Grade 4 Math · Data

Describe likelihood and predict outcomes

Use likelihood language to describe the chance of an event, and predict whether a data measure would be similar or different across two populations. Unlimited questions, five difficulty levels, and a full worked solution every time — free.

Practice this skill Curriculum: G4-D2.1, G4-D2.2

Try one

A bag has 6 blue, 6 orange, 0 red marbles. If you pull one marble out without looking, how likely are you to get a blue marble?

  • equally likely
  • certain
  • impossible
  • likely

Answer: equally likely

See one solved, step by step

A bag has 5 red, 0 orange, 0 blue, 1 yellow marbles. If you pull one marble out without looking, how likely are you to get a red marble?

  • certain
  • impossible
  • likely
  • equally likely
📘 Worked solution
1There are 6 marbles in total, and 5 of them are red.Count the marbles of interest out of the whole bag.
25 out of 6 marbles are red -- more than half -- so it is likely.That count tells you how likely the event is.

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