Experimental Probability

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1. Roll a dice 60 times. Use tally marks to record your results in the table below. Event 1 2 3 4 5 6 a. What is the experimental probability of throwing each of the numbers 1 to 6 for this die? P(1) = P(2) = P(3) = P(4) = P(5) = P(6) = Tally Total

b. What fraction of the rolls results in an even number? __________ c. Which numbers did you roll exactly 10 times? __________ 2. Take four equal-sized cards and label them red, blue, green and yellow. Shuffle the cards and select a card at random. Record the results in the table below. Replace the card and repeat the process 40 times in all. Event Red Blue Green Yellow a. What fraction of the selections are: i. Red? __________ ii. Blue? __________ iii. Green? __________ iv. Yellow? __________ b. Explain why the answer in part a. For each colour does not equal Tally Total

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3. Shuffle a pack of playing cards. As a friend to pick any card from the pack. Do this 40 times. Keep a tally of the number of spades , clubs , diamonds and hearts drawn out. Card Frequency List the experimental probability of selecting each of the different suits. P() = P() = P() = P() = Spade Club Diamond Heart

4. Toss a coin a total of 100 times (in lots of 10 to make the recording easier). Record the number of heads and tails: No. Of tosses Heads Tails a. For how many lots of 10 tosses were the number of heads and tails equal? _______ b. What from of the total number of tosses were tails? __________ 5. Take two 6-sided (1 to 6) dice. Roll the two dice together and add the two numbers. Do this 36 times and record the results, according to whether the total is less than 7, equal to 7 or more than 7. Score Frequency a. Write probability for each of the three different scores from your experiment: P(less than 7) = P(equals 7) = P(more than 7) = Less than 7 Equals 7 More than 7 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

6. Take three similar coins. Toss them and count the number of heads facing up when they fall on the desk. Do this 40 times and record the results: No. of heads Frequency What does your experiment tell us about the probability values fo: 3 heads: 2 heads: 2 tails 0 1 2 3