WorksheetsRMC P & S 6
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 2hrs 29mins
What is sample space?
a process with an uncertain result
a possible result of an action
a list of all possible outcomes of an event
a single outcome or group of outcomes
What is the sample space?
6 bears
orange, green, red, white, yellow
unlikely
2 red bears
Max is ordering a salad for lunch. He can choose one of chicken, tofu, hard-boiled eggs, or turkey to have on the salad. He can also pick one vegetable topping. The vegetable choices are sprouts, tomatoes, or olives. How many different combinations can Max create?
7 combinations
12 combinations
3 combinations
4 combinations
Classify the following statement as an example of theoretical, experimental, or subjective probability.
Jane tosses a coin 50 times and gets heads 28 times.
Theoretical
Experimental
Subjective
Classify the following statement as an example of theoretical, experimental, or subjective probability.
After watching the students in the hallway between classes your Math teacher states that about 15% of the students are in violation of the dress code.
Theoretical
Experimental
Subjective
Classify the following statement as an example of theoretical, experimental, or subjective probability.
Sally needs to roll a four to win the game of Candy Land and has a 1/12 chance of winning on the next roll.
Theoretical
Experimental
Subjective
Classify the following statement as an example of theoretical, experimental, or subjective probability.
Maria chooses a chip out of a box of red and blue chips 25 times and replaces the chip each time after drawing one. She draws a red chip 6 times.
Theoretical
Experimental
Subjective
Classify the following statement as an example of theoretical, experimental, or subjective probability.
The probability of drawing a King out of a standard deck of playing cards is 1 out of 13.
Theoretical
Experimental
Subjective
Classify the following statement as an example of theoretical, experimental, or subjective probability.
After grading the first chapter test the teacher stated that if grades did not get better about 1 out of every 4 students would not pass the class.
Theoretical
Experimental
Subjective
What describes theoretical probability?
Probability that can be calculated using theory, like flipping a coin, drawing a card, or rolling a die.
Probability that can be calculated once an experiment has been done that has provided resulting data.
Probability that can be calculated using someone's educated guess based on previous observations or future estimations.
What describes experimental probability?
Probability that can be calculated using theory, like flipping a coin, drawing a card, or rolling a die.
Probability that can be calculated once an experiment has been done that has provided resulting data.
Probability that can be calculated using someone's educated guess based on previous observations or future estimations.
What describes subjective probability?
Probability that can be calculated using theory, like flipping a coin, drawing a card, or rolling a die.
Probability that can be calculated once an experiment has been done that has provided resulting data.
Probability that can be calculated using someone's educated guess based on previous observations or future estimations.
If you flip a coin, what is the probability that it will land on heads?
1/4
1/8
1/2
1/3
If you roll a 6-sided die, what is the probability of rolling a two?
2/6
1/6
1/3
1/5
Theoretical Probability is
What Should happen
What does happen
What Will Happen
What I want to Happen
What is a complement (in math)?
Saying something nice
the rest of the whole/opposite
something that makes perfect
the likelihood of something happening
What is the complement of tails on a coin? (opposite)
heads
tails
quarter
coin
What is the complement of 52 ?
1/5
2/5
3/5
5/5
What is the complement of 64 ?
2/6 = 1/3
4/6 = 2/3
6/6 = 3/3 = 1
1/6
The probability of rain today is 90%. What is the complement (the probability it will not rain today)?
60%
45%
90%
10%
A given probability plus its complement will always equal ___.
2 or 200 %
1 or 100 %
0 or 0%
15 or 150%
What is the probability of not spinning green?
0
1/4
1/2
3/4
*Remember to simplify.*
What is the complement of it snowing 3 days out of the week?
P' = 4/7
P' = 2/7
P' = 5/7
P' = 3/7
Jesse, Roger, Lee, Michael, Carl and Usain are running in a race. How many different orders of finish are possible?
36
64
720
46656
The batting order for seven players on a 12 person team.
application to art school. If she has 25 to choose from, how many ways can she pick 4?
A flea market vendor sells new & used books for adults & teens. Today, she has fantasy novels & poetry collections to choose from. Determine the number of categories for the books being sold.
16
8
4
2
At a restaurant, there are 10 beverages, 5 salad choices, 6 main courses, and 3 desserts. How many possible meals can be made?
90
180
300
900
How many different 4 letter arrangements can be formed from the letters in the word "DECAGON"?
210
840
5,040
823,543
List of every possible outcome
chance experiment
probability model
simulation
sample space
Probability can be used to predict , for example, the outcome when throwing a die or tossing a coin.
True
False
On this spinner, what is P(A)?
3/8
4/8
2/8
5/8
On this spinner, what is P(not A)?
3/8
4/8
2/8
5/8
On this spinner, what is P(B)?
3/8
1/2
1/4
5/8
If a counter is selected at random from this bag, what is P(yellow)?
2/3
2/5
3/5
1/5
What probability is the same as impossible?
0
1/2
1
0.1
What probability is the same as certain?
0
1/2
1
0.1
The chance of landing on green is
3/6
2/8
3/8
1/6
What is sample space?
All of the Possible Outcomes
What Will Happen
What Can Happen
What I want to Happen
