Quiz about Simple Probability & Sample Space

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

5, Heads

5, Tails

6, Heads

6, Tails

Answer

1, Heads 4, Heads

1, Tails 4, Tails

2, Heads 5, Head

2, Tails 5, Tails

3, Heads 6, Heads

3, Tails 6, Tails

Answer

5, Heads

6, Tails

Answer

4, Heads

4, Tails

5, Heads

5, Tails

6, Heads

6, Tails

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

24%

Answer

76%

Answer

60%

Answer

40%

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{3}{7}$$

Answer

$$\frac{4}{7}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{4}{5}$$ because the probability of renting a drama is $$\frac{1}{5}$$ .

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$ because the probability of renting a drama is $$\frac{3}{4}$$ .

Answer

$$\frac{3}{4}$$ because the probability of renting a drama is $$\frac{1}{4}$$ .

Answer

$$\frac{1}{5}$$ because the probability of renting a drama is $$\frac{4}{5}$$ .

Question 8

13) Nathan has a box of 100 crayons. 30 of them are shades of red. 20 of them are shades of green. 25 of them are shades of blue. 15 of them are shades of yellow, and 10 of them are other colors. If he reaches into his box without looking, what is the probability he will get a shade of blue?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{10}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{5}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Question 9

14) Peggy has 6 red shirts, 8 pink shirts, 4 blue shirts, and 3 white shirts hanging in her closet. If she reaches into her closet without looking, what is the probability that she will not pull out a white shirt?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{6}{7}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{7}$$

Answer

$$\frac{2}{7}$$

Answer

$$\frac{4}{7}$$

Question 10

15) Hank has 200 pieces of candy in a jar. 20 of them are chocolate, 90 of them are butterscotch, 40 of them are strawberry, and 50 of them are peppermint. If he reaches into the jar without looking, what is the probability he will pull out a piece of chocolate candy?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{10}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{20}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{5}$$

Answer

$$\frac{9}{10}$$

Question 11

17) Brandi wants to participate in an after-school program. She can choose between one art class, three dance classes, two gymnastics classes, or three sports classes. To help her decide, Brandi will write the name of each class on a slip of paper and draw one slip out of a bag.

What is the probability that Brandi does NOT draw a dance class?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Question 12

19) Oliver can go to 1 restaurant for either lunch or dinner. His choice of restaurants is listed below.

Chinese
Italian
Mexican
Barbecue

Which list shows all the possible outcomes of 1 restaurant and 1 meal?

Accepted Answer

Chinese, lunch

Chinese, dinner

Italian, lunch

Italian, dinner

Mexican, lunch

Mexican, dinner

Barbecue, lunch

Barbecue, dinner

Answer

Chinese, lunch

Chinese, dinner

Italian, Chinese

Italian, dinner

Mexican, lunch

Mexican, barbecue

Barbecue, lunch

Barbecue, dinner

Answer

Chinese, lunch

Italian, lunch

Mexican, dinner

Barbecue, dinner

Answer

Chinese, lunch

Chinese, dinner

Italian, lunch

Italian, dinner

Question 13

Mrs. Pickens is choosing glazes for pottery. Her choices are shown in the table below. If Mrs. Pickens chooses a color, a texture, and a polish for each pottery glaze, what is the total number of combinations of glazes she can make?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

3

Answer

7

Answer

18

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