space of this situation?

• 2, because there are 2 things to choose from to eat.

• 4, because there are 4 things to choose from to drink

• 10, because I see 10 different words on the tree diagram

• 8, because there are 8 different outcomes (cereal, coffee) (cereal, OJ) (cereal, tea) (cereal, water) (bagel, coffee) (bagel, OJ) (bagel, tea) (bagel, water)