Making a Prediction with Probability

A marble will be drawn from the bag and replaced 120 times.  What is a reasonable prediction for the number of times a red or yellow marble will be drawn? (7.6D-SS)

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Olivia is conducting an experiment using a bag of marbles.  She reaches into the bag, draws a marble, records the result, and returns the marble to its bag.  She repeats this experiment 20 times.  Her results are shown in the table.

 

Based on these results, predict the number of times Olivia will draw a blue marble from the bag if she repeats the experiment 200 times. (TEKS 7.6C)

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Alejandro rolls a die and flips a coin 20 times. The results are shown in the table.  If Alejandro rolls a die and flips a coin an additional 150 times, how many times should he expect to roll an odd number and have the coin land with the tail side facing up? (7.6C-SS)

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A bag contains: - 4 red marbles - 6 blue marbles - 3 green marbles - 4 black marbles - 3 yellow marbles A marble will be drawn from the bag and replaced 100 times. What is a reasonable prediction for the number of times a green or black marble will be drawn? (7.6D-SS

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The table shows the number of games in which a basketball team's total score was within each of five ranges of points. Using the data in the table, complete the predictions about the number of points the team will score in its next game. Scoring 96-105 points in the next game is ​ (a)   scoring 136-145 points in the next game. Scoring 116-125 points in the next game is ​ (b)   scoring 106-115 points in the next game.

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The following table shows the results of a survey in which 50 people were asked to name their favorite sport. Based on these results, how many people out of 1000 would you expect to pick soccer as their favorite sport?

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The table shows the number of games in which a basketball team's total score was within each of five ranges of points. Using the data in the table, complete the predictions about the number of points the team will score in its next game. Scoring 96-105 points in the next game is ​ (a)   scoring 136-145 points in the next game. Scoring 116-125 points in the next game is ​ (b)   scoring 106-115 points in the next game.

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• equally likely as

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