Probability

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

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.

P(green) =

• 5/19

• 10/28

• 5/14

• 7/31

P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

What is the probability of drawing a black 5 from a standard deck of playing cards?

• 1/2
• 4/52
• 1/13
• 1/26

You spin this spinner 3 times.
Find the probability of these 3 events.
P(red, odd, 3)

• 1/216
• 1/72
• 1/36
• 1/12

You pick a marble from this bag.
What is the probability you will choose either a black or white marble?

• 3/5
• 9/100
• 1/10
• 2/5

Sonia has 5 yellow hair clips, 2 red hair clips, and 3 blue hair clips in her purse. What is the probability that she will randomly select one yellow hair clip and one blue hair clip without replacement?

• $\frac{3}{20}$

• $\frac{1}{6}$

• $\frac{15}{56}$

• $\frac{8}{15}$

An experiment consists of spinning a spinner and flipping a fair coin. The spinner consists of 4 colored sections of equal size.

• Red

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow

If the arrow on the spinner is spun one time and the coin flipped one time, what is the probability of getting the outcome “Blue, Tails”?

• $\frac{1}{8}$

• $\frac{1}{6}$

• $\frac{1}{4}$

• $\frac{3}{4}$

Anna has a bag of marbles for her little sister. It contains 12 red marbles, 6 white marbles, and 2 blue marbles. She drops the bag and three marbles roll out. What is the probability that all 3 marbles are white?

• $\frac{1}{120}$

• $\frac{1}{57}$

• $\frac{15}{343}$

• $\frac{3}{20}$

A stack of magazines has 5 news magazines and 10 sports magazines. Two magazines are drawn at random without replacement. What is the probability of selecting a news magazine first and then a sports magazine?

• $\frac{1}{5}$

• $\frac{3}{14}$

• $\frac{2}{9}$

• $\frac{5}{21}$