Name ________________________ Period ________ Number ____
Activity Sheet 4-2
Probability using Cubes
Directions: Work alone. Each student must submit this sheet with all measurements properly labeled. Your
task is to find different probabilities by drawing cubes out of a holder.
1. Place 5 Black Cubes, 5 Blue Cubes, 5 Pink Cubes and 5 Green Cubes in a holder and shake to mix cubes.
2. If you draw out 1 cube from the holder, what is the probability of drawing a Blue Cube? ___________
3. Draw out 1 cube at a time and record the results in the boxes below? Place the cube back in the holder
and shake to mix cubes before each draw. Repeat 20 times.
4. What was the experimental probability of the Blue cubes did you obtain? ___________
Cube Color
Number of Occurrences
Blue
Green
Pink
Orange
5. Empty container and place in 4 Green Cubes, 6 Black Cubes, 8 Pink Cubes, and 10 Blue Cubes.
6. If you draw out 1 cube from the holder, what is the probability of drawing a Blue Cube?
7. Draw out 1 cube at a time and record the results in the boxes below? Place the cube back in the holder
and shake to mix cubes before each draw. Repeat 20 times.
8. What was the experimental probability of the Blue cubes did you obtain? _____________
Blue
Green
Pink
Black