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Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur. It is expressed as a fraction from 0 to 1, decimal from 0 to 1, or percent from 0% to 100%. An event that is certain to happen has a probability of 1 or 100%, while an event that will never happen has a probability of 0 or 0%. If an event is equally likely to happen as not happen, it has a probability of 0.5 or 50%. The probability of an event is calculated by taking the number of ways the event can occur divided by the total number of possible outcomes.

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Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur. It is expressed as a fraction from 0 to 1, decimal from 0 to 1, or percent from 0% to 100%. An event that is certain to happen has a probability of 1 or 100%, while an event that will never happen has a probability of 0 or 0%. If an event is equally likely to happen as not happen, it has a probability of 0.5 or 50%. The probability of an event is calculated by taking the number of ways the event can occur divided by the total number of possible outcomes.

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PROBABILITY

PROBABILITY
Probability

is a measure of how likely an


event is to occur.

For

example
Today there is a 60% chance of rain.
The odds of winning the lottery are a
million to one.
What are some examples you can think
of?

PROBABILITY
Probabilities

are written as:

Fractions

from 0 to 1

Decimals

from 0 to 1

Percents

from 0% to 100%

PROBABILITY
If

an event is certain to happen, then the


probability of the event is 1 or 100%.

If

an event will NEVER happen, then the


probability of the event is 0 or 0%.

If

an event is just as likely to happen as to


not happen, then the probability of the
event is , 0.5 or 50%.

PROBABILITY
Impossible

Unlikely

Equal Chances

0.5

0%

50%

Likely

Certain

1
100%

PROBABILITY

When a meteorologist states that the chance of


rain is 50%, the meteorologist is saying that it is
equally likely to rain or not to rain.
If the chance of rain rises to 80%, it is more likely
to rain.
If the chance drops to 20%, then it may rain, but
it probably will not rain.

PROBABILITY
What

are some events that will never


happen and have a probability of 0%?

What

are some events that are certain to


happen and have a probability of 100%?

What

are some events that have equal


chances of happening and have a
probability of 50%?

PROBABILITY
The

probability of an event is written:

P(event) = number of ways event can occur


total number of outcomes

PROBABILITY
P(event) = number of ways event can occur
total number of outcomes
outcome is a possible result of a
probability experiment

An

When rolling a number cube, the possible


outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

PROBABILITY
P(event) = number of ways event can occur
total number of outcomes
event is a specific result of a
probability experiment

An

When rolling a number cube, the event of


rolling an even number is 3 (you could roll a
2, 4 or 6).

PROBABILITY
P(event) = number of ways event can occur
total number of outcomes
What is the probability of getting heads
when flipping a coin?
P(heads) = number of ways = 1 head on a coin = 1
total outcomes = 2 sides to a coin = 2
P(heads)= = 0.5 = 50%

TRY THESE:
A
D

1. What is the probability that the spinner


will stop on part A?

2. What is the probability that the


spinner will stop on
(a) An even number?
(b) An odd number?

C B

3. What is the probability that the


spinner will stop in the area
marked A?

B
C

PROBABILITY WORD
PROBLEM:

Lawrence is the captain of his track team. The


team is deciding on a color and all eight members
wrote their choice down on equal size cards. If
Lawrence picks one card at random, what is the
probability that he will pick blue?

Number of blues = 3
Total cards = 8

3/8 or 0.375 or 37.5%


blue

blue
yellow
red

green

black

blue

black

LETS WORK THESE


TOGETHER

Donald is rolling a number cube labeled 1 to 6.


What is the probability of the following?
a.) an odd number
odd numbers 1, 3, 5
3/6 = = 0.5 = 50%
total numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
b.) a number greater than 5
numbers greater 6
1/6 = 0.166 = 16.6%
total numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

TRY THESE:
1
3

2
4

1. What is the probability of spinning a


number greater than 1?
2. What is the probability that a spinner
with five congruent sections numbered
1-5 will stop on an even number?
3. What is the probability of rolling a
multiple of 2 with one toss of a number
cube?

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