Dependent and Independent Events

Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?
The spinner is spun twice.  What is the probability that it lands on red first and then blue?

• Independent
• Dependent

Dependent or Independent:
You flip a coin and then roll a fair six-sided die.  The coin lands heads-up and the die shows a one.

• Dependent
• Independent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

A bag contains some red-colored and some blue-colored marbles. First a red-colored marble is drawn and then, without replacing the first marble, a blue-colored marble is drawn. Are the two events dependent or independent?

• Independent
• Dependent

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

• Dependent
• Independent

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Christopher picks a marble at random. Without putting the first marble back, he picks a second marble at random.

• Independent 
• Dependent

Dependent or Independent:
A box of chocolates contain 5 milk chocolates, 5 dark chocolates, and 5 white chocolates.  You randomly select and eat 3 chocolates.  The first piece is milk chocolate, the second is dark chocolate, and the third white chocolate.

• Dependent
• Independent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

Describe the event as independent or dependent: Susie draws a card from a deck of cards and replaces it. She then draws a second card.

• Independent
• dependent

What is the probability of rolling an even number on the first roll of a number cube and rolling an odd number on the second roll?

• 1/4
• 1
• 1/8
• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

Rolling a six on a 6 sided cube and then rolling an odd number

• 1/12
• 3/4
• 1/8
• 2/9

What is the probability of rolling a 3 on a number cube and then flipping heads on a coin?

• Dependent
• Independent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5