Experimental Probability - Probability - NCTM Math Framework
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Topic: Probability

Lesson: Experimental Probability
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DD  Tony plays soccer for his school. He did not make goals in 29 out of 58 games he played. What is the experimental probability of Tony scoring a goal in a game?  DD View Solution
DD  Valerie works in an ice cream parlour. She recorded the number of customers purchasing ice creams of each of the four flavors available, as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will not purchase a strawberry ice cream?

FlavorNumber of customers
Vanilla8
Chocolate12
Strawberry16
Butterscotch20

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DD  There are 91 players in a baseball club, of which 43 are pitchers. What is the experimental probability of a player chosen at random being a pitcher?  DD View Solution
DD  A surveyor asked a group of children which profession are they interested in. The results are shown in the table. Find the experimental probability for a child being interested in medicine as a profession.
ProfessionNumber of children interested
Medicine22
Engineering46
Teaching14
Law10
Others4

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DD  The owner of a cloth store finds 43 of 215 pieces of cloth are damaged. What is the experimental probability that a piece of cloth is damaged?
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DD  A group of people were surveyed to know which mode of transportation they would use to reach their workplace. The results are recorded in the table. Find the experimental probability of a person reaching his/her workplace by bus.
Modes of transportationNumber of people
Bus42
Car14
Bike17
Bicycle49

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DD  Charlie, Tim and Ethan are contesting for a president post. A news channel conducted a survey and published the results. Find the experimental probability of Tim winning.
Name of the candidateNumber of votes
Charlie30
Tim35
Ethan20

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DD  Arthur tossed a coin and recorded the outcomes as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability of getting a head?
OutcomeNumber of Occurrences
Head20
Tail20

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DD  A survey was conducted in a city asking different families about their favorite vacation spot. The results are as per the table. Find the experimental probability of a family whose favorite spot is Paris.
                    Favorite Vacation Spots
Vacation spotNumber of families
Paris20
Walt Disney World62
Yellowstone National Park12
US Virgin Islands4
Amelia Island4

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DD  Sam rolled 2 number cubes and recorded the sum of the numbers rolled. Find the experimental probability for getting a sum of 7.  DD View Solution
DD  Charlie placed the cards labeled 1 to 10 in a bag. He drew one card from the bag 45 times. If his draws included ten 2's, three 4's, and two 6's, then what is the experimental probability of drawing a 2, 4, or 6?
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DD  William plays soccer for his school. He did not make goals in 29 out of 58 games he played. What is the experimental probability of William scoring a goal in a game?  DD View Solution
DD  Ursula works in an ice cream parlour. She recorded the number of customers purchasing ice creams of each of the four flavors available, as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will not purchase a strawberry ice cream?

FlavorNumber of customers
Vanilla15
Chocolate20
Strawberry25
Butterscotch30

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DD  A store has 245 rolls of aluminium foils out of which 35 were found to be defective. Find the experimental probability of a roll of aluminium foil to be defective.
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DD  Brad rolled a cowrie shell and recorded the outcomes as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability of getting mouth up?
OutcomeNumber of Occurrences
Mouth up12
Mouth down12

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DD  Tony rolled a cowrie shell and recorded the outcomes as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability of getting mouth up?
OutcomeNumber of Occurrences
Mouth up10
Mouth down25

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DD  There are 92 players in a baseball club, of which 10 are pitchers. What is the experimental probability of a player chosen at random being a pitcher?  DD View Solution
DD  Jake plays soccer for his school. He did not make goals in 22 out of 88 games he played. What is the experimental probability of Jake scoring a goal in a game?  DD View Solution
DD  Diane works in an ice cream parlour. She recorded the number of customers purchasing ice creams of each of the four flavors available, as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will not purchase a strawberry ice cream?

FlavorNumber of customers
Vanilla8
Chocolate10
Strawberry12
Butterscotch14

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DD  Tommy shoots red ball 10 times, blue ball 5 times and yellow ball 7 times, out of 22 attempts in a pool game with Tanya. What is the experimental probability of shooting a red ball?
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DD  A survey is conducted to know the number of ATM card holders in 6 different localities in a city. The results are recorded as shown in the line plot. Find the experimental probability of choosing an ATM card holder from Locality 1.
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DD  A surveyor asked a group of children which profession are they interested in. The results are shown in the table. Find the experimental probability for a child being interested in medicine as a profession.
ProfessionNumber of children interested
Medicine78
Engineering68
Teaching18
Law12
Others10

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DD  A group of people were surveyed to know which mode of transportation they would use to reach their workplace. The results are recorded in the table. Find the experimental probability of a person reaching his/her workplace by bus.
Modes of transportationNumber of people
Bus84
Car14
Bike19
Bicycle75

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DD  A surveyor meets a group of employees in a company and enquires about their favorite drinks. The results are shown in the table. Find the experimental probability that an employee's favorite drink is coffee.
                    Favorite Drink
DrinkNumber of employees
Juice14
Tea44
Cofee74
Cool drink6
Others6

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DD  Jimmy, Joe and Gary are contesting for a president post. A news channel conducted a survey and published the results. Find the experimental probability of Joe winning.
Name of the candidateNumber of votes
Jimmy45
Joe25
Gary20

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DD  Tommy rolled 2 number cubes and recorded the sum of the numbers rolled. Find the experimental probability for getting a sum of 7.  DD View Solution
DD  The bar graph shows the favorite sport of 30 students in a class. Find the experimental probability for the favorite sport being tennis.
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DD  The owner of a cloth store finds 25 of 50 pieces of cloth are damaged. What is the experimental probability that a piece of cloth is damaged?
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DD  A store has 147 rolls of aluminium foils out of which 21 were found to be defective. Find the experimental probability of a roll of aluminium foil to be defective.
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DD  The table shows the results of 7 puzzle contests conducted in a city. Find the experimental probability that the contestant C will win the next contest in the city.  DD View Solution
DD  Andrew tossed a coin and recorded the outcomes as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability of getting a head?
OutcomeNumber of Occurrences
Head12
Tail12

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DD  A survey was conducted in a city asking different families about their favorite vacation spot. The results are as per the table. Find the experimental probability of a family whose favorite spot is Paris.
                    Favorite Vacation Spots
Vacation spotNumber of families
Paris94
Walt Disney World78
Yellowstone National Park20
US Virgin Islands16
Amelia Island8

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DD  Sunny rolled a cowrie shell and recorded the outcomes as shown in the table. What is the experimental probability of getting mouth up?
OutcomeNumber of Occurrences
Mouth up12
Mouth down8

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DD  The food agency inspected a sample of 800 pastries from a bakery and found that 12 were spoiled. After improving the quality of production, the agency inspected a new sample of 1500 pastries from the bakery and found that 16 were spoiled. What is the probability of spoiled pastries after improvement in the quality of production? Does the quality improve?
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DD  A basket contains red, blue and yellow colored balls. John picked a ball at random for 30 times and recorded the color of the ball picked up. Find the experimental probability for yellow ball.
ColorNumber of times the ball was picked
Red17
Blue10
Yellow3
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DD  While playing a game, Edward won 15 times, Lydia won 5 times and Arthur, 15 times. Based on this information, predict the number of times Arthur might win, if they play the game 84 times.
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DD  Brian searched 29 words and made the table. Find the experimental probability of a word having the letter I.
LetterNumber of words having the letter
A2
E5
I7
O9
U6
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DD  Josh shoots red ball 8 times, blue ball 5 times and yellow ball 6 times, out of 19 attempts in a pool game with Holly. What is the experimental probability of shooting a red ball?
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DD  40 out of the 860 members of a club were asked to complete a questionnaire as part of a survey. Using the survey results, estimate the number of members who are older than 56 years, out of the total 860 members.
QuestionResult
Are you a male or a female?28 Male 12 Female
Is your age under 56 years?24 Yes 16 No
Do you play cards?32 Yes 8 No
Do you work?14 Yes 26 No
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DD  The bar graph shows the favorite sport of 30 students in a class. How many more students like baseball than rugby?
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DD  Andy placed the cards labeled 1 to 10 in a bag. He drew one card from the bag 50 times. If his draws included ten 4's, three 7's, and two 8's, then what is the experimental probability of drawing a 4, 7, or 8?
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DD  A surveyor meets a group of employees in a company and enquires about their favorite drinks. The results are shown in the table. Find the experimental probability that an employee's favorite drink is coffee.
                    Favorite Drink
DrinkNumber of employees
Juice20
Tea92
Cofee90
Cool drink14
Others10

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DD  A bag contains black, pink and white colored cards. John picked a card at random for 30 times and recorded the color of the card picked up. Find the experimental probability of picking up a white card.
ColorNumber of times the card was picked
black17
pink10
white3

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