Probability

Ben has a basket of 5 red balls, 3 yellow balls, and 2 green balls. What is the probability that the probability he randomly chooses will be red?

• 1/2
• 1/5
• 1/10
• 5/8

A bag of marbles has 8 red marbles and 6 purple marbles. Jennifer will randomly select 1 marble from the bag. What is the probability that she will select a purple marble?

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 6/14
• 3/7

A bag of candy contains 2 packs of Skittles, 4 Twizzlers, and 10 Reese's cups. What is the probability of reaching into the bag and choosing either a pack of Skittles or a Reese cup?

• 3/4
• 1/4
• 3/8
• 1/8

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

• 24
• 48
• 6
• 12

Which of the following scenarios does not have 144 different combinations?

• A travel agency has 4 different vacation destinations, 3 different flights, and 12 hotel options.
• You have 8 shirts, 6 pairs of pants, and 3 pairs of pants.
• A restaurant has 12 main dishes, 6 side dishes, and 2 dessert options.
• An instrument shop has 80 brass instruments, 39 woodwind instruments, and 25 percussion instruments.

Look at the dartboard. 
A boy is playing darts with his friends. What is the probability that his dart will land in an unshaded square?

• 12/25
• 13/25
• 10/25
• 11/25

A regular deck contains 52 cards, 2 of which are red eights. Assuming the cards are dealt randomly, which is the probability that the first card dealt will be a red eight?

• 1/26
• 1/13
• 1/52
• 2/13

A regular 6-sided die is to be rolled once. What is the probability that a number less than 3 is rolled?

• 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/2

• 2/3

A regular 6-sided die is to be rolled once. What is the probability that a number less than or equal to 4 is rolled?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 5/6

• 2/3

There are 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, 2 green marbles, and 6 clear marbles in a burlap bag. One marble is randomly pulled from the bag. What is the probability the marble was green?

• 1/2

• 1/7

• 2/15

• 2/17