Probability Jeopardy
Probabilities
Permutations
Outcomes
Spinners
Potpourri
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question Probabilities
A number cube is rolled
and a penny tossed.
What is the probability of
rolling a 2 and tossing a
tail?
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$100 Answer Probabilities
1/6 1/2 = 1/12
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$200 Question Probabilities
What is the probability of
rolling an even number and
spinning a 4 on a spinner
that has four equal sections?
$200 Answer from Probabilities
1/2 • 1/4 = 1/8
$300 Question from
Probabilities
What is the probability of
rolling a 3 or 6 on a number
cube, tossing a heads on a
coin, and spinning a 2 on a
spinner divided into 6 equal
sections?
$300 Answer from Probabilities
1/3 • 1/2 • 1/6 = 1/36
$400 Question from
Probabilities
What is the probability of
picking 2 green jellybeans
from a bag of 5 green, 7
yellow, 4 black, and 4 red?
(without replacement)
$400 Answer from Probabilities
1/4 • 4/19 = 4/76
= 1/19
$500 Question from
Probabilities
There are 4 green paperclips and
6 yellow paperclips in a bag.
What is the probability that you
grab a green one and then a
yellow one? (this is without
replacement)
$500 Answer from Probabilities
2/5 • 2/3 = 4/15
$100 Question from
Permutations
How many ways can 6
students be arranged in
a line at the door?
$100 Answer from Permutations
6! = 6 • 5 • 4 • 3 • 2 • 1
= 720
$200 Question from
Permutations
Calculate 7!
$200 Answer from Permutations
7•6•5•4•3•2•1
= 5,040
$300 Question from
Permutations
6 track runners are in the
finals. How many ways can
st
nd
rd
1 , 2 , and 3 place be
awarded?
$300 Answer from Permutations
P(6,3) = 6 • 5 • 4 = 120
$400 Question from
Permutations
How many ways can 15
students on student council be
elected President,
Vice-President, and
Treasurer?
$400 Answer from Permutations
P(15,3) = 15• 14• 13 = 2,730
$500 Question from
Permutations
How many different 4-digit
lock combinations can you
make with the digits 0-5,
with no repeating digits?
$500 Answer from Permutations
P(6,4) = 6 • 5 • 4 • 3 = 360
$100 Question from Outcomes
Mrs. Ratcliffe wants a sandwich
and a drink for lunch. If a
restaurant has 4 choices of
sandwiches and 3 choices of
drinks, how many different ways
can she order her lunch?
$100 Answer from Outcomes
4 • 3 = 12
$200 Question from Outcomes
How many total possible
outcomes are there for
tossing a coin, rolling a six
sided number cube, and
spinner 4 section spinner?
$200 Answer from Outcomes
2 • 6 • 4 = 48
$300 Question Outcomes
You can make 1 selection from each of the
3 categories listed below, what is the total
number of different ice cream sundaes that
you can create?
Ice cream flavor: Chocolate, Vanilla,
Strawberry, or Bubblegum
Topping: Hot Fudge, Caramel, or Strawberries
Candy: Sprinkles, M&M’s, or Oreos
$300 Answer from Outcomes
4 • 3 • 3 = 36
$400 Question Outcomes
You are buying lunch at school
today. You can have pizza or a
hamburger for the main course, and
potato chips, Cheetos, or Fritos, and
milk, apple juice, or fruit juice.
How many different meal combos
can you select?
$400 Answer from Outcomes
18
(2 • 3 • 3)
$500 Question Outcomes
Mrs. Ratcliffe has a lot of clothes.
She has a blue shirt, a purple shirt, a
black shirt, a red shirt, and a green
shirt. She has black pants, blue
pants, brown pants, gray pants, a
plaid skirt, and a striped skirt. What is
the total number of possible
combinations of outfits she can make
with these choices?
$500 Answer from Outcomes
5 • 6 = 30
$100 Question from Spinners
What is the
probability of
the following
spinner
landing on
Longitude?
$100 Answer from Spinners
1/3
$200 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of the
following spinner landing on blue or
red?
$200 Answer from Spinners
5
= .625
8
$300 Question from Spinners
What is the probability 1 spin of the
following spinner landing on yellow
and red?
$300 Answer from Spinners
0
$400 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of landing on a
multiple of 3 if you spin the following
spinner?
$400 Answer from Spinners
2 1
  .25
8 4
$500 Question from Spinners
What is the probability of landing
on 2 if you spin the following
spinner?
$500 Answer from Spinners
3
 .375
8
$100 Question from Potpourri
What is the probability of
getting a heads OR a tails
when flipping a coin?
$100 Answer from Potpourri
1
$200 Question from Potpourri
You roll two numbers cubes.
What is the probability of
rolling a 6 on the first cube and
an even on the second cube?
$200 Answer from Potpourri
1/6 • 1/2 = 1/12
$300 Question from Potpourri
David flipped a fair coin 100
times and the coin landed on
TAILS 55 times. What is the
experimental probability that
this coin will land on HEADS
the next flip?
$300 Answer from Potpourri
45
9

 .45
100 20
$400 Question from Potpourri
Find the value of 9!
$400 Answer from Potpourri
9•8•7•6•5•4•3•2•1
= 362,880
$500 Question from Potpourri
In a marathon consisting of
50 people, how many
st
nd
different ways can 1 , 2 ,
rd
and 3 place be awarded?
$500 Answer from Potpourri
P(50,3) = 50 • 49 • 48
= 117,600
Final Jeopardy
What is the probability that the 1st spin
of the spinner below would land on
RED and the 2nd spin would land on
YELLOW?
Final Jeopardy Answer
1/4 • 1/8 = 1/32
(The spinner is divided into 8ths.)