Probability Practice

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

Determine if the events are mutually exclusive or overlapping: Rolling a 6 or an odd number

• Mutually exclusive

• Overlapping

Determine if the events are mutually exclusive or overlapping: Drawing a red or an ace from a deck of cards

• Mutually exclusive

• Overlapping

You flip a nickel three times.

Find the probability that all flips will land on tails.

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/6

• 1/8

The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed individually in a bowl. When selecting a letter from the bowl, what is the probability of choosing a vowel?

• 16/121

• 4/11

• 3/11

• 5/11

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

Find P(diamond or face card)?

• 11/26

• 25/52

• 3/52

• 21/52

Two cards are chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 cards without replacement. What is the probability of choosing two kings?

• 1/26

• 1/69

• 1/221

• 4/663

Jamie has 3 raffle tickets. One hundred tickets were sold. Her name was not drawn for the first prize. What is the probability that her name will be drawn for the second prize?

• 1/3
• 1/33
• 3/100
• 2/99

Berry rolls two number cubes. What is the probability that the sum of the two number cubes will be less than 5?

• 1/4

• 1/12

• 1/9

• 1/6