Probability Practice

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown.
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• 2/18
• 1/9
• 2/20
• 1/10

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What is the probability of rolling an even number on a dice. The dice is numbered 1-6.

• 3/6
• 1/2
• 1/6
• 5/6

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What is the probability of getting any letter that is not A?

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

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A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

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A jar contains 8 marbles: 3 are red and 5 are blue. What is the probability of selecting a red marble, replacing it, and then selecting another red marble?

• 9/64
• 6/56
• 15/64
• 25/64

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The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown.
P( Yellow or green)

• 1/40
• 7/20
• 6/19
• 1/38

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A farm has 5 brown cows and 10 white cows. A fence is open and two cows escape. What is the probability that it will be a brown cow, then a white cow?

• 1/9
• 2/9
• 5/21
• 10/21

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P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

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The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is a vowel?

• 7/11

• 4/11

• 2/11

• 5/26

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A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 green and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

• 3/10

• 3/9

• 1/9

• 1/3

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