Grade level:8

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY

PART A
• Toss a coin ten times. Record the results of each toss in the table
trial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Head
or
Tail

1. How many times did the coin land with the tail side up?
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2. Compute the experimental probability of the coin landing tail side up.

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3. What is the theoretical probability of the coin landing tail side up ?

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4. Is the experimental probability the same as the theoretical probability?

Why or why not?

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• Now, get together with 4 other groups in the class. Record their data also
in your table.
5. Including your first 10 tosses, how many times did the coin land tail side
up?
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6. How many times did you expect the coin to land tail side up?
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7. What is the experimental probability for 50 tosses?

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8. What is the theoretical probability for 50 tosses?

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9. Is the experimental probability for 50 tosses the same as the theoretical

probability for 50 tosses?

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10. Now, observe the relationship between experimantal and theoretical

probability. Explain why experimantal probability converges to the
theoretical probability as number of data increase?

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PART B

• Roll a dice 12 times. Record your results in the given table below.
Face 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency

Now choose any face and answer the questions below according to it.

1. How many times did the face 1 come side up?

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2. Compute the experimental probability of the dice landing face1 side up.
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3. What is the theoretical probability of the dice landing face 1 side up ?

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4. Is the experimental probability the same as the theoretical probability?

Why or why not?

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• Now, get together with 4 other groups in the class. Record their data also
in your table.
5. Including your first 12 throwing, how many times did the dice land face1
side up?
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6. How many times did you expect the dice to land face 1 side up?
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7. What is the experimental probability for 60 dices?

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8. What is the theoretical probability for 60 dices?

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9. Is the experimental probability for 60 dices the same as the theoretical

probability for 60 dices?

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10. Now, observe the relationship between experimantal and theoretical

probability. Explain why experimantal probability converges to the
theoretical probability as number of data increase?

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