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PROBABILITY
Vocabulary used when talking about probability.
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Mathematics
6th Grade
04/03/2013

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Term
experimental probability
Definition

 

The likelihood of an event that is based on an experiment.

Term
survey
Definition

A way to gather information by asking questions or observing events.

Term
trial
Definition

When you do a probability experiment one time it is called a _________.

Term
experimental probability
Definition

A probability that is found by doing an experiment.

Term
theoretical probability
Definition

A probability based on what should happen under perfect conditions.

Term
equally likely
Definition

When the outcomes have a 50-50 chance of happening, we say they are ________    ___________.

Term
impossible
Definition

An event that has a probability of zero.

Term
random
Definition

If each outcome is equally likely to occur, the outcomes occur at _____________.

Term
1
Definition

An event that is certain has a probability of ___.

Term
certain
Definition

An event that must occur is said to be ___________ .

Term
impossible
Definition

An event with the probability of zero is said to be ________.

Term
event
Definition

A set of one or more outcomes in a probability experiment.

Term
sample space
Definition

A set of all possible outcomes in a probability experiment.

Term
outcome
Definition

A possible result in a probability experiment.

Term
probability
Definition

The chance that some event will occur.

Term
probability
Definition

number of favorable outcomes

DIVIDED BY

number of possible outcomes

Term
probability experiment
Definition

An experiment where the exact results cannot be predicted.

Example:  Tossing a number cube is the _____  ______ in Margie's game.

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