State whether the following events are: likely, even chance, unlikely, impossible, or certain:
Winning the lottery.
Scoring 140\% on an exam.
Flipping tails with a coin.
Next week will have 8 days?
A number greater than two is rolled with a standard die.
A number greater than 4 is rolled with a standard die.
When a standard die is rolled we get a number from 1 to 6.
If a horse is "odds-on" to win the race.
In a prize draw 8 red tickets and 8 blue tickets are handed out. For each event below choose the best description of the chance of each event using the list to the right:
The winning ticket being black.
The winning ticket being red.
The winning ticket being red or blue.
Impossible - 0
Unlikely - between 0 and 0.5
Even - 0.5
Likely - between 0.5 and 1
Certain - 1
A game in a classroom uses the spinner shown:
State the likelihood of the following events as either: likely, even chance, unlikely, impossible, or certain:
Spinning an odd number.
Spinning a 2.
Spinning a number less than 8.
Consider the spinner below and state the likelihood of the following outcomes:
Consider the spinner shown:
What is the most likely symbol to spin?
State the likelihood of spinning a ball.
Which of the following pairs of events have an even chance?
Spinning an apple or a pig.
Spinning a star or a ball.
Spinning a pig or a star.
Spinning a ball or a pig.
Consider the spinner shown:
State whether the following events have an even chance:
Spinning an even number.
Spinning 7 or more.
Spinning 12 or less.
Spinning 7 or less.
State the likelihood of spinning 15 or more.
A standard six-sided die is rolled.
State the likelihood that the outcome is a 2 or higher?
State the likelihood that the outcome is a 7 or higher?
A standard six-sided die is rolled. Which outcome is least likely?
Rolling a prime number.
Rolling an even number.
Rolling a number less than 3.
A twelve-sided die is rolled. State the likelihood that the outcome is 8 or higher?
Kenneth has a six-sided die. Lisa has a twelve-sided die. They decide to roll both their dice and the winner is the person who rolls the highest. Who is more likely to win?
There are 20 marbles in a jar: 7 red, 10 green and 3 blue. If a marble is chosen at random:
What colour marble is most likely to be chosen?
What color marble is least likely to be chosen?
One marble is drawn out of the following jar containing 3 black, 3 red, and 6 blue marbles:
State the color of the marble that you are most likely to draw.
State the likelihood that you draw a marble that is not Blue.
The three cards below are shuffled. One card is then drawn at random:
State the likelihood of drawing a Heart.
State the likelihood of drawing a number card.
The four cards below are shuffled. One card is then drawn at random:
State the likelihood of drawing a Jack, Queen or King.
State the likelihood of drawing a card with a number less than 4.
Yuri plays a game using the 8-sided spinner shown:
State the likelihood that he spins a number less than 15.
State the likelihood that he spins the same number three times in a row.
State the likelihood that he spins an even number.
State the likelihood that he spins the number 4.
Vincent rolls a twelve-sided die and writes down whether he rolls 6 or more. If he does, he writes "yes", otherwise he writes "no".
List all possible outcomes that correspond to the event where he writes "yes".
List all the possible outcomes for each of the following:
Rolling a standard six-sided die.
Uther rolled a standard six-sided die.
If Uther rolled a number less than 3, what numbers could he have rolled?
Rochelle draws a card from a standard 52 card deck, and writes down the suit of the card.
How many different outcomes could there be?
