Probability of Number Cubes Landing on Odd Numbers

Regina has three number cubes. The faces of each number cube are numbered from 1 to 6. Regina will roll each number cube one time. What is the probability that all three number cubes will land on an odd number?

• ⅛

• ⅙

• ⅓

• ⅚

Marco has two number cubes. The faces of each number cube are numbered from 1 to 6. Marco rolled the number cubes and recorded the number showing on the top face of each number cube. Based on these results, what is the experimental probability that the next time the number cubes are rolled, they will land with a 2 showing on the top face of one number cube and a 4 showing on the top face of the other number cube?

• 3/10

• 11/20

• 9/20

• 1/36

A number cube with faces labeled from 1 to 6 was rolled 20 times. Each time the number cube was rolled, the number showing on the top face was recorded. Based on these results, what is the experimental probability that the next time the number cube is rolled it will land with 5 or 6 showing on the top face?

• 2/5

• 3/20

• 1/3

• 3/5

Tara has two bags of marbles. The first bag contains 6 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. The second bag contains 3 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. Tara will randomly select 1 marble from each bag. What is the probability that Tara will select a blue marble from each bag?

• 5/9

• 13/135

• 6/15

• 2/27

Rachel is setting up tables for a party. Four of the tables are covered with red tablecloths, and eight of the tables are covered with white tablecloths. Guests will be randomly seated at the tables when they arrive. Each table can seat 8 guests. What is the probability that the first guest to arrive will be seated at a table with a red tablecloth?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/8

Gabriel has these cans of soup in his kitchen cabinet.

- 2 cans of tomato soup

- 3 cans of chicken soup

- 2 cans of cheese soup

- 2 cans of potato soup

- 1 can of beef soup

Gabriel will randomly choose one can of soup. Then he will put it back and randomly choose another can of soup. What is the probability that he will choose a can of tomato soup and then a can of cheese soup?

• 2/5

• 4/25

• 1/25

• 1/5

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.

• Which statement is true?

• The probability of selecting a purple paper clip is 1/4, and the probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple is 3/4.

• The probability of selecting a purple paper clip is 1/4, and the probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple is 3/4.

• The probability of selecting a purple paper clip is 7/25, and the probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple is 18/25.

• The probability of selecting a purple paper clip is 7/25, and the probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple is 18/25.

A spinner is divided into congruent sections that are labeled from 1 to 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?

• 4/7

• 3/4

• 1/4

• 3/7

The table shows the number of bottles of different kinds of juice sold at a cafeteria on Monday. If the cafeteria has 80 customers on Tuesday, which prediction for Tuesday is NOT supported by the data in the table?

• The number of bottles of cranberry juice sold will be 6 more than the number of bottles of pineapple juice sold.

• The number of bottles of apple juice sold will be 6 times the number of bottles of cranberry juice sold.

• There will be a total of 50 bottles of orange and cranberry juice sold.

• The difference between the number of bottles of apple juice sold and the number of bottles of pineapple juice sold will be 14.

The manager of a movie theater randomly surveyed 50 people who entered the movie theater on Friday. The manager asked about the type of movie each person preferred. The results of the survey are shown in the table. Based on the results in the table, which statement about a person who will go to this theater next Friday is true?

• The person is three times as likely to prefer comedy as horror.

• The person is twice as likely to prefer drama as horror.

• The person is less likely to prefer horror or drama than action.

• The person is more likely to prefer horror or comedy than action or drama.