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7th grade Chance from experiments, and predicting from it worksheet

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Chance from experiments, and predicting from it

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  1. Upright 12 | on its side 21 | on its cap 7. Pia flipped a water bottle and tallied how it landed. Based on the tally, what is the estimated chance that the next flip lands on its side, as a fraction in simplest form?

  2. Sprouted 28 | did not sprout 8. Esme planted 36 seeds in a row of pots. Based on the tally, what is the estimated chance that a seed sprouts, to the nearest whole percent?

  3. In the bucket 22 | missed 2. Kira tossed a bean bag into a bucket 24 times in a very quiet gym. Based on the tally, what is the estimated chance that the next toss goes in, to the nearest whole percent?

  4. Pia rolls a fair number cube 120 times. About how many 5s should Pia expect?

  5. Ren's spinner has 10 equal parts, and 4 of them show a star. About how many stars should Ren expect in 150 spins?

  6. Tala puts 12 cards in a hat, and 4 show a moon. Tala draws one without looking, puts it back and repeats 48 times. About how many moons should Tala expect?

  7. Luz planted 8 seeds and 6 sprouted. Milo planted 80 seeds the same way and 52 sprouted. Whose results are the better guide for the next seed?

    • Use Luz's 8 seeds
    • Use both the same
    • Use Milo's 80 seeds
  8. Kira's bottle landed upright 12 of 30 flips. Bo's bottle landed upright 18 of 50 flips. Whose tally shows the larger share of uprights?

    • Kira's tally
    • The shares are the same
    • Bo's tally
  9. Ari got a bean bag in the bucket 9 of 20 tosses. Esme got it in 14 of 40 tosses. Whose tally shows the larger share of tosses in the bucket?

    • The shares are the same
    • Esme's tally
    • Ari's tally
  10. Bo tossed a bean bag at a bucket 20 times: in the bucket 9, on the rim 7, missed 4. Which model of chances fits the tally?

    • in 0.33, rim 0.33, miss 0.33
    • in 9, rim 7, miss 4
    • in 0.45, rim 0.35, miss 0.2
    • in 0.45, rim 0.35, miss 0.25
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About this worksheet

Chance from experiments, and predicting from it. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can turn a tally into an estimated chance: tally ÷ all the trials, as a fraction, a decimal or a percent (rounded when it does not end).
  • I can use that chance to predict about how many will happen in more trials, and I know more trials give a better guess.
  • I can build a chance model from tallies when the outcomes are not equally likely, and the chances add to 1.

Standard: 7.SP.C.6, 7.SP.C.7b

Words to know

trial: One try of the experiment, like one flip of a bottle.

tally: The count of how many trials gave each outcome.

relative frequency: Tally ÷ all the trials. It estimates the chance.

experimental probability: The chance worked out from an experiment, not from equal outcomes.

prediction: About how many to expect in more trials: new trials × the relative frequency.

probability model: A list of every outcome with its chance. The chances add to 1.

Common mistakes

Your child counted the rows of the tally table, not the trials in them.

Your child added only some of the rows of the tally.

Your child compared the trials that matched with the ones that did not, instead of with all the trials.

What to say

Ask: what does each tally mark stand for?

Ask: does every row count as trials?

Ask: out of how many trials in all?

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with chance from experiments, and predicting from it?

Your child counted the rows of the tally table, not the trials in them.

How can I help my child with chance from experiments, and predicting from it?

Ask: what does each tally mark stand for?

Are these 7th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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