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QUIZ 1

Decide where each event would be located on the scale above. Place the letter for each event
on the appropriate place on the probability scale.
a. a blue cube will be picked from a bag that has 10 blue cubes and 30 yellow
cubes.
b. a coin will land on heads when tossed.
c. the day after Wednesday will be Thursday.
d. a spinner with 4 equal parts has 1 red part and 3 green parts. The probability of
the spinner landing in green.
e. the probability of getting a yellow pebbles from a bag with red, black, and green
pebbles.

Match each spinner with the word/s from your probability scale to describe the probability of the
spinner landing on the striped area.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Label the spinner so that the probability of landing on the number 1 is .

6. A bucket contains one green block, one red block, and two yellow blocks. You choose one
block from the bucket. Find the theoretical probability of each block being picked.
P(green)=
P(red)=

P(yellow)=

Extra Credit:
Carlos and Esteban perform an experiment using the same bucket as problem 6.
Carlos got an experimental probability of
P(yellow)=3/10
Esteban got an experimental probability of
P(yellow)=4/10
Whose experimental probability is closer to the theoretical probability in problem 6?