Compound Probability

Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it twice in a row. What is the probability that she lands on blue first and then on yellow or green?

• 1 / 16
• 1 ⁄ 6
• 1 ⁄ 8
• 3 ⁄ 4

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? 

• 1/12
• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2

What is the probability of the arrow stopping on “X” on the first spin and “F” on the second spin?

• 5/6
• 1/36
• 1/3
• 1/6

Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it twice in a row. What is the probability that she lands on blue first and then on green?

• 1 / 16
• 1 ⁄ 6
• 1 ⁄ 8
• 3 ⁄ 4

An event that consists of two or more events

•  event
• dependent events
• experiment
• compound event

A bag has 3 red, 5 blue, and 2 yellow pieces of candy. What is the probability of  drawing a blue piece of candy?

• ¹/₂
• ¹/₁₀
• ³/₁₀
• ¹/₃

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

An ice cream parlor has 6 different flavors. They have 4 toppings and 2 types of cones. How many possible ice cream combinations are there?

• 6
• 48
• 12
• 24

Find the probability of each set of independent events.

flipping a tail on a coin and spinning a 5 on a spinner with sections of equal area numbered 1-5.

• 1/2

• 1/7

• 1/5

• 1/10