Probability Vocabulary Review-7th

What is a list of all possible outcomes of an event called?

• event

• probability

• complementary event

• sample space

What is one or a group of possible outcomes for a given situation called?

• sample space

• event

• complementary event

• probability

Which of the following events are non-uniform?

• having a boy or a girl

• getting an even or an odd

• getting a black card or a red card in a deck of cards

• rolling a prime number or composite on a die

When the outcomes of an event are not equally likely to occur, this is called

• percent error

• uniform

• trials

• non-uniform

What is two events that when combined, contains all possible outcomes? (Example P(heads) and P(tails))

• sample space

• complementary event

• probability

• experimental probability

If the probability of grabbing a red jolly rancher from the bucket is 4/5, predict the number of times a red jolly rancher will be grabbed if you attempt it 20 times.

• 0

• 4

• 10

• 16

What is the ratio of the number of desired outcomes over the total number of possible outcomes? (HINT: What should happen in an experiment?)

• Complementary Events

• Trials

• Theoretical Probability

• Experimental Probability

What is the number of times an experiment is performed called?

• sample space

• trials

• uniform

• non-uniform

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a die?

• 0

• 1/2

• 1/6

• 1

What is how far the experiment probability is from the theoretical probability called?

• trials

• percent error

• uniform

• non-uniform