Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Experimental Probability & Odds

Use the table below to compute the experimental probability of the arrow in the spinner landing on yellow.


trial
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
number of times arrow landed on yellow







total number of spins


Experimental probability







1. How many favorable outcomes were there in the experiment?

2. How many total outcomes were there in the experiment?

3. What is the experimental probability of the arrow landing on yellow?


ODDS 

Review questions

1. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds in favor of rolling a 2?

2. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds against rolling a 2?

3. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds in favor of rolling a number greater than 3?

4. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds in favor rolling a number less than 5?

5. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds against rolling a number less than 5?

6. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds in favor of rolling an even number?

7. For rolling a number cube, what are the odds against rolling an even number?

For a spinner numbered 1 –10, answer the following questions.

8. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds in favor of the arrow landing on 10?

9. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds in favor of the arrow landing on a 2 or 3?

10. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds in favor of the arrow landing on 7, 8 or 9?

11. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds in favor of NOT landing on an even number?

12. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds of the arrow NOT landing on 10?

13. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds in favor of the arrow landing on a number greater than 2?

14. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds in favor of the arrow NOT landing on a number greater than 2?

15. For spinning the spinner, what are the odds of the arrow not landing on a number greater than 3?

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