Intro to Compound Probability

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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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

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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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

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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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

Kaylee has 1 red, 3 blue, 2 brown, 5 black, 1 purple, and 4 pairs of pink flip-flops in her closet. Assuming she always replaces them, what is the probability that she will choose a blue pair on Monday and a pink pair on Tuesday?

• 3/8

• 4/75

• 3/64

• 15/32

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

Sam is fishing in a new catch and release pond that was just stocked with 32 bluegill, 49 catfish, 27 bass, and 12 carp. He catches a fish, releases it, then catches another. What is the probability that he caught a bluegill, then a carp? 

• 5/24
• 11/30
• 2/75
• 7/60

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

A chorus has 50 girls and 35 boys. If two are chosen at random to sing a duet, what is the probability that both will be boys? 

• 1/6
• 7/17
• 3/8
• 13/25

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

The outcome of one event does not influence the outcome of the other event

• independent event
• tree diagram
• simple event
• odds

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The outcome of one event does influence the outcome of the other event

• mutually exclusive event
• probability
• dependent event
• simple probability

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

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

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6