6-12-2 Experimental Probability

Q1. A restaurant surveys customers with the following results: 8 pizzas, 12 hamburgers, 14 pastas, and 6 steaks. What is the experimental probability of pizza or steak?

P(pizza or steak)

• 20%

• 65%

• 50%

• 35%

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Q2. 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%

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Q3. What is an outcome?

• The result of an experiment

• The chance or likelihood of an event

• A fraction, decimal, or a percent

• An activity that gives various results

Q4. Experimental Probability is:

• What Will happen

• What actually happens

• What should happen

• What I think Happens

Q5. The list shows all possible outcomes for which experiment?

S = { (heads, heads), (heads, tails),

(tails, tails), (tails, heads) }

• Flipping a coin one time

• Flipping a coin two times

• Flipping a coin three times

• Flipping a coin four times

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Q6. The chart below represents the results of drawing a marble out of a jar. What is the experimental probability of drawing a green marble next?

• 5/19

• 10/28

• 5/14

• 5/21

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

Q7. At the last tournament, your basketball team won 3 games, tied one, and lost 1. What is the experimental probability that you win your next game?

• 3/5

• 3/4

• 1/5

• 1/2

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

Q8. Miss Jones recorded the time that the bus arrived at school for the last 10 days.

7:50-7:54: 4 times

7:55-7:59: 5 times

8:00-8:04: 1 time

Based on these observations, what is the probability that the bus gets to school between 7:50-7:54 tomorrow?

• 2/5

• 4/9

• 1/2

• 1/3

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CCSS.HSS.MD.A.4

Q9. Meg flipped a coin 30 times. 18 times were heads, 12 were tails. Based on her experiment, which outcome is more likely on her next flip?

• Heads

• Tails

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

Q10. Dan rolled doubles on 5 of his last 20 rolls. Based on this, what is the probability that he does NOT roll doubles next?

• 25%

• 75%

• 15%

• 85%

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6