Probability Review

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• 2/18
• 1/9
• 2/20
• 1/10

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”? 

• 2/7
• 5/49
• 5/7
• 10/49

What is the probability of spinning an even number? 

• 16 2/3%
• 33 1/3%
• 50%
• 75%

P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

Cindy has three marbles of the same size in her pocket, a green, a blue and a red marble. She puts her hand into her pocket and, without looking, takes out a red marble.

• impossible

• unlikely

• even chance

• likely

• certain

Leroy has six red marbles of the same size in his pocket. He puts his hand into his pocket and, without looking, takes out a blue marble.

• impossible

• unlikely

• even chance

• likely

• certain

GYPSY is to travel or roam from place to place. What is the likelihood of getting a consonant letter in the word, GYPSY?

• certain

• likely

• even chance

• unlikely

• impossible

At a local grocery store, 12 out of 30 customers bought pastries from the bakery. If the store had a total of 830 customers, how many customers would have bought pastries from the bakery?

• 410

• 232

• 226

• 332

If the spinner is spun 48 times. What is a reasonable prediction of the number of times it will land on the letter E?

• 8

• 16

• 24

• 1

What is the theoretical probability of the spinner landing on a 5?

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