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Estimating Probabilities

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 7th grade student surveyed students at her school. She asked them to name their favorite pets. The bar graph shows the results of the survey. How many students answered the survey question?

(a)  

2.

A 7th grade student surveyed students at her school. She asked them to name their favorite pets. The bar graph shows the results of the survey. How many students said that a snake was their favorite pet?

(a)  

3.

Based on the bar graph, what is the probability that a dog is a person's favorite pet?

a)

 931\frac{9}{31}  

b)

 631\frac{6}{31}  

c)

 1531\frac{15}{31}  

d)

 99\frac{9}{9}  

e)

 39\frac{3}{9}  

4.

Based on the bar graph, what is the probability that a gerbil is a person's favorite pet?

a)

231\frac{2}{31}

b)

02\frac{0}{2}

c)

531\frac{5}{31}

d)

22\frac{2}{2}

e)

16\frac{1}{6}

5.

A 7th grade student surveyed 25 students at her school. She asked them how many hours a week they spend playing a sport or game outdoors. What is the probability of the students answering 3 hours?

a)

725\frac{7}{25}

b)

125\frac{1}{25}

c)

325\frac{3}{25}

d)

1925\frac{19}{25}

6.

Hairold throws a 12-sided number solid with faces labeled 1 through 12. Which term describes the probability that Hairold will roll a number greater than 12?

a)

Certain

b)

Unlikely

c)

Impossible

d)

Likely

7.

A random selection will be made from a bag containing different colored disks. Of the 25 disks in the bag, 5 are yellow. It is ___________ that a yellow disk will be randomly selected from the bag.

a)

Unlikely

b)

Likely

c)

Impossible

d)

Certain

e)

Equally Likely

8.

Michael is planting a garden. The probability that a seed will produce a plant is 910\frac{9}{10} . The probability that a seed will produce a plant is (a)   %. 

9.

Of all 25 marbles in a bag, 3 of the marbles are white. What is the probability that a white marble will be randomly selected from the bag without looking? Write your answer as a percent. (a)   %

10.

A bag contains 80 colored tokens. Of all the tokens in the bag, 25 are black and the rest are red. Find, in percent form, the probability of choosing a black token from this bag. The probability of choosing a black token is (a)   %.