Theoretical/Experimental/Predicting Outcomes

Color socks in your room: 3 blue, 2 black, 5 red, & 6 gray What is P(white)

0%- Impossible

Color socks in your room: 3 blue, 2 black, 5 red, & 6 gray What is P(blue)

0.1875

Chelsea asked her classmates their favorite color. She found the experimental probability that a student selected blue to be 2/5. How many students selected blue if there were 25 students in the class?

10

What is the experimental probability that a student drank an apple juice for breakfast if 11 drank apple juice, 17 drank orange juice, and 22 drank milk.

11/50

The probability that one wristband is defective is 3 out of 20. In a case of 840 wristbands, how many would be defective?

126

Color socks in your room: 3 blue, 2 black, 5 red, & 6 gray What is P(Not blue)

13/16

On my way to work, 6 out of 10 times, the traffic light is red. There are only 25 days of school left, how many of those days should you expect to get stopped at that light

15

THe theoretical probability of selecting a piece of chocolate from a candy bucket is 3/8. If there are 40 pieces of candy in the bucket, how many pieces are chocolate?

15

A random survey at PMS showed that 32 out of 70 kids prefer listening to rap music. If there are 490 students in the 7th grade class, how many would you expect listen to rap?

224

11 drank apple juice, 17 drank orange juice, and 22 drank milk How many would you expect to buy an orange juice if 100 students went through the breakfast line.

34

Color socks in your room: 3 blue, 2 black, 5 red, & 6 gray What is P(gray)

37.5%

What is the theoretical probability of landing on tails when flipping a coin?

50%

A coin is tossed 80 times and lands on tails 44 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on tails?

55%