AMC- Checkpoint- Basics of Probability

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

• 3/10
• 3/9
• 1/9
• 1/3

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

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

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%

Probability can be written as ...

• a fraction
• a decimal
• a percent
• all of the above

The probability of it raining today is 30%.  What is the probability that it will NOT rain?

• 30%
• 70%
• 100%
• 0%

What statement does the shaded region represent

• A or B
• Not A
• A and B
• Not B

The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment is the

• probability experiment

• outcome

• event

• sample space

When rolling a 6-sided die, the probability of rolling a number less than 1 is

• 0

• 1/6

• 1

• 2/6

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.5

If the occurrence of one event does not affect the occurrence of another event, the two events are

• dependent

• conditional

• indentical

• independent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5