compound probability

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

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

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

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

Ricardo has the spinner pictured here and a bag of marbles filled with 2 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What is the probability that Ricardo spins red on the spinner and picks a red marble out of the bag?

• 1 ⁄ 16
• 1 ⁄ 2
• 1 ⁄ 4
• 1 ⁄ 8

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

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

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

Sarah has two spinners.  Spinner A has six equal sections and spinner B has eight equal sections. Sarah will spin the two spinners at the same time.  What is the probability that both spinners will land on a color that is not red?

• 1/6
• 7/6
• 4/7
• 1/3

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

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