Probability Review

Find the probability of rolling greater than a 1 on a single die.

• 6/6
• 5/6
• 4/6
• 1/6

What is the probability of spinning green or blue?

• 0
• 5/12
• 1/2
• 3/4

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.
P(green) = 

• 5/19
• 10/28
• 5/14

A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

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

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

When using a 6-sided number cube, what is the probability or rolling a 3, then not rolling a 3, and then rolling an even number?

• 1/12
• 1/2
• 5/6
• 5/72

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

There are 14 tiles with one letter from the word MATHEMATICIANS on each. You are now going to choose a letter, put it back and then choose another letter. Find the probability of choosing the letter M, and then the letter A.

• 3/98

• 3/196

• 2/7

• 3/14

What is the probability that both of your parents were born on a weekend (assume that each day is equally likely and that a weekend day is either Saturday or Sunday).

• 2/7

• 4/7

• 2/49

• 4/49