Probabilities show up in our everyday lives all the time.

Let’s break it down into two types:

• Theoretical Probability: This is what you think will happen. For example, when you roll a fair die (a dice with six sides), the chance of landing on a 3 is $\frac{1}{6}$. That means there is one 3 and six total sides.

• Experimental Probability: This is what really happens when you try something out. If you roll the die 60 times and get a 3 only 10 times, your experimental probability would be $\frac{10}{60}$, which simplifies to $\frac{1}{6}$.

In other words, the more you practice or experiment, the closer your experimental results get to what you expected with theoretical probability!