 10+22=
 90+20=
 160+121=
 Which phrase best describes the chance of picking a
red card from a deck of playing cards?
 Extremely likely
 50-50 chance
 Very unlikely
 What do you think?
 There is a 50-50 chance of picking a read card.
 There are 52 cards in the deck; 26 are red and 26 are
black.
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
black card?
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
face card?
(12)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
heart card?
(13)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
Heart, diamond, or
club card?
(39 cards)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
Non-face card?
(40)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
Spade face card?
(3)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
Ace of spades?
(1)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
Not the ace of spades?
(51)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
46 of diamonds?
(0)
 Impossible
 Extremely unlikely
 Very unlikely
 Unlikely
 50-50 even chance
 Likely
 Very likely
 Extremely likely
 certain
How likely do you think
it is that the card I
picked is a…
Not the 46 of
diamonds?
(52)
 More likely
 Equally likely
 Less likely
Picking heart is______________ than picking a 9 of hearts.
Picking a red card and picking a black card are ___________
Picking a face card is _______________ than picking a nonface card.
 The EVENT is the specific set or collection of possible
outcomes.
 When you roll a die , there are 6 possibilities
 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6
 PROBABILITY is the number from 0 to 1 that tells the
chance an event will happen.
 Probability of an event=#favorable outcome/possible
outcomes
 The probability of picking a heart is 13 cards out of 52
 13/52
 Picking the 3 of diamonds is 3 cards out of 52
 3/52
 Work on Journal Page 192.
 Homework: 7.3 page 209
 Recognizing Achievement: Journal page 192, #4
 Students’ ability to use a basic probability term to
describe the likelihood of an event.