NS 3.5 Chance

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This activity contains 10 questions.

According to the data above, which total was the most frequent?

127420

When probability values are put on a scale from 0 to 1, an event with probability 0·1 means it is _____ to happen.

impossibleunlikely very likely certain

Use the scale 0 to 1 to rate the probability of spinning each colour shown.

A matching question presents 5 answer choices and 5 items. The answer choices are lettered A through E. The items are numbered 3.1 through 3.5. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.

	0·4
	0·1
	0
	0·2
	0·3

3.1 red
3.2 blue
3.3 orange
3.4 green
3.5 purple

	If you toss a coin and get 'heads', then the next time you toss it you are certain to get 'tails'.

	True False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Bruce has 3 shirts and 4 pairs of shorts. He drew a tree diagram to show the different outfits he could make with this and it showed a total of different outfits.

Julie tossed a coin and rolled a regular dice at the same time. What is the probability that she will get a 'tails' on the coin and a 5 on the dice?

	If you roll a regular dice, you are less likely to roll a 6 than any other number.

	True False

One hundred marbles were placed in a bag and the following sample was pulled out at random.

Use the sample to predict how many marbles of each colour were in the bag.

A matching question presents 5 answer choices and 5 items. The answer choices are lettered A through E. The items are numbered 8.1 through 8.5. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.

	20
	10
	30
	0
	40

8.1 red
8.2 green
8.3 yellow
8.4 blue
8.5 purple

Tony surveyed 25 classmates to find their favourite fruit. Eight of them said bananas. Tony concluded that there was a _____ percent chance that a randomly selected student would like bananas best.

250·8320·32


A	B	C	D	E

Which spinner has more than a 50% chance of landing on green?

ABCD

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NS 3.5 Chance

When probability values are put on a scale from 0 to 1, an event with probability 0·1 means it is _____ to happen.

Use the scale 0 to 1 to rate the probability of spinning each colour shown.

If you toss a coin and get 'heads', then the next time you toss it you are certain to get 'tails'.

Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer.

Julie tossed a coin and rolled a regular dice at the same time. What is the probability that she will get a 'tails' on the coin and a 5 on the dice?

If you roll a regular dice, you are less likely to roll a 6 than any other number.

Tony surveyed 25 classmates to find their favourite fruit. Eight of them said bananas. Tony concluded that there was a _____ percent chance that a randomly selected student would like bananas best.