This math skill teaches how to calculate the probability of flipping multiple coins and getting all heads or all tails. It involves determining the number of desired outcomes and dividing by the total number of possible outcomes based on each coin having two sides.
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Probability of flipping multiple coins all heads or tails
Test your understanding of probability of flipping multiple coins all heads or tails by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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What is the probability of flipping all heads on these three coins?
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Probability is just the number of outcomes we want, or desired outcomes, divided by the total number of possible outcomes
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There is only 1 way to flip all heads
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But for possible outcomes, each coin has two options, heads and tails. So, the combination is 2 times 2 times 2, or 8 possible ways the coins can land
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So our probability of flipping all heads is 1 over 8, or 0.125 or 12.5%