Probability Worksheet
Instructions
Click the spin button 10 times above on the spinner to find your experimental occurrences. Based on your results, answer the questions below. Note: There will be one group question!
Experimental probability
When you perform an experiment a number of times, the fraction or percentage of times that a given event occurs is called the empirical probability or experimental probability of that event.[br][u][br]Formula:[/u][br]P = [u]number of times the event is occurring [/u][br] total number of trials of the[b] experiment.[/b]
Based on your experiment, what was the probability of landing on yellow?
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Based on your experiment, what is the probability of NOT landing on blue?
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Based on your experiment, what was your GROUPS probability of landing on green?
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Theoretical Probability
The theoretical probability of a given event is a number[br]quantifying how likely that event is; it is the fraction or percentage of[br]times that event should occur in the ideal.[br][br]Formula:[br]P(S) = [u]the number of outcomes in S[/u][br] the number of total outcomes possible
What would the theoretical probability of landing on yellow be? Is this result different than the experimental result?
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What is the theoretical probability of landing on orange and blue?
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