Mutually exclusive and Independent Events Probability

Probability of rolling a 1 or a multiple of 3 on a fair dice

• 1/6
• 1/2
• 2/3
• 1/3

Probability of getting three 1s when rolling a die three times

• 1/6
• 1/36
• 1/12
• 1/216

The probability Niamh walks to school is 7/10. The probability she walks and forgets her PE kit is 7/40. Find the probability Niamh forgets her PE kit.

• 3/10
• 5/40
• 1/4

• 2/20

From a set of cards, the probability of picking a 4 or a 5 is 7/10 and the probability of picking a 4 is 3/10. Find the probability of picking a 5.

• 0.8
• 0.2
• 0.4
• 0.6

What's the probability of not rolling a 1 or a 2 on a fair dice?

• 1/2
• 2/3
• 3/4
• 1/3

The probability that Carson scores during a match is 0.4. The probability that Tyrell scores is 0.3. Find the probability that neither of them score.

• 0.78

• 0.42

• 0.12

• 0.7

The probability Sean does his homework is 0.8. The probability that Liz does her homework is 0.7. Find the probability they both hand in their homework.

• 0.56
• 1.5

• 0.35
• 0.44

If you flip a coin 5 times, what is the probability that you get 5 tails in a row?

• 1/16

• 1/32

• 1/10

• 5/32

Phil flips 3 coins. what's the probability that he gets at least one each of heads and tails?

(Example: HTH, TTH, etc...)

• 2/3
• 3/4

• 1/3
• 1/2

The probability that Mark scores a penalty is 1/3. Mark takes 2 penalties. Find the probability that he scores at least once.

• 2/9

• 5/9

• 1/9

• 3/4