Simple Probability

A bottle contains 8 marbles, 3 are red and 5 are blue. You are to take a marble from the bottle without looking. What is the probability that you pick a red marble?

• 1/3

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 3/5

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

A die is rolled, what is the probability that the number rolled is greater than 2?

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 1/4

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

One card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face card?

• 5/13

• 3/13

• 1/4

• 1/13

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

In a school club there are 3 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 4 juniors and 7 seniors. One student is chosen at random. What is the probability that the student chosen is a senior?

• 7/19

• 3/19

• 4/19

• 5/19

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

A letter is chosen at random from the word “MILKTEA”. What is the probability that the letter chosen is a vowel?

• 5/7

• 4/7

• 3/7

• 2/7

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

If one card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that it would not be a queen?

• 1/13

• 4/13

• 6/13

• 12/13

A bag contains 8 red marbles and 7 green marbles. What is the probability of getting a green ball?

• 1/7

• 1/8

• 7/15

• 8/15

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

From the numbers 1-30, what is the probability that it is divisible by 3?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/5

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

The probability that Kathy will not be hired in her job is 1/3 . What is the probability that she will be hired?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 2/3

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.5

An urn contains 15 white balls and 25 blue balls. If Margarette will pick a ball at random, what is the probability that it is a blue ball?

• 2/5

• 3/5

• 3/8

• 5/8

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.7B