Sheet # 239
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1) Each side of a cube has a different animal on it; zebra, giraffe, rhino, lion, leopard, and elephant.
a) How many outcomes are possible when you roll the cube?
b) What is the probability of rolling a leopard?
c) What is the probability of rolling a zebra?
d) What is the probability of NOT rolling a lion?
2) The number cube has 6 sides. The sides are numbered 1 to 6.
a) How many outcomes are possible when you roll the cube?
b) What is the probability of rolling a 6?
c) What is the probability of rolling a 2?
d) What is the probability of NOT rolling a 3?
3) Brandon made a cube that has the numbers 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 on the six sides.
a) What is the probability of throwing a 3?
b) What is the probability of throwing a 2?
c) What is the probability of throwing an odd number?
Answers for sheet # 239
1)
a) Six possible outcomes; zebra, giraffe, rhino, lion, leopard, and elephant
b) 1/6
b) 1/6
c) 5/6. 1- 1/6 = 5/6
2)
a) six outcomes; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
b) 1/6
c) 1/6
d) 5/6 = 1- 1/6 = 5/6
3)
a) 6 outcomes. Two sides are marked 3. Probability of rolling a three is 2/6 = 1/3
b) 2/6 = 1/3
c) There are four possible outcomes; 1, 1, 3, 3. Probability of rolling an odd number is 4/6 = 2/3