Probability Intro

The table lists the probability of four events occurring.

Which event is least likely to occur?

• Event A

• Event B

• Event C

• Event D

A box contains 1 red ball, 3 green balls, and 8 blue balls. What best defines the probability associated with picking a red ball without looking?

• Likely

• Certain

• Unlikely

• Impossible

A number cube, labeled 1 through 6, will be rolled one time. What is the likelihood of rolling a 6?

• Impossible

• Unlikely

• Likely

• Certain

Sally has a deck of cards. There are 26 red cards and 26 black cards. What is the likelihood Sally will randomly select a red card?

• Likely

• Unlikely

• Impossible

• Neither likely nor unlikely

Which spinner has a greater likelihood of landing on 5 rather than 3?

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Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3A

There are four colors of pencils in a large box. John will randomly select a pencil from the box. The table below shows the probability of selecting each color.

What color will John most likely select?

• Blue

• Red

• Yellow

• Green

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

In a bag of 12 marbles, there are 6 blue marbles and 6 red marbles. Paul randomly selects 4 blue marbles and 6 red marbles and does not put them back in the bag. What is the likelihood Paul will select a blue marble on his next try?

• Certain

• Likely

• Unlikely

• Impossible

Mrs. Reed has a bag full of crayons for her classroom. In the bag, there were 10 of each color: blue, yellow, green, brown, red, and black. Students have removed 3 black, 9 blue, 4 brown, 1 green, 5 red, and 8 yellow crayons. What is the likelihood the next crayon randomly selected will be yellow?

• Certain

• Likely

• Unlikely

• Impossible