Compound Probability

• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/6

• 1/2
• 1/8
• 1/3
• 1/12

• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/24
• 1/16

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

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a green marble, putting it aside, and then drawing another green marble?

• 15/136
• 30/289
• Other

In the game that Tony is playing, there is a 1/8 chance the spinner will land on red and a 3/8 chance that the spinner will land on yellow.   What is the probability that Tony will NOT spin red, then will spin red?

• 7/64
• 7/16
• Other

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

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a red marble, putting it aside, and then drawing a green marble?

• 1/136
• 2/17
• 3/68

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

• 3/100
• 1/2
• 1/6
• 1/8

A piggy bank contains 4 quarters, 18 dimes, 10 nickels, and 8 pennies. A coin is chosen at random, not replaced, then another is chosen. Find each probability.

P (penny, then dime).

• 1/8

• 9/100

• 6/65

• 17/195