Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Probability

Rem: first name, last initial

Using a spinner with the following four numbers: 5, 6, 9, & 7 answer questions A - D

A. Spinning an odd number ____ out of ____.
B. Spinning a 7
C. Spinning an even number
D. Spinning a number greater than 5

Write a fraction to indicate the probability of each event.

Using a number cube 1 through 6 answer questions 1 - 4

1. Rolling a 4
2. Rolling a 1,2,4, or 6
3. Rolling a number greater than 3
4. Rolling a number less than 5

Using a bag that contains 5 green(G), 3 orange (O), and 7 purple (P) marbles answer
questions 5 - 8


5. Randomly selecting a green marble
6. Randomly selecting a purple marble
7. Randomly selecting an orange marble
8. Randomly selecting an orange or purple marble

4 comments:

  1. Roman.R
    3 out of 4
    1 out of 4
    1 out of 4
    3 out of 4


    1 out of 6 1/6
    5 out of 6 5/6
    3 out of 6 1/2
    5 out of 6 5/6


    5 out of 15 1/3
    7 out of 15 7/15
    3 out of 15 1/5
    10 out of 15 2/3

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  2. Faith W.

    A.) 1 out of 10

    B.) 1 out of 10 possibilities of landing on a 7 .

    C.) 5 out of 10 possibilities of landing on an even number .

    D.) 5 out of 10 possibilites of landing onn a number greater than 5 .

    1.) There Is Only 1 Possibility To Landing On A 4 Since It Is The One In The Numbers 1-6 .

    2.) That Would Be 4 Possibilities Out Of 6 .

    3.) That Would Be 7 Out Of 6 Chances .

    4.) That Would Be 4 Out Of 6 Possibilities .

    I Dont Get Number's 5 Thru 8 And Didnt get The Rest Any Better .

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  3. Quinton Dawkins
    a)3;4 or 3/4
    b)1/4
    c)1/4
    d)3/4

    1)1/6
    2)4/6 or 2/3
    3)3/6 or 1/2
    4)4/6 or 2/3
    5)5/15 or 1/3
    6)7/15
    7)3/15 or 1/5
    8)10/15 or 2/3
    qdawg QDAWG

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  4. jessica demaio

    a)3 out of 4

    b)1 out of 4

    c)1 out of 4

    d)3 out of 4

    1)1 out of 6

    2)4 out of 6 smiplified too 2 out of 3

    3)3 out of 6 simplified too 1 out of 2

    4)4 out of 6 simplified too 2 out of 3

    5)5 out of 15 simplified too 1 out of 3

    6)7 out of 15

    7)3 out of 15 simplified too 1 out of 5

    8)10 out of 15 simplified too 2 out of 3

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