Probability Quiz

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• 2/18
• 1/9
• 2/20
• 1/10

In a drawer, there are 6 white socks, 4 black socks, and 2 brown socks. You pick out a sock, replace it, then pick out a 2nd sock. What is the probability that you will pick a brown, then black sock?

• 1/11
• 1/18
• 1/36
• 2/33

A spinner with equal sections numbered 1-10 is spun one time. Find the probability that the spinner lands on a prime number or a number greater than 6.

• 7/10
• 1/2
• 3/4
• 3/5

A bag has 2 blue, 3 red, and 5 yellow tiles. Find the probability of picking a blue tile. Write your answer in simplest form.

• 2/10
• ⅕
• ⅖
• ½

What is the probability of flipping heads and rolling an even number or a 5?

• 4/6
• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/6

Is the following mutually exclusive or inclusive?
Probability of drawing a queen or a diamond from a standard deck of cards.

• mutually exclusive
• inclusive

Which of the following shows how to determine P(shaded number or number less than five)?

• 4/8 + 4/8 - 2/8
• 4/9 + 2/8 - 4/8
• 4/8 + 6/8 + 2/8
• 2/8 + 4/8 - 4/8

A bag contains 9 green marbles, 5 yellow marbles and 6 red marbles.  You choose one marble.   What is the probability of selecting a green or red marble?

• 8/15
• 6/11
• 3/4
• 2/3

What is the probability that a student is a female or left-handed?

• 53/121

• 58/121

• 7/53

• 12/121

Sarah has 15 red chips, 12 blue chips, and 13 white chips. What is the probability that Sarah randomly selects a red or a white chip is an example of mutually ________ event.

• Exclusive

• Inclusive