Independent and Dependent Probability

Ricardo has the spinner pictured here and a bag of marbles filled with 2 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What is the probability that Ricardo spins red on the spinner and picks a red marble out of the bag?

• 1 ⁄ 16
• 1 ⁄ 2
• 1 ⁄ 4
• 1 ⁄ 8

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

What is the probability of rolling a dice and landing on a 4, and then rolling the dice again and landing on any even number?

• 1 ⁄ 6
• 1 ⁄ 8
• 1 ⁄ 2
• 1 ⁄ 12

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?
You have a jar with 24 pieces of chocolate candy and 14 pieces of orange candy.  We take one piece of candy at random from the jar, put it back, and then take a second piece of candy at random from the jar.

• Independent
• Dependent

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?

Amy plays card games. She picks a card at random. Then without putting the first card back, she picks a second card at random.

• Independent

• Dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

Which event is not a dependent event?

• Picking 2 students to be the line leader and the door holder from a group of 20 students

• Picking 2 marbles from a bag without replacing the first marble

• Picking 2 crayons from a box without putting any back

• Picking an earring, replacing it, then picking a 2nd earring

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

Suppose two tiles are drawn from the collection shown. The first tile is  not replaced before the second tile is drawn. Find P(A and A)

• 4/225
• 1/105
• 3/71

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

A bag has 2 yellow marbles and 8 brown marbles. Nancy takes out two marbles without replacing the marbles. What is the probability that they will both be yellow?

• 2/19

• 1/10

• 1/25

• 1/45

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

Clare picks a marble at random, puts it back, and then picks another marble at random.

• Dependent
• Independent

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Clara picks a card at random, puts it back, and then picks another card at random.

• Independent
• Dependent

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

Find the probability of: P(A and 2)

• 1/12

• 1/6

• 1/2

• 3/10

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5