Probability Vocabulary

Probability of something NOT occurring

• sample space

• intersection

• complement

• union

Probabilities must be between:

• 0 and 1

• 0 and 10

• -1 and 1

• .01 and .99

What is another word for chance?

• sample space

• dependent

• probability

• outcome

What is the probability of selecting a prime number from the set {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}?

What is the probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?

What is a set of all possible outcomes for an event?

• sample space

• probability

• impossible

• complement

An event that has a probability of zero is _____________.

• equal

• certain

• dependent

• impossible

You draw a card and put it back. This is called __________________.

• experimental probability

• replacement

• compound event

• favorable

What is it called when two events occur and the first event affects the second event?

• impossible

• dependent

• independent

• certain

What is it called if an event has a probability of one?

• impossible

• independent

• certain

• mutually exclusive