WKS - Independent and Dependent Events

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

You flip a coin and then roll a fair six-sided die. The coin lands heads-up and the die shows a one.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

A cooler contains ten bottles of sports drink: four lemon-lime flavored, three orange flavored, and three fruit-punch flavored.

Three times, you randomly grab a bottle, return the bottle to the cooler, and then mix up the bottles. The first time, you get a lemon-lime drink. The second and third times, you get fruit-punch.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

A bag contains eight red marbles and four blue marbles. You randomly pick a marble and then pick a second marble without returning the marbles to the bag. The first marble is red and the second marble is blue.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

A box of chocolates contains five milk chocolates, five dark chocolates, and five white chocolates.

You randomly select and eat three chocolates. The first piece is milk chocolate, the second is dark chocolate, and the third is white chocolate.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.4

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.4

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

Determine whether the scenario involves independent or dependent events.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.4

You flip a coin and then roll a fair six-sided die.

The probability the coin lands heads-up and the die shows an even number. (Answer as reduced fraction)

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

You roll a fair six-sided die twice.

Calculate the probability the first roll shows a five and the second roll shows a six. (Answer as reduced fraction)

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2