WorksheetsQ3 Benchmark Probability
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
If I spin 35 times, how many times should the color yellow show up?
7
10
1
5
If you choose from the following M & M colors, what is the probability that you choose blue? 5 green, 6 yellow, 8 blue, 7 brown.
1/3
4/13
8/26
8/25
What is the probability of spinning an even number?
16 2/3%
33 1/3%
50%
75%
What is the probability of spinning a number less than 5?
66 2/3%
16 2/3%
83 1/3%
33 1/3%
If you spin the spinner 90 times, how many times should the number 3 be selected?
30
15
16
9
What is the probability of spinning a 2 when spinning 25 times?
2/5
1/5
1/25
1/10
What is the probability of spinning a number less than 2?
1/25
3/5
3/10
1/5
What is the probability of spinning a yellow, green, or blue?
1/12
1/3
1/16
3/4
Theoretically, what is the probability of rolling a sum of one with a pair of dice?
1/6
1/12
1/36
0
What is the probability of getting heads when flipping a coin?
0%
100%
1/2 or 50%
1/4 or 25%
If you roll a die one time, find P(rolling a 2).
1/4
3/4
2/6, or 1/3
3/6 or 1/2
If you roll a die one time, find P(even number).
1/4
3/4
2/6, or 1/3
3/6 or 1/2
If you roll a die one time, find P(a number less than 3).
2/6, or 1/3
5/6
2/5
3/6, or 1/2
If you roll a die one time, find P(a number greater than or equal to 3).
5/6
1/2
1/3
4/6, or 2/3
Determine the likelihood of the spinning a an 8.
likely
equally likely
unlikely
impossible
Rolling a 15 on a number cube is
Certain
Impossible
Equally Likely
Unlikely
What is the probability of rolling 15 with a pair of dice?
impossible
likely
unlikely
equally likely
If the probability of an event is 105 , which of the following best describes the event?
The event will never occur
The event is likely to occur
The event will definitely occur
The event is equally likely to occur
There is a small chance that the event will occur
A number cube, labeled 1 through 6, will be rolled one time. What is the likelihood of rolling a 6?
guaranteed
Not likely
very likely
Impossible
A jar contains 27 marbles. There are 4 blue marbles and the rest are red. If a marble is chosen at random, what is the likelihood that it will be red?
Never
Not Likely
Always
Very Likely
A number cube is labeled 1 to 6. Richard will roll the number cube 500 times and record the results. About how many times could Richard expect to roll an even number?
250 times
350 times
200 times
300 times
What is an event that will happen or has a probability of 1?
certain
probability
theoretical
mutually exclusive
An event with a probability of zero
outcome
mutually exclusive
outcome
impossible
The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur. The chance that an event will happen. A ratio of chance/all chances.
outcomes
odds
tree diagram
probability
Which fraction is about 35%?
1/5
1/3
1/4
3/5
A coin is flipped 50 times, and it lands on heads 32 times. What is the experimental probability of getting heads?
0.32
0.50
0.64
0.68
A bag contains 4 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 3 green marbles. Olivia randomly draws a marble from the bag 20 times. She draws a blue marble 6 times. What is the experimental probability of drawing a blue marble?
0.15
0.30
.40
0.50
Jackson rolls a six-sided die 100 times. The number 5 appears 18 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling a 5?
0.18
0.25
0.30
0.50
Out of 40 spins on a spinner with equal sections labeled A, B, C, and D, the spinner landed on C 12 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on C?
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
A class conducted an experiment in which they flipped a coin 200 times. The coin landed on tails 85 times. What is the experimental probability of flipping tails?
0.25
0.35
0.42
0.50
A fair coin is flipped 10 times and lands on heads 7 times. If the coin is flipped 1,000 more times, which outcome is most likely?
The coin will continue to land on heads 70% of the time.
The percentage of heads will get closer to 50%.
The percentage of heads will decrease below 30%.
The coin will land on heads every other time exactly.
Maria rolls a fair six-sided die 20 times, and the number 3 appears 8 times. If Maria continues rolling the die for a total of 600 rolls, which of the following is most likely true?
The number 3 will appear exactly 100 times.
The number 3 will appear less often as she continues rolling.
The percentage of times the number 3 appears will get closer to 1/6.
The number 3 will appear exactly one-sixth of the time in every 20 rolls.
A spinner with 4 equal sections (red, blue, green, and yellow) is spun 50 times. The spinner lands on red 5 times. Which of the following is most likely true if the spinner is spun 500 more times?
The spinner will continue to land on red about 10% of the time.
The percentage of times it lands on red will get closer to 25%.
The spinner will always land on red more often than other colors.
The spinner will never land on red again.
A jar contains 3 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 5 green marbles. Julia draws marbles from the jar, replacing each one before drawing again. After 20 draws, Julia has picked a red marble 10 times. What is most likely to happen if Julia continues for 500 more draws?
The percentage of red marbles picked will stay close to 50%.
The percentage of red marbles picked will get closer to 30%.
Julia will stop picking red marbles altogether.
The number of red marbles drawn will be equal to the number of blue marbles drawn.
A bag contains 10 equally-sized balls numbered 1 through 10. If a student randomly selects a ball 1,000 times, which outcome is most likely?
Each number will appear exactly 100 times.
The frequency of each number will vary significantly.
The percentage of times each number appears will get closer to 10%.
The number 10 will appear less frequently because it's the highest number.
