8.1-8.3 Review Probability

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 bag contains 8 blue marbles, 7 green marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. Suppose you drew one marble from the bag above, replaced it and then drew a second marble. What is the probability of picking a yellow marble on both draws? P(both yellow)

• 1/10

• 9/16

• 1/4

• 1/16

A jar of coins has 8 pennies, 5 nickels, 1 dime, and 7 quarters. Aaron and Adelle do not agree what the probability of drawing a quarter, replacing it, and drawing another quarter is. P(quarter, quarter). Who is correct?

• Aaron says the probability is 1/9

• Adelle says the probability is 1/10

Suppose a number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability that an odd number will show both times?

• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/6
• 1/4

There are 4 white marbles, 6 red marbles, and 2 blue marbles. Once a marble is selected, it is not replaced. Find the probability of selecting 2 blue marbles.

• 1/2
• 1/36
• 1/6
• 1/66

Given a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of randomly drawing a 2 and then a 3 if the first card is not replaced?

• 1/13
• 4/663
• 1/676
• 1/169

Probability of:
Spinning a 1
Drawing an A

• 1/4
• 3/8
• 4/12
• 3/32

A fruit basket contains 9 apples, 3 bananas, 7 oranges, 5 pears, and 1 grapefruit. Humperdink randomly chooses a fruit, does not replace it, then chooses another. What is the probably that he chose two pears? (leave answer in fraction form in lowest terms)

• 1/30

• 4/125

• 1/10

• 9/49

If you roll one die, what is the probability of getting an odd number or a 4?

• 2/3
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/6

Danny has 20 chocolates. 5 are milk chocolates, 10 are dark chocolates, and 5 are white chocolates. What is the probability of getting a milk chocolate or a dark chocolate?

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1/15

• 3/10