Probability Jeopardy

Final Jeopardy

Simple Probabilities

Independent & Dependent Events

Counting Principle

Fractions Decimals

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Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100

Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200

Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300

Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400

Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500

$100 Question from Simple Probabilities

What is the probability of rolling a 2 when a fair die is rolled once?

$100 Answer from Simple Probabilities

1/6

$200 Question from Simple Probabilities

What is the probability of rolling an even number when a fair die is rolled once?

$200 Answer from Simple Probabilities

½

$300 Question from Simple Probabilities

What is the probability that 2 cards drawn at random from a deck of cards will be aces if no replacement ?

$300 Answer from Simple Probabilities

$400 Question from Simple Probabilities

What is the probability that when a pair of six-sided dice are thrown, the sum of the numbers equals 5?

$400 Answer from Simple Probabilities

4 1 =

36 9

$500 Question from Simple Probabilities

A book contains 32 pages numbered 1, 2, ..., 32. If a student randomly opens the book, what is the probability that the page number contains digit 1?

$500 Answer from Simple Probabilities

13

32

1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,31

.40625

$100 Question from Independent/Dependent Events

There is a patch of 6 pink and 4 yellow flowers. What is probability of selecting a pink then a yellow flower if the flowers are replaced each time?

$100 Answer from Independent/Dependent Events

6/25

$200 Question from Independent/Dependent Events

There is a bag of 15 jelly beans. There are 5 orange, 3 purple, 6 red, and 1 blue. What is the probability of selecting a red or an orange jelly bean?

$200 Answer from Permutations or Combinations

11/15

$300 Question from Independent/Dependent Events

There is a bag of 15 jelly beans. There are 5 orange, 3 purple, 6 red, and 1 blue. What is the probability of selecting a red and then an orange jelly bean (not replaced)?

$300 Answer from Independent/Dependent Events

1/7

$400 Question from Independent/Dependent Events

There is a bag of 12 marbles. There are 4 pink, 3 purple, 3 red, and 2 blue. What is the probability of selecting a red and then an pink marble (they are replaced).

$400 Answer from Independent Dependent Events

$500 Question from Indpendent/Dependent Events

There is a bag of 12 marbles. There are 4 pink, 3 purple, 3 red, and 2 blue. What is the probability of selecting a pink then a purple in any order? (no replacement).

$500 Answer from Independent/Dependent

$100 Question from Counting Principle

William wants a sandwich and a drink for lunch. If a restaurant has 4 choices of sandwiches and 3 choices of drinks, how many different ways can he order his lunch?

$100 Answer from Counting Principle

12

$200 Question from Counting Principle

You roll 3 dice. How many outcomes could you have?

$200 Answer from Counting Principle

(6)(6)(6) = 216

$300 Question from Counting Principle

• You are at your school cafeteria that allows you to choose a lunch meal from a set menu. You have two choices for the Main course (a hot dog or a hamburger), Two choices of a drink (orange juice, apple juice) and Three choices of dessert(pie, ice cream, jello). How many different meal combos can you select?

$300 Answer from Counting Principle

12

$400 Question from Counting Principle

• At TRMS, teachers are given passwords that contain two letters followed by three digits. The letters are case sensitive, meaning they can be uppercase OR lowercase. How many total password combinations are possible?

$400 Answer from Counting Principle

2,704,000

$500 Question from Counting Principle

If you can have a passcode that IS case sensitive (uppercase & lowercase letters are different) and has 2 letters followed by 2 digits. What is the probability of receiving a passcode with NO vowels? (you do not need to fully simplify, but you must multiply the numbers out—cannot be in exponential form).

$500 Answer from Counting Principle

$100 Question from Fractions Decimals

Convert 23/25 to a percent

$100 Answer from Fractions Decimals

92%

$200 Question from Fractions Decimals

Convert 4% to a simplified fraction

$200 Answer from Fractions Decimals

4 1 =

100 25

$300 Question from Fractions Decimals

The last 10% of the word CRYPTOGRAM is?

$300 Answer from Fractions Decimals

M

$400 Question from Fractions Decimals

What is the decimal representation of A+B?

A

B

C

$400 Answer from Fractions Decimals

1

4= .25

$500 Question from Fractions Decimals

What is the fraction representation of A?

A

B

C

$500 Answer from Fractions Decimals

1

8

$100 Question from SpinnersWhat is the probability of the following spinner landing on Longitude?

$100 Answer from Spinners

1/3

$200 Question from Spinners

What is the probability of the following spinner landing on blue or red?

$200 Answer from Spinners

5 = .625

8

$300 Question from SpinnersWhat is the probability of the following spinner landing on yellow and red?

$300 Answer from Spinners

$400 Question from SpinnersWhat is the probability of landing on a multiple of 3 if you spin the following spinner?

$400 Answer from Spinners

2 1.25

8 4

$500 Question from Spinners

What is the probability of landing on 2 if you spin the following spinner?

$500 Answer from Spinners

3.375

8

$100 Question from Potpourri

What is the probability of getting a heads or a tails when flipping a fair coin?

$100 Answer from Potpourri

1

$200 Question from Potpourri

You have a container filled with eight pieces of green paper and six pieces of blue paper. What is the probability of choosing, without peeking, a green piece of paper?

$200 Answer from Potpourri

8 4.5714

14 7

$300 Question from Potpourri

David flipped a fair coin 100 times and the coin landed on tails 55 times. What is the experimental probability that this coin will land on heads the next flip? (in decimal form)

$300 Answer from Potpourri

45 9.45

100 20

$400 Question from Potpourri

What fractional portion of the following picture is shaded?

$400 Answer from Potpourri

3

8

$500 Question from PotpourriWhich representation of fractions below is the largest number?

$500 Answer from Potpourri

3/4

Final Jeopardy• License Plates for cars are labeled with 3

letters followed by 3 digits. What is the probability of choosing a plate with no vowels? You can use the same letter or number more than once. Try to simplify.

Final Jeopardy Answer

(21)(21)(21)(10)(10)(10) = 9,261,000(26)(26)(26)(10)(10)(10) = 17,576,000

9,261 17,576