Finding Probability

Probability:

Simple and Compound

By Leigh Moore

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Multiple Choice

A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

Multiple Choice

A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?

• 3
• 1/10
• 3/10
• 30%

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting tails?

• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/4
• Never, Tails never fails.

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of spinning an even number?

• 3/50

• 3/100

• 1/2

• 3/4

Multiple Choice

A jar contains 2 green marbles, 4 blue marbles, 3 yellow marbles, and 2 black marbles. A marble is chosen at random from the jar and replaced. Then a second marble is chosen at random. Find the probability of the first marble being green and the second marble being yellow. 

• 4/121
• 8/121
• 3/121
• 6/121

Multiple Choice

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 

• 1/12
• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2

Multiple Choice

A bag contains 5 yellow, 4 green, and 2 blue marbles. One marble is drawn and immediately put back in the bag. Then a second marble is drawn. Identify whether the events are independent or dependent. 

• Independent
• Dependent

Multiple Choice

Two cards are drawn from a standard deck of cards and no cards are returned to the deck. Identify whether the events are independent or dependent. 

• Independent
• Dependent

Multiple Choice

Two marbles are randomly drawn from a bag containing 3 purple, 1 blue, and 1 yellow marble. The first marble is blue and is not replaced. Find the probability of drawing a second marble that is purple. 

• 3/5
• 3/4
• 3/20
• 2/5

Multiple Choice

P(even) stands for

• Probability of rolling an even number
• Probability of rolling an odd number 
• Probability of not rolling an even number
• Probability of not rolling an odd number 

Multiple Choice

A fruit basket contains 9 apples, 3 bananas, 7 oranges, 5 pears, and 1 grapefruit. Kyle randomly chooses a fruit, does not replace it, then chooses another. What is the probably that he chose two pears?

• 9/49

• 4/125

• 1/10

• 1/30

Multiple Choice

A chorus has 50 girls and 35 boys. If two are chosen at random to sing a duet, what is the probability that both will be boys? 

• 1/6
• 7/17
• 3/8
• 13/25

Multiple Choice

P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

Multiple Choice

A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?

• 1/3

• 30%

• 3

• 1/10

Multiple Choice

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is not “A”?

• 2/7

• 5/7

• 5/49

• 10/49

Multiple Choice

You roll a six sided die. What is the probability of rolling an even number three times in a row?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/6

• 1/8

Multiple Choice

Diamond is playing a game. In the game she has to spin a spinner that is divided into 4 equal sections of green, red, blue, and yellow. What is the probability that on her first spin she will land on green and then red on her second spin?

• 1/8

• 1/16

• 1/4

• 1/2