Compound Probability Practice

What is the probability that a coin will land on heads and then a coin will land on tails?

• 1/8
• 1/4
• 1/2

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a red marble, putting it aside, and then drawing a green marble?

• 1/136
• 2/17
• 3/68

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a green marble, putting it aside, and then drawing another green marble?

• 15/136
• 30/289
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

You have tiles numbered 1 – 9 in a bag.  What is the probability of drawing the number 2, putting it aside, and then drawing the number 5?  

• 1/81
• 1/72
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a blue marble, replacing it, and then drawing a yellow marble?

• 20/289
• 16/289
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

What is the probability of drawing the ACE of diamonds from a deck of cards, putting it back in deck, shuffling the deck, and then drawing the ACE of clubs?

• 1/269
• 1/2704
• Other 

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

What is the probability of rolling a 3 on a 6-sided number cube and then NOT rolling a 3 on a 6-sided number cube?

• 5/36
• 1/6
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

What is the probability of drawing a Jack from a deck of cards, putting it aside, and then drawing another Jack?

• 1/221
• 1/68
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

  Kerry has a game that uses 20 tiles that are the same shape and size.   ·  4 of the tiles are rectangles. ·  8 of the tiles are trapezoids. ·  The remainder of the tiles are hexagons.   Kerry chooses one hexagon tile from the bag and then gives the bag to her friend Pam without putting the tile back. If Pam takes one tile from the bag without looking, what is the probability that the tile she chooses will be a trapezoid?

• 16/95
• 56/95
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Donna has a bag of candy with 100 pieces in it.  
 ·  25 pieces of candy are caramel.
·  45 pieces of candy are chewy. ·
 The remainder of the candy is chocolate.
 What is the probability that Donna will choose a piece of candy that is chewy, and then choose a piece of candy that is chocolate?

• 3/55
• 27/200
• Other

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6