Quiz: Experimental/Theoretical Probability

A bag contains 6 red sweets, 5 orange sweets, and 3 yellow sweets. Find the probability of choosing an orange sweet at random from the bag.

• 1/3

• 5/14

• 3/14

• 5/13

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

Wyatt flips a fair coin 40 times. How many times can he expect heads to appear?

• 4

• 10

• 15

• 20

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

Jill rolled a "5" fifteen times out of 20 rolls on a dice.

What is the experimental probability as a SIMPLIFIED FRACTION!

• 3/7

• 3/6

• 3/5

• 3/4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 5 on a dice?

• 1/6

• 5/6

• 6

• 15

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

What type of probability is a way of estimating the probability of an event happening based on repeated trials?

• Experimental Probabillity

• Theoretical Probability

What type of probability is used to find the probability of an event when all outcomes are equally as likely. "What COULD happen"

• Experimental Probability

• Theoretical Probability

Jon made 15 out of 35 free throws.

What is his experimental probability as a fraction?

**SIMPLIFY THE FRACTION!**

• 3/7

• 15/35

• 1/2

• 5/7

What is the difference between experimental and theoretical probability?

• Experimental is based on trials, Theoretical is based on theory

• Experimental is based on theory, Theoretical is based on trials

• There is no difference, they are the same

You completed an experiment where you rolled a dice 12 times and recorded your data in the table above. What is the experimental probability of rolling a 4?

• 2/6

• 1/6

• 1/12

• 5/12

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

The questions on a multiple choice test each have 6 answer choices. Which model can be used to simulate randomly selecting the correct answer on a 20 question multiple choice test?

• rolling a six-sided number cube 6 times
• rolling a six-sided number cube 20 times
• spinning a spinner with 4 equal sized sections 4 times
• choosing 1 marble in a bag of 20 different colored marbles

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CCSS.7.SP.C.8C