Probabilty and Counting Outcomes

A number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a 6 on the first roll, then a number less than 5 on the second roll? 

• 2/3
• 5/36
• 1/9
• 1/36

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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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Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it twice in a row. What is the probability that she lands on blue first and then on yellow or green?

• 1 / 16
• 1 ⁄ 6
• 1 ⁄ 8
• 3 ⁄ 4

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You roll a six sided die. What is the probability of rolling an even number three times in a row? 

• 3/100
• 1/2
• 1/6
• 1/8

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A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 

• 1/12
• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2

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A bag has 3 red, 5 blue, and 2 yellow pieces of candy. What is the probability of  drawing a blue piece of candy?

• ¹/₂
• ¹/₁₀
• ³/₁₀
• ¹/₃

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An ice cream parlor has 6 different flavors. They have 4 toppings and 2 types of cones. How many possible ice cream combinations are there?

• 6
• 48
• 12
• 24

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The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”? 

• 2/7
• 5/49
• 5/7
• 10/49

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A piggy bank contains 4 quarters, 18 dimes, 10 nickels, and 8 pennies. A coin is chosen at random, not replaced, then another is chosen. Find each probability.

P (both dimes).

• 17/200

• 1/25

• 51/260

• 102/521

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A standard die is rolled twice. Find each probability.

P (even, then less than 5)

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/9

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