Basic Probability Vocabulary

Probability means...

• Things that probably won't happen.

• The chance that some event will happen.

• Things that probably will happen.

Which of these is a word to describe probability?

• Impossible

• Unlikely

• Certain

• Likely

• All of the above

Impossible means...

• Something that is not able to happen

• Something that probably won't happen

• Something that will probably happen

• Something that will definitely happen

Caertain means...

• Something that is not able to happen

• Something that probably won't happen

• Something that will probably happen

• Something that will definitely happen

Events that are equally likely to happen are called...

• Poor chance

• Even chance

• Good chance

Something that will probably happen is called...

• Unlikely

• Likely

• Equally likely

Something that probably won't happen is called...

• Unlikely

• Likely

• Equally likely

Another way to say equally likely is...

• Unlikely

• Certain

• Even chance

Probability is always recorded between...

• 1 and 100

• 0 and 1

• 1 and 10

Probability can be written as...

• a fraction

• a decimal

• a percentage

• all of these