Compound Probability

If you are picking a card randomly from a deck of cards, are the events of picking a jack or picking a heart mutually exclusive or overlapping?

• mutually exclusive

• overlapping

When rolling a single die, are the events of rolling an even number or rolling a ‘5’ mutually exclusive or overlapping?

• mutually exclusive

• overlapping

If a spinner is numbered 1 – 8, when you spin it, are the events of spinning an even number or a number less than 4 mutually exclusive or overlapping?

• mutually exclusive

• overlapping

If you draw one card from a standard deck, what is the probability of drawing a 5 OR a diamond card? (HINT: There's 4 of each card and 13 of each suit)

• 2/52

• 4/52

• 16/52

• 26/52

If you roll one die, what is the probability of getting an odd number or a 4?

• 2/3
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/6

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

Which of the following shows how to determine P(shaded number or number less than five)?

• 4/8 + 4/8 - 2/8
• 4/9 + 2/8 - 4/8
• 4/8 + 6/8 + 2/8
• 2/8 + 4/8 - 4/8

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

If you draw one card from a standard deck, what is the probability of drawing a spade or a red card? (HINT: There's 4 of each card and 13 of each suit)

• 13/52

• 26/52

• 39/52

• Not possible

Is the event independent or dependent?

A bag contains 5 striped cubes, 3 dotted cubes, 4 white cubes and 3 red cubes. What is the probability of drawing a red cube, replacing it, and then drawing a white cube?

• independent

• dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

Is the event independent or dependent?

Your pocket contains 3 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 quarter and 4 dimes. What is the probability of randomly choosing a dime, replacing it, and then drawing a penny?

• independent

• dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

Is the event independent or dependent?

Kenzi has a fun-size bag of SweetTarts™. Inside the bag are 4 pink, 1 blue, 2 yellow, 3 purple and 2 green SweetTarts™. What is the probability of drawing a yellow SweetTart™ three times in a row if each SweetTart™ selected is eaten before the next SweetTart™ is drawn?

• independent

• dependent