Compound Probability

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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A bag contains 50 lottery balls, numbered 1-50. A ball is chosen at random, then a month of the year is selected. What is the probability of choosing a multiple of 3 and a month starting with the letter “M”? 

• 7/50
• 8/125
• 1/20
• 4/75

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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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Jacob's piggy bank has 18 quarters, 20 dimes, 24 nickels, and 43 pennies. He chooses a coin, does not replace it, then chooses another. What is the probability that he chose a dime then a nickel?

• 9/52

• 4/91

• 44/105

• 11/26

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A fruit basket contains 9 apples, 3 bananas, 7 oranges, 5 pears, and 1 grapefruit. Kyle randomly chooses a fruit, does not replace it, then chooses another. What is the probably that he chose two pears?

• 9/49

• 4/125

• 1/10

• 1/30

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A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 3 orange marbles. Mrs. Cox picks one without looking, replaces it and picks another one. What is the probability that she picks two that are not orange? 

• 9/16
• 3/4
• 9/144
• 5/16

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You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a green marble, putting it aside, and then drawing another green marble?

• 15/136
• 30/289
• Other

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