Probability Jeopardy

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Probability Jeopardy
Simple Probabilities Two Events (Replace the first disk) Counting Principle Two Events (Do Not Replace the first disk) Spinners One Event
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
Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from Simple Probabilities
What is the probability of rolling a 2 when a
fair die is rolled once?
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100 Answer from Simple Probabilities
1/6
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200 Question from Simple Probabilities
What is the probability of rolling an even number
when a fair die is rolled once?
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200 Answer from Simple Probabilities
½
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300 Question from Simple Probabilities
What is the probability that a card drawn at
random from a deck of cards will be an ace ?
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300 Answer from Simple Probabilities
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400 Question from Simple Probabilities
What is the probability that you will draw a red
marble out of a bag with 5 red marbles, 6 blue
marbles, and 4 yellow marbles?
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400 Answer from Simple Probabilities
5 1 15 3
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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?
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500 Answer from Simple Probabilities
1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,31
.40625
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100 Question from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
What is the Probability of P(2, 7) given disks
numbered 1-20? (Draw one disk, replace it, and
draw a second disk)
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100 Answer from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
1 X 1 1 20 20 400

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200 Question from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
What is the Probability of P(even, 5) given
disks numbered 1-20? (Draw one disk, replace it,
and draw a second disk)
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200 Answer from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
10 X 1 10 1 20 20 400
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300 Question from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
What is the Probability of P(number greater
than 15, number less than 5) given disks numbered
1-20? (Draw one disk, replace it, and draw a
second disk)
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300 Answer from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
5 X 4 20 1 20 20 400 20
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400 Question from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
What is the Probability of P(multiple of 5,
multiple of 3) given disks numbered 1-20? (Draw
one disk, replace it, and draw a second disk)
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400 Answer from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
4 X 6 24 3 20 20 400 50
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500 Question from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
What is the Probability of P(prime number, even
number) given disks numbered 1-20? (Draw one
disk, replace it, and draw a second disk)
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500 Answer from Two Events (Replace the First
Disk)
8 X 10 80 1 20 20 400
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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?
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100 Answer from Counting Principle
12
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200 Question from Counting Principle
If a zip code consists of 5 digits from 0 9,
how many possible zip codes can be created?
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200 Answer from Counting Principle
100000 (10)(10)(10)(10)(10)
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300 Question from Counting Principle
If a customer makes exactly 1 selection from each
of the 5 categories listed below, what is the
greatest number of different ice cream sundaes
that a customer can create? 12 ice cream
flavors 10 kinds of candy 8 liquid toppings
5 kinds of nuts With or without whip cream
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300 Answer from Counting Principle
9600(12)(10)(8)(5)(2)
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400 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?
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400 Answer from Counting Principle
12 (2)(2)(3)
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500 Question from Counting Principle
Licence Plates for cars are labeled with 3
letters followed by 3 digits.(in this case,
digits refer to digits 0 9.) How many possible
plates are there? You can use the same number
more than once.
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500 Answer from Counting Principle
(26)(26)(26)(10)(10)(10) 17,576,000
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100 Question from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
What is the Probability of P(7, odd number)
given numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk, do
NOT replace it and draw another disk)
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100 Answer from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
1 X 9 9 20 19 380
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200 Question from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
What is the Probability of P(10, even number)
given numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk, do
NOT replace it and draw another disk)
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200 Answer from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
1 X 9 9 20 19 380
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300 Question from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
What is the Probability of P(red marble, blue
marble) given a bag of marbles containing 5 red
marbles, 7 blue marbles, and 1 white marble.
(Draw one marble, do NOT replace it and draw
another marble)
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300 Answer from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
5 X 7 35 13 12
156
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400 Question from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
What is the Probability of P(red marble, red
marble) given a bag of marbles containing 5 red
marbles, 7 blue marbles, and 1 white marble.
(Draw one marble, do NOT replace it and draw
another marble)
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400 Answer from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
5 X 4 20 5
13 12 156 39
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500 Question from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
What is the Probability of P(blue marble, red
marble, blue marble) given a bag of marbles
containing 5 red marbles, 7 blue marbles, and 1
white marble. (Draw one marble, do NOT replace
it and draw another marble)
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500 Answer from Two Events (Do NOT Replace the
First Disk)
7 X 5 x 6 210 35
13 12 11 1716 286
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100 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of the following spinner
landing on Longitude?
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100 Answer from Spinners
1/3
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200 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of the following spinner
landing on blue or red?
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200 Answer from Spinners
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300 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of the following spinner
landing on yellow and red?
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300 Answer from Spinners
0
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400 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of landing on a multiple
of 3 if you spin the following spinner?
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400 Answer from Spinners
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500 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of landing on 2 if you
spin the following spinner?
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500 Answer from Spinners
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100 Question from One Event
What is the Probability of P(odd number) given
numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk only)
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100 Answer from One Event
10 1 20 2
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200 Question from One Event

What is the Probability of P(1 or 20) given
numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk only)
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200 Answer from Potpourri

• 1 1 2 1
• 20 20 20 10

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300 Question from One Event
What is the Probability of P(greater than 10 or
even) given numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk
only)
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300 Answer from Potpourri
10 10 - 5 15 3 20
20 20 20 4
There are 10 numbers greater than 10 and there
are 10 even numbers. You add the two
probabilities. Since 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 all
qualify for greater than 10 and even, you must
subtract 5.
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400 Question from One Event
What is the Probability of P(greater than 10 and
odd) given numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk
only)
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400 Answer from One Event
The numbers greater than 10 and odd include 11,
13, 15, 17, 19
5 1 20 4
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500 Question from Event
What is the Probability of P(less than 10 and
even) given numbered disk 1-20. (Draw one disk
only)
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500 Answer from One Event
The numbers less than 10 and even include 2, 4,
6, 8
4 1 20 5
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Final Jeopardy
What is the Probability of P(blue marble, white
marble, blue marble, white marble) given a bag of
marbles containing 5 red marbles, 7 blue marbles,
and 1 white marble. (Draw one marble, do NOT
replace it and draw another marble) You must
show all steps in the process to earn the points.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
7 X 1 X 6 X 0
0 13 12 11 10