Quiz about Probability Review

Question 1

The likelihood of an event happening is _________.

Accepted Answer

probability

Answer

percentage

Answer

parallel

Answer

predictions

Question 2

Possible results of an experiment are called . . .

Accepted Answer

outcomes

Answer

trials

Answer

likelihoods

Answer

favorable answers

Question 3

Sample space is defined as...

Accepted Answer

a list of all possible outcomes.

Answer

a diagram of all possible outcomes.

Answer

the likelihood of an event occurring.

Question 4

What is the Favorable Outcome?

Accepted Answer

What I want to Happen

Answer

All of the Outcomes

Answer

What Will Happen

Answer

What Can Happen

Question 5

When figuring the probability of an event, what number goes on top of your fraction?

Accepted Answer

The number of the desired event

Answer

The total number of choices possible

Answer

The event that happens most

Answer

The event that happens least

Question 6

When figuring the probability of an event, what number goes on bottom of your fraction?

Accepted Answer

The total number of choices possible

Answer

The number of the desired event

Answer

The event that happens most

Answer

The event that happens least

Question 7

Probabilities are always between...

Accepted Answer

0 & 1 or 0% & 100%

Answer

0 & 100 or 0% & 1%

Answer

1 & 100

Answer

2 & 10

Question 8

An event has a 0% chance of happening. This event is ___.

Accepted Answer

Impossible

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

As likely as not

Answer

Likely

Answer

Certain

Question 9

An event has a 100% chance of happening. This event is ___.

Accepted Answer

Certain

Answer

Impossible

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

As likely as not

Answer

Likely

Question 10

An event has a 75% chance of happening. This event is ___.

Accepted Answer

Likely

Answer

Impossible

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

As likely as not

Answer

Certain

Question 11

Theoretical Probability is?

Accepted Answer

What Should happen

Answer

What does happen

Answer

What Will Happen

Answer

What I want to Happen

Question 12

Experimental Probability is:

Accepted Answer

What actually happens

Answer

What Will happen

Answer

What should happen

Answer

What I think Happens

Question 13

You flip a coin 20 times and record the results. Is this experimental or theoretical probability?

Accepted Answer

Experimental

Answer

Theoretical

Question 14

A tree diagram is useful in determining the __________of a probability experiment.

Accepted Answer

possible outcomes

Answer

result

Answer

event

Answer

none of the above

Question 15

What is the probability of selecting a brown M&M from this bowl?

4 yellow, 6 orange, 2 brown, 3 green, 5 blue

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{10}$$

Answer

$$\frac{2}{18}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{9}$$

Answer

$$\frac{2}{20}$$

Question 16

Question 16.

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$ or 25%

Answer

0%

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$ or 50%

Answer

100%

Question 17

What is the probability of rolling 15 with a pair of dice?

Accepted Answer

impossible

Answer

unlikely

Answer

equally likely

Answer

likely

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

9

Answer

16

Answer

30

Question 19

The spinner is spun 20 times. Predict how many times the spinner should land on blue.

Accepted Answer

5 times

Answer

0 times

Answer

10 times

Answer

20 times

Question 20

P(not A) =
*Remember to simplify.*

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

6/8

Answer

2/8

Answer

1/4

Question 21

Deon has 7 white chips, 5 red chips, and 8 blue chips in a bag. Without looking, Deon pulls a chip out, records the color, and puts it back in the bag. He does this 200 times. About how many times could Deon expect to pull out a blue chip?

Accepted Answer

80

Answer

25

Answer

65

Answer

100

Question 22

Shannon has a bag of jelly beans. She removed one jelly bean, recording the color, and then replaced it. She repeated the process 44 times and record her results in the table. What is the experimental probability of her selecting a red jelly bean?

Accepted Answer

Option C is correct

Answer

A.

Answer

B.

Answer

D.

Question 23

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.

P(green) =

Accepted Answer

5/19

Answer

1/5

Answer

5/14

Question 24

What is the sample space for this spinner?

Accepted Answer

1, 2, 3, 4

Answer

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4

Answer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Answer

8

Question 25

Bag with 10 red marbles, 12 blue marbles, 8 white marbles, 6 green marbles, and 4 yellow marbles.

What is the P (green or blue)?

Accepted Answer

9/20

Answer

9/40

Answer

18/40

Answer

5/6

Question 26

In order to figure out who will go first in a game, your friend asks you to pick a number between 1 and 5. What are the possible outcomes?

Accepted Answer

1,2,3,4,5

Answer

1

Answer

5

Question 27

In order to figure out who will go first in a game, your friend asks you to pick a number between 1 and 9. What are the favorable outcomes of choosing an even number?

Accepted Answer

2,4,6,8

Answer

4

Answer

1,3,5,7

Answer

9

Question 28

A small pack of Skittles contains 1 yellow, 3 red, 2 green and 3 orange. What are the possible outcomes?

Accepted Answer

yellow, red, red, red, green, green, orange, orange, orange

Answer

yellow, red, green, orange

Answer

red, red, red

Answer

green

Question 29

A small pack of Skittles contains 1 yellow, 3 red, 2 green and 3 orange. What are the favorable outcomes of NOT getting orange?

Accepted Answer

yellow, red, red, red, green, green

Answer

yellow, red, green

Answer

orange, orange, orange

Answer

yellow, red, red, red, green, green, orange, orange, orange

Question 30

If you flipped a coin 100 times, how many times would you expect to flip heads?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

20

Answer

100

Answer

25

Question 31

The tree diagram shows the outcomes of rolling a die and flipping a coin.
What is the probability of rolling a less than 6 and flipping a head?

Accepted Answer

5/12

Answer

2/12

Answer

3/12

Answer

4/12

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

6

Answer

24

Answer

36

Question 33

Use the tree diagram to find the probability of tossing a head first and then a tail when a coin is tossed twice.

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

1

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/8

Question 34

If Eduardo flipped a coin three times, his sample space of results would contain how many variations. Remember that order matters.

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

4

Answer

12

Answer

14

Question 35

How many outfits are possible with 5 pairs of jeans, 8 t-shirts, and 2 pairs of shoes?

Accepted Answer

80

Answer

15

Answer

40

Answer

10

Question 36

How many styles of sneakers are possible if Jared can choose from high-top or low-top, shoelaces or velcro, and the colors black, white, and red?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

7

Answer

223

Answer

64

Question 37

A die is rolled 3 times. How many total outcomes are possible?

Accepted Answer

216

Answer

18

Answer

120

Answer

3

Question 38

A particular model at a New Car Dealership comes in 4 trim levels, 5 different colors, and 3 different interiors. How many different versions of this car model can be created from these options?

Accepted Answer

60

Answer

180

Answer

23

Answer

12

Question 39

What is the probability that you will get plain crust with ham on your pizza?

Accepted Answer

1/10

Answer

1/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/10

Question 40

A letter of the alphabet is chosen at random, then a coin is flipped. What is the probability of choosing a letter from the word MATH then getting tails?

Accepted Answer

1/13

Answer

17/26

Answer

5/13

Answer

5/26

Question 41

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3?

Accepted Answer

1/12

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/8

Answer

1/2

Question 42

Sam is fishing in a new catch and release pond that was just stocked with 3 bluegill, 4 catfish, 7 bass, and 2 carp. He catches a fish, releases it, then catches another. What is the probability that he caught a bluegill, then a carp?

Accepted Answer

3/124

Answer

1/40

Answer

1/8

Answer

5/16

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