Simple Probability

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. Craig says the probability of choosing an 'a' is 2/7, is this experimental or theoretical probability?

• Theoretical

• Experimental 

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• 2/18

• 1/9

• 2/20

• 1/10

What is the probability of spinning red?

• 0

• 5/12

• 1/2

• 3/4

If you spin the spinner 90 times, how many times should the number 3 be selected?

• 9

• 15

• 16

• 30

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”? 

• 2/7

• 5/49

• 5/7

• 10/49

What is the probability of drawing a black ace when drawing a card at random from a deck of 52 playing cards?

• 1/50

• 1/26

• 2/39

• 1/13

What is the probability of drawing a black 5 from a standard deck of playing cards?

• 1/2

• 4/52

• 1/13

• 1/26

What is the probability of selecting an orange candy?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

What is the probability of spinning a prime number? 

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 1/6

• 0

What is the definition of probability?

• the likelihood something could happen

• the likelihood something did occur

• Probability?!

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