Probability Practice

What is the P( not purple) on this spinner?

• 2/5

• 1/5

• 4/5

• 3/5

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

What is the probability of getting any letter that is not A?

• 6/8
• 3/4
• 2/8
• 1/4

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

One card is randomly picked from a regular deck of cards. What is the theoretical probability that the card picked is a jack?

• 1/13

• 1/4

• 3/16

• 1/10

There are 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, 2 green marbles, and 6 clear marbles in a burlap bag. One marble is randomly pulled from the bag, you replace the marble then choose another. What is the probability you choose a green and then a blue?

• 4.1%

• 27%

• 3.6%

• 13%

The letters that form the word AlgEbRa are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a lower case letter and a vowel? 

• 1/7

• 5/49
• 5/7
• 10/49

The letters that form the word AlgEbRa are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a lower case letter or a vowel? 

• 1/2
• 4/7

• 6/7

• 1/3

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

• 6.2%

• 3.2%

• 5.9%

• 8.1%

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

• 4.2%

• 3.2%

• 2.1%

• 1.8%