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- 1. Multiple Choice
John knows that he should roll a 5 on a number cube one out of six times. When he actually rolled the number cube 6 times, he rolled a 5 three times. Which explanation describes this reasoning?
Theoretical probability is 1/6; experimental probability was 1/6
Theoretical probability is 1/6; experimental probability was 1/3
Theoretical probability is 1/6; experimental probability was 1/2
Theoretical probability is 1/6; experimental probability was 5/6
- 2. Multiple Choice
The student council conducted a survey to determine what drinks and how many of each type of drink they should purchase to stock their concession stand. The table above shows the results of their survey. If the student council will purchase a total of 600 drinks, how many of these drinks should be lemonade based on the results of the survey?
336
56
150
280
- 3. Multiple Choice
Katrina will roll a fair number cube 57 times during one of her math stations. The sides of the cube are numbered 1 to 6. How many times could Katrina predict rolling a 2 or a 6?
2 times
6 times
19 times
29 times
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the Science Lab, Mrs. Campbell’s class experimented with rolling a number cube. The number cube is labeled 1 through 6. They rolled the number cube 20 times. The data is shown in the table above. What was the experimental probability of rolling a 6 on the number cube?
4/5
3/5
2/5
1/5
- 5. Multiple Choice
A board game uses the spinner above. What is the probability that a player will not move an odd number of spaces on their first spin?
1/2
1/3
2/3
1/8
- 6. Multiple Choice
A regular 6-sided die is to be rolled one time. What is the probability that the number 5 is rolled?
1/5
5/6
1/6
6/5
- 7. Multiple Choice
There are 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, 2 green marbles, and 6 clear marbles in a burlap bag. One marble is randomly pulled from the bag. What is the probability the marble was green?
1/2
1/7
2/15
2/17
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA bag of marbles has 8 red marbles and 6 purple marbles. Jennifer will randomly select 1 marble from the bag. What is the probability that she will select a purple marble?6/83/46/143/7
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the likelihood of getting yellow?1 out of 121 out of 83 out of 125 out of 7
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the P( not purple) on this spinner?
2/5
1/5
4/5
3/5
- 11. Multiple Choice
The experimental probability that Jonah will catch a fly ball is equal to 7/8. About what percent of the time will Jonah catch a fly ball?
55%
66%
77%
88%
- 12. Multiple Choice
Rylee is on a weekend fishing trip with her family. So far she has caught 4 trout, 10 catfish, and 13 bluegill. What is the probability that the next fish that Rylee catches will be a catfish?
37%
15%
48%
38%
- 13. Multiple Choice
Jon made 15 out of 35 free throws.
What is his experimental probability as a fraction?
**SIMPLIFY THE FRACTION!**
3/7
15/35
1/2
5/7
- 14. Multiple Choice
Sarah hit the ball 3 times out of the 8 times.
What is the experimental probability (as a percent) that she will hit the ball next?
22.5%
37.5%
45%
3%
- 15. Multiple Choice100 second graders were asked to do a book report about one of these four zoo animals. The number of students who chose each animal is shown in the table. If 250 second graders had to choose of of the four animals, predict how many would choose to write about a giraffe.60 students50 students40 students30 students
- 16. Fill in the Blank
If I spin 35 times, how many times would I land on yellow? *Hint: Set up a proportion.
- 17. Multiple Choice
If 1 out of every 5 Americans ride to work with a car pool, how many people out of 2,000 would be expected to carpool?
500
400
300
200
- 18. Multiple Choice
Probability is a number that describes the...
relationship between two sets of data.
percent of change.
distance around a figure.
likelihood that an event will occur.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which event has a probability of zero or impossible to happen?
Rolling a 7 on a 6 sided dice.
Tossing a coin and landing on heads.
Rolling an even number on a dice.
The sun rising in the morning.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceProbability can be written as ...a fractiona decimala percentall of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
According to the meteorologist, there is a 80% chance of rain on Monday. This means that the chance of rain is _________.
Certain
Likely
Unlikely
Impossible
- 22. Multiple Choice
In a cookie jar, there are 2 sugar cookies and 10 chocolate chip cookies. If a cookie is selected randomly, how likely is it that it will be a sugar cookie?
certain
likely
equally likely
unlikely
impossible
- 23. Multiple ChoiceProbability can be between what two numbers?10 and 200 and 1000 and 1All Numbers are possible
- 24. Multiple ChoiceExperimental Probability is:What Will happenWhat actually happensWhat should happenWhat I think Happens
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”?2/75/495/710/49
- 26. Multiple Choice
Aaliyah wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?
thirty students who are often tardy
thirty students who are rarely tardy
thirty of her friends
thirty randomly selected students at school
- 27. Multiple Choice
A student wants to find the favorite lunch of 7th graders across the state of Pennsylvania. She uses a sample of 200 randomly selected 7th graders at KVMS. What conclusion can you draw about this sample?
It is a good sample
It is not a good sample because it did not include 6th and 8th graders
It is not a good sample because it is too small
It is not a good sample because it did not include students from other schools in the state
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAt a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey to decide where they want to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision?to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last yearto randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a locationto ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a locationto ask the student council to choose a location
- 29. Multiple ChoiceA student wants to know which type of pizza the students at his high school prefer. Which option would give a unbiased, representative sample:Asking all the students in the hot lunch line.Asking 10 random students from each homeroom.Asking every other student who gets off a school bus.Asking all the 10th graders.
- 30. Multiple Choice_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.SamplePopulationRandom SampleQuartile
- 31. Multiple Choice
_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.
Sample
Population
Random Sample
Quartile
- 32. Multiple Choice_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.SamplePopulationRandom SampleQuartile
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