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

Something that will probably happen is called...

• Unlikely

• Likely

• Equally likely

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

• Unlikely

• Likely

• Equally likely

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

An event that is unlikely is closer to...

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

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

• Poor chance

• Even chance

• Good chance

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur. The chance that an event will happen. A ratio of chance/all chances.

• odds

• probability

• outcomes

• tree diagram