Review #6 - Probability

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

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

• 3/10
• 3/9
• 1/9
• 1/3

Experimental Probability is:

• What Will happen 
• What actually happens
• What should happen
• What I think Happens

Theoretical Probability is?

• What Should happen
• What does happen
• What Will Happen
• What I want to Happen

P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

Find the experimental probability:

Roll dice: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4

P(1) =

• 3/5

• 1/6

• 2/5

• 1/5

A letter from the word MATH is chosen at random, then a coin is flipped. What is the probability of choosing the letter 'm' then getting tails?

• 17/26

• 1/8

• 5/13

• 1/6

Which shows the sample space for flipping two coins?

• H, T
• HH, HT, TH, TT
• HH, TT
• Dime, Nickel

Bag A contains 9 red marbles and 3 green marbles. Bag B contains 9 black marbles and 6 orange marbles. Find the probability of selecting one green marble from bag A and one black marble from bag B.  P(green, black)

• 3/20
• 1/4
• 3/31
• 2/27

You roll a pair of number cubes (dice). Which equation represents how to find the probability of rolling a 2 and an odd number?
P(2, then odd)

• ⅙ x ½ = 1/12
• ⅙ + ½ = 2/8
•  ½ x ½ = 1/4
• ⅓ + ½ = 5/6