Math Vocabulary Words Probability Probability Vocabulary Words probability

Math Vocabulary Words Probability

Probability Vocabulary Words • • • probability more likely less likely equally likely certain impossible chance results adjacent completely

probability • The chance that something will occur. In math you will have a situation that is more likely, less likely, or equally likely to happen. • On this spinner, if you spin once, You will have a less likely chance of Landing on a word than a number. You Will have an equally likely chance of landing On 50 as 150. You would have a more likely Chance of landing on a number than a word.

more likely • There is more of a chance of one thing happening than another. If it is cloudy and thundering outside it is more likely that it will rain than be sunny.

less likely • There is not as great of a chance of something happening as something else. If I don’t study and practice my facts then I will have a less likely chance of passing the multiplication test than if I did study.

equally likely • There is just as good of a chance of something happening as not happening.

certain • Sure to happen. True or confident.

impossible • Can not happen, no matter what.

chance • a possibility or probability of anything happening; luck or fortune

results • Outcome something that happens as a consequence; outcome

adjacent • lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring

completely • having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: