Name
11–8
Date
Look at the bag of marbles and use the words impossible, certain, equally
likely, likely, or unlikely to describe the event of picking a marble out of
the bag.
1. Pick a black marble
2. Pick a white marble
3. Pick a striped marble
4. Pick a marble
Use the bag of marbles above to complete. Write the probability in two
ways.
5. What is the probability of picking a black marble?
6. What is the probability of picking a white marble?
7. What is the probability of picking a marble with dots?
8. What is the probability of picking a marble with stripes?
Look at the spinner, list the outcomes, and predict what you are more
likely to spin.
9.
10.
Red
Red
Green
Blue
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Name
11–8
Date
Look at the bag of marbles and use the words impossible, certain, equally
likely, likely, or unlikely to describe the event of picking a marble out of
the bag.
likely
1. Pick a black marble
impossible
2. Pick a white marble
3. Pick a striped marble
less likely
certain
4. Pick a marble
Use the bag of marbles above to complete. Write the probability in two
ways.
_3_ or _1_;
6
2
5. What is the probability of picking a black marble?
3 out of 6 chance
0;
6. What is the probability of picking a white marble?
0 out of 0 chance
_2_ or _1_;
6
7. What is the probability of picking a marble with dots?
2 out of 6 chance
3
_1_
6
8. What is the probability of picking a marble with stripes?
1 out of 6 chance
Look at the spinner, list the outcomes, and predict what you are more
likely to spin.
9. red, green, blue; red
1, 3, 4; 4
10.
Red
Red
Green
Blue
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