STAAR Probability

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%

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A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red? Write it in simplest form. 

• 3/10
• 3/9
• 1/9
• 1/3

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Rolling a 15 on a number cube is 

• Impossible
• Certain
• Unlikely
• Equally Likely

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

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

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If I flip a coin 10 times how many times should I get heads?

• 1
• 10
• 3
• 5

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The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy? Write in simplest form. 

• 2/18
• 1/9
• 2/20
• 1/10

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A spinner has 8 sections: 2 purple, 2 yellow, 3 blue, and 1 red.
What is the probability of spinning and landing on a color that is not yellow?

• P(not yellow) = 6/8
• P(not yellow) = 2/8
• P(not yellow) = 6

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What is the probability of spinning the spinner and landing on 7?

• 6/8
• 1/8
• 7/8
• 8/8

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A bag has 10 marbles:  3 blue, 2 yellow, 4 red, and 1 purple.
What is the probability of picking out a purple marble?

• 3/10
• 1/10
• 4/10

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The probability of flipping a coin and landing on tails is 1/2.
If you flip the coin 100 times, approximately how many times could you expect to land on tails?

• 50 times
• 100 times
• 200 times

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