Probabilities

If a coin is flipped and fair die rolled together, what is the probability of getting heads and a six?

• 2/6

• 1/8

• 2/8

A pack of 52 cards is shuffled and three cards picked at random. What is the probability that the cards drawn will either be hearts or spades?

• 13/52

• 1/2

• 26/52

• both b and c are correct.

2 dice are rolled 200 times, together. They got 6 together on both dice 20 times. Do you think the dice are fair? Explain your answer.

A bag of candies has 4 green candies, 2 orange candies and 6 red candies. Anna and Ali both draw a candy together. What are the chances that both of them draw same colored candy?

• 7/18

• 1/6

• 12/ 36

• 3/12

A spinning wheel containing numbers 1-8 is spun 10 times. All numbers except 6 are written once on the wheel. The probability of obtaining a 6 is 3 times out of 10. How many times should number 6 be present on the wheel for it to obtain this probability?

The chances of Pakistan winning cricket match against India in the quarterfinals are 75 % where as the chances of Pakistan winning against Newzealand in Semifinals are 55 %. What are the chances that Pakistan wins against both to qualify for the finals?

The weather report shows the chances of the weather being cloudy, sunny or rainy. If the probability of the weather being sunny is 1/ 6 and the probability of weather being cloudy is 2/6, how likely is that it would rain?

• very likely

• unlikely

• 50-50

• can not be determined.