Probability of Compound Events

A letter from the word MATH is chosen at random, then a coin is flipped. What is the probability of choosing the letter 'm' then getting tails?

• 17/26

• 1/8

• 5/13

• 1/6

The spinner is spun two times. Determine the probability of getting a red green combo.

• 1/9

• 1/10

• 2/9

• 1/12

If you roll two fair six-sided dice, what is the probability that the dice show the same number?

• 1/6

• 0

• 1/7

• 6/1

• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/6

You flip a nickel three times.
Find the probability that all flips will land on tails.

• 1/2
• 1/4
• 1/6
• 1/8

A bag contains 2 blue marbles, 3 black marbles, and 5 red marbles. Mrs. Grow picks one marble, replaces it, then picks another. What is the probability of them both being blue?
P(blue and blue) 

• 1/25
• 1/5
• 1/20
• 2/5

On a 6-sided die, which is more likely?

• Rolling an odd number
• Rolling an even number
• They are both equally likely.

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

What is the probability of rolling an even number on the first roll of a number cube and rolling an odd number on the second roll?

• 1/4
• 1
• 1/8
• 1/2

• 2/12
• 1/2
• 1/12
• 1/24