1) Best Buy is holding an iPod giveaway with 20 iPods in a bag, including 4 orange, 5 blue, 6 green, and 5 pink iPods.
2) If Maria chooses an iPod at random from the bag, the probability she will choose an orange iPod is 1/5 or 20%.
3) Probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.
1) Best Buy is holding an iPod giveaway with 20 iPods in a bag, including 4 orange, 5 blue, 6 green, and 5 pink iPods.
2) If Maria chooses an iPod at random from the bag, the probability she will choose an orange iPod is 1/5 or 20%.
3) Probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.
1) Best Buy is holding an iPod giveaway with 20 iPods in a bag, including 4 orange, 5 blue, 6 green, and 5 pink iPods.
2) If Maria chooses an iPod at random from the bag, the probability she will choose an orange iPod is 1/5 or 20%.
3) Probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.
1) Best Buy is holding an iPod giveaway with 20 iPods in a bag, including 4 orange, 5 blue, 6 green, and 5 pink iPods.
2) If Maria chooses an iPod at random from the bag, the probability she will choose an orange iPod is 1/5 or 20%.
3) Probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.
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Probability
of Simple Events
Probability of Simple Events
Real World Example: Best Buy is having an IPOD giveaway. They put all the IPOD Shuffles in a bag. Customers may choose an IPOD without looking at the color. Inside the bag are 4 orange, 5 blue, 6 green, and 5 pink IPODS. If Maria chooses one IPOD at random, what is the probability she will choose an orange IPOD?
Probability of Simple Events
Real World Example: Best Buy is having an IPOD giveaway. They put all the IPOD Shuffles in a bag. Customers may choose an IPOD without looking at the color. Inside the bag are 4 orange, 5 blue, 6 green, and 5 pink IPODS. If Maria chooses one IPOD at random, what is the probability she will choose an orange IPOD?
P(orange) = 4/20 = 2/10 = 1/5 or 20%
Probability of Simple Events
What is a PROBABILITY? - Probability is the chance that some event will happen - It is the ratio of the number of ways a certain event can occur to the number of possible outcomes
Probability of Simple Events
What is a PROBABILITY? P(event) =
number of favorable outcomes
number of possible outcomes
Examples that use Probability:
(1) Dice, (2) Spinners, (3) Coins, (4) Deck of
Cards, (5) Evens/Odds, (6) Alphabet, etc.
Probability of Simple Events
What is a PROBABILITY? 0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
or .25
0r .5
or .75
Impossible
Not Very Likely
Equally Likely
Somewhat Likely
Certain
Probability of Simple Events
Example 1: Roll a dice. What is the probability of rolling a 4?
# favorable outcomes P(event) = # possible outcomes P(rolling a 4) = 1 6 The probability of rolling a 4 is 1 out of 6
Probability of Simple Events
Example 2: Roll a dice. What is the probability of rolling an even number?
P(event) = # favorable outcomes
# possible outcomes 3 1 P(even #) = = 6 2 The probability of rolling an even number is 3 out of 6 or .5 or 50%
Probability of Simple Events
Example 5: Deck of Cards. What is the probability of picking a heart? P(heart) =
# favorable outcomes
13
# possible outcomes 52 The probability of picking a heart is 1 out of 4 or .25 or 25%
1 4
What is the probability of picking a non heart?
P(nonheart) =
# favorable outcomes
39
# possible outcomes 52 The probability of picking a heart is 3 out of 4 or .75 or 75%
3 4
Probability of Simple Events
Guided Practice:
Calculate the probability
of each independent event.
1) P(black) = 2) P(1) = 3) P(odd) = 4) P(prime) =
Probability of Simple Events
Guided Practice:
Answers.
1) P(black) = 4/8 2) P(1) = 1/8 3) P(odd) = 1/2 4) P(number less than 4) = 1/2
Probability of Simple Events
Independent Practice:
Calculate the probability of each independent event.
Real World Example: A computer company manufactures 2,500 computers each day. An average of 100 of these computers are returned with defects. What is the probability that the computer you purchased is not defective? P(not defective) =
