Probability Lesson 1

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Melissa CHAPMAN

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Probability Lesson 1

by Melissa CHAPMAN

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Rate your understanding of Probability and Sample Space before starting the lesson.

Probability

Is the likelihood or possibility that something will happen. Always written as a fraction or a percentage.

Multiple Choice

The chance of an event happening is called...

Event

Result

Outcome

Probability

Multiple Choice

How do you write 0.02 as a percent?

20%

200%

.02%

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of rolling 15 with a pair of dice?

impossible

unlikely

equally likely

likely

Sample Space

A sample space is the set of all possible outcomes in the experiment. It is usually denoted by the letter S. Sample space can be written using the set notation, { }.

Experiment 1: Tossing a coin

Possible outcomes are head or tail.

Sample space, S = {head, tail}

Experiment 2: Tossing a die

Possible outcomes are the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Sample space, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Multiple Choice

The set of all the possible outcomes is called:

Result

Sample Space

Probability

Event

Multiple Choice

What is the sample space?

6 bears

orange, green, red, white, yellow

unlikely

2 red bears

Multiple Choice

What is the sample space for flipping a coin?

{Head, Tails}

{Head, Head}

{Tails, Tails}

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Multiple Choice

What is the sample space when rolling a regular number cube?

2, 4, 6

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Multiple Choice

What is the sample space for this jar of marbles?

red

red, yellow, green, blue

red and yellow

red and green

Multiple Choice

Which shows the sample space for flipping two coins?

H, T

HH, HT, TH, TT

HH, TT

Dime, Nickel

Multiple Choice

How many total outfit options are represented?

Multiple Choice

How many outcomes are there with tossing a coin and rolling a dice?

Multiple Choice

How many outcomes when choosing a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) and then a number (2 or 6)?

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