Chance and likelihood

Worksheet: Chance and likelihood

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Answer the questions.

1. The sun will rise tomorrow morning. This is...
   a) Certainb) Even chancec) Impossibled) Unlikely
2. A bag holds only red counters. You pick one. Picking a red counter is...
   a) Certainb) Even chancec) Impossibled) Unlikely
3. Which event is impossible?
   a) Rolling a 1 on a normal diceb) Rolling a 6 on a normal dicec) Rolling a 7 on a normal 6-sided diced) Rolling an even number on a dice
4. It is impossible to roll a 9 on a normal 6-sided dice.
   a) Trueb) False
5. A bag has 9 blue cubes and 1 green cube. Picking a blue cube is...
   a) Even chanceb) Impossiblec) Likelyd) Unlikely
6. You flip a fair coin once. Which has an even chance?
   a) Getting a 6b) Getting headsc) Getting heads or tailsd) Getting neither side
7. A spinner has 4 equal parts: 2 red and 2 blue. Landing on red is...
   a) An even chanceb) Certainc) Impossibled) Unlikely
8. A bag has 5 yellow and 2 black counters. Compared with yellow, picking black is...
   a) Certainb) Equally likelyc) Less likelyd) More likely
9. A bag has 1 red and 6 white counters. Red is more likely than white.
   a) Trueb) False
10. How many possible outcomes are there when you roll one normal dice?
    a) 1b) 12c) 2d) 6
11. You roll a normal dice. Which is the most likely?
    a) Rolling a 1b) Rolling a 2c) Rolling a 6d) Rolling a number less than 6
12. What are the two possible outcomes when you flip a coin?
13. Rolling an even number on a normal dice is an even chance.
    a) Trueb) False
14. A chart shows dice rolls: 1 came up 4 times, 2 came up 6 times, 3 came up 3 times. Which came up most?
15. A chart shows heads 7 times and tails 5 times. How many flips in total?
16. A bar chart shows heads 8 and tails 5. How many more heads than tails?
    a) 13b) 2c) 3d) 4