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G8 Math Q4 Week 6 Events of Probability

This document discusses probability and how to calculate it. Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur and can be written as fractions, decimals, or percentages between 0 and 1 or 0% to 100%. The probability of an event is calculated by taking the number of ways the event can occur divided by the total number of outcomes.

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G8 Math Q4 Week 6 Events of Probability

This document discusses probability and how to calculate it. Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur and can be written as fractions, decimals, or percentages between 0 and 1 or 0% to 100%. The probability of an event is calculated by taking the number of ways the event can occur divided by the total number of 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 ½,
0.5 or 50%.
PROBABILITY
Impossible Unlikely Equal Chances Likely Certain

0 0.5 1
0% 50% 100%

½
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

• An outcome is a possible result of a probability


experiment

• 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

• An event is a specific result of a probability


experiment

• 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)= ½ = 0.5 = 50%


TRY THESE:

B A 1. What is the probability that the spinner


C D will stop on part A?

2. What is the probability that the


3 1 spinner will stop on
2 (a) An even number?
(b) An odd number?

A 3. What is the probability that the


C B spinner will stop in the area
marked A?
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
3/8 or 0.375 or 37.5%
blue
Total cards = 8 blue

yellow green black


blue black
red
LET’S 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 = ½ = 0.5 = 50%
total numbers – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

b.) a number greater than 5


numbers greater – 6
total numbers – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1/6 = 0.166 = 16.6%
TRY THESE:

1 2 1. What is the probability of spinning a


3 4 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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