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If Bianca plants 170 seeds, about how many should sprout? |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | A carnival game gives a prize to 1 out of every 10 players. If 180 people play, about how many should win a prize? |  |  |  | 2.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | A gumball machine holds an equal number of gumballs in 5 different colors. If 85 gumballs are bought, about how many should be orange? |  |  |  | 3.  \u003Cbr>4. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A spinner has 4 equal sections colored red, blue, green, and yellow. The spinner is spun 40 times. About how many times should it land on red? |  |  |  | 5.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | 60% of the visitors to a museum stop at the dinosaur exhibit. If 40 people visit, about how many should stop at it? |  |  |  | 6.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A fair six-sided number cube is rolled 58 times. About how many times should it land on an even number? |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | A standard deck is used to draw a card that is then put back 96 times. About how many times should a heart be drawn? |  |  |  | 9.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | A weather forecaster predicts rain on 3 out of every 5 days. Over 80 days, about how many should have rain? |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A spinner has 8 equal sections and 3 of them are striped. The spinner is spun 48 times. About how many times should it land on a striped section? |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | 20% of the emails a store sends out get opened. If the store sends 100 emails, about how many should get opened? |  |  |  | 12.  \u003Cbr>13. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) | A fair coin is tossed 38 times with the results being either heads or tails. How many times should the result be tails? |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) | A bag holds 3 red marbles and 7 blue marbles. A marble is drawn and then put back 120 times. About how many times should a red marble be drawn? |  |  |  | 15.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) | A jar holds an equal number of jelly beans in 6 flavors. If 144 jelly beans are picked, about how many should be lemon? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) | A deck has cards of 4 suits in equal amounts. A card is drawn and then put back 60 times. About how many times should a heart be drawn? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) | At a school fair, 1 out of every 3 raffle tickets is a winner. If 39 tickets are sold, about how many should win? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | Math\u003Cbr>[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com)\u003Cbr>9\u003Cbr>1-10\u003Cbr>11-15 | 93 | 87 | 80 |  | 73 | 67 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 |\n|  |  | 27 | 20 | 13 |  | 7 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nPredicting Outcomes with Probability (Word)  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Use probability to predict each outcome.\u003Cbr>1) 90% of the seeds in a packet will sprout. If Bianca plants 170 seeds, about how many should sprout? |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  153  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | A carnival game gives a prize to 1 out of every 10 players. If 180 people play, about how many should win a prize? |  |  |  | 2.  18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | A gumball machine holds an equal number of gumballs in 5 different colors. If 85 gumballs are bought, about how many should be orange? |  |  |  | 3.  17  4. 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A spinner has 4 equal sections colored red, blue, green, and yellow. The spinner is spun 40 times. About how many times should it land on red? |  |  |  | 5.  24  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | 60% of the visitors to a museum stop at the dinosaur exhibit. If 40 people visit, about how many should stop at it? |  |  |  | 6.  29  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A fair ","cbCaipHIknnsGJSp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipHIknnsGJSp","pdf",44884,"English","# Use probability to predict each outcome\n## Practice problems with expected counts\n## Answer key","[{\"question\":\"How do you use a probability percentage to predict an outcome?\",\"answer\":\"Multiply the total number by the given probability. 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