Simple Probability & Sample Space

1) Jack tossed a coin three times. Which tree diagram shows all the possible outcomes of the coin landing heads up or tails up?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.8

2) Bailey will roll a number cube and flip a coin for a probability experiment. The faces of the number cube are labeled 1 through 6. The coin can land on heads or tails. If Bailey rolls the number cube once and flips the coin once, which list contains only the outcomes in which the number cube lands on a number greater than 4?

• 5, Heads 

  5, Tails 

  6, Heads

  6, Tails

  
  

• 1, Heads            4, Heads

  1, Tails               4, Tails

  2, Heads            5, Head

  2, Tails               5, Tails

  3, Heads            6, Heads

  3, Tails               6, Tails

  
  

• 5, Heads 

  6, Tails

• 4, Heads 

  4, Tails 

  5, Heads 

  5, Tails 

  6, Heads 

  6, Tails

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CCSS.7.SP.C.8

3) Maria purchased a bag of sour candies that included 9 red candies, 3 yellow candies, 3 orange candies, 6 green candies, and 4 purple candies. She picked one from the bag without looking.

What is the probability, written as a percent, that the candy she picked was green?

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• 24%

• 60%

• 40%

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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4) The arrow on each spinner shown below will be spun one time. Which of the following diagrams shows all the possible outcomes when each arrow is spun once?

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5) The spinner shown is divided into congruent sections that are labeled from 1 through 7.

If the spinner is spun one time, what is the probability of the arrow not landing on a section labeled with an odd number?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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6) The school PTA sponsored an ice cream party for 278 sixth-grade students. They bought ice cream in 3 different flavors: chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and 2 types of toppings: nuts and hot fudge. Each student chose one flavor of ice cream and one topping. Which tree diagram shows all the possible combinations of ice cream and toppings?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.8

7) A teacher has a container of paper clips. She will randomly select one paper clip from the container.

● The container has 8 pink paper clips.

● The container has 14 purple paper clips.

● The container has 12 yellow paper clips.

● The container has 16 blue paper clips.

Complete the statement below.

The probability of selecting a purple paper clip is ​ ​ (a)   , and the probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple is ​​ (b)   .

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

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8) Jocelyn made a spinner with equal sections, as shown.

If Jocelyn spins only one time, what is the probability that the arrow will NOT land on a red section of the spinner?

Mathematical Equivalence

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

9) Nate has a bag containing 3 red, 2 blue, 4 yellow, and 3 green marbles. If he randomly chooses one marble from the bag, what is the probability that the marble will be blue?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

10) The table shows the types of movies and the number of DVDs rented by customers at a store in one day.

Based on the data in the table, what is the probability that a random customer will not rent a drama?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

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