Probability Practice

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is not “A”?

• 2/7

• 5/7

• 5/49

• 10/49

A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?

• 1/3

• 30%

• 3

• 1/10

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3?

• 1/2

• 1/12

• 1/6

• 2/8

You roll a six sided die. What is the probability of rolling an even number three times in a row?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/6

• 1/8

What is the probability of spinning a prime number? 

• 1/2
• 2/3
• 1/6
• 0

A jar contains 2 green marbles, 4 blue marbles, 3 yellow marbles, and 2 black marbles. A marble is chosen at random from the jar and replaced. Then a second marble is chosen at random. Find the probability of the first marble being green and the second marble being yellow. 

• 4/121
• 8/121
• 3/121
• 6/121

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

Sam is fishing in a new catch and release pond that was just stocked with 32 bluegill, 49 catfish, 27 bass, and 12 carp. He catches a fish, releases it, then catches another. What is the probability that he caught a bluegill, then a carp? 

• 5/24
• 11/30
• 2/75
• 7/60

A bag contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. What is the probability of picking a quarter?

• 5/11

• 5/6

• 1/3

• 5

Based on the chart, what is the experimental probability of pulling a green marble?

• 1/8

• 8/25

• 8/100

• 7/8