Exploring Theoretical and Experimental Probability

What does a probability of 0 indicate?

• An event that is impossible to happen

• An event that is unlikely to happen

• An event that is equally likely as it is unlikely

• An event that is certain to happen

If you roll a standard die, what is the probability of getting a number less than 7?

• 0

• 1

• 1/2

• 1/6

What does a probability of 1 indicate?

• An event that has a 50% chance of happening

• An event that is impossible to happen

• An unlikely event

• An event that is certain to happen

What does the probability line range from?

• -1 to 1

• 0 to 1

• 0 to 100

• 1 to 10

What is the probability of getting an odd number when rolling a standard die?

• 1/6

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 1/2

What is the probability of flipping a coin and it landing on tails?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 1

What is the theoretical probability of selecting the letter 'E' from the vowels A, E, I, O, U?

• 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/3

• 2/5

What is the probability of rolling a 3 on a fair six-sided die?

• 1/3

• 2/6

• 1/2

• 1/6

In an experiment, if 4 out of 32 students had 0 pencils, what is the experimental probability of a student having 0 pencils?

• 1/8

• 4/32

• 1/2

• 1/4

If a bus arrived 8 times between 7:00 and 7:04 in 20 observations, what is the experimental probability of it arriving in this time frame?

• 2/5

• 8/20

• 1/2

• 3/5