Probability Quiz

A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

Find the probability of each set of independent events.

rolling a six on the first roll of a 1-6 number cube and rolling an odd number on the second roll of the same cube.

• 1/12

• 1/6

• 1/8

• 1/2

Find the probability of each set of independent events.

flipping a tail on a coin and spinning a 5 on a spinner with sections of equal area numbered 1-5.

• 1/2

• 1/7

• 1/5

• 1/10

If you choose from the following M & M colors, what is the probability that you choose blue?
5 green
6 yellow
8 blue
7 brown

• 8/26
• 4/13
• 8/25
• 1/3

What is the probability of spinning red?

• 0
• 5/12
• 1/2
• 3/4

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”? 

• 2/7
• 5/49
• 5/7
• 10/49

You flip a nickel three times.
Find the probability that all flips will land on tails.

• 1/2
• 1/4
• 1/6
• 1/8

Probability can be between what two numbers?

• 10 and 20
• 0 and 100
• 0 and 1
• All Numbers are possible

Based on the chart, what is the experimental probability of pulling a green marble?

• 1/8
• 8/25
• 8/100
• 7/8

If a stone is dropped at random on the arrangement of tiles shown, what is the probability the stone lands on a black tile?

• 5/9
• 4/9
• 1/2
• 1/9