Probability Quiz

Liam has a bag with 6 marbles of equal size. One is red, two are blue, and three are yellow. If Liam picks one marble at random, what are the odds that he will pick a blue one?

Imagine Abigail, Aiden, and Samuel are playing a game with a spinner divided into 6 equal sections. One section is painted red, two sections are painted blue, and the remaining three sections are painted yellow. What are the odds that the spinner will land on a yellow section?

Nora flips a coin that has a heads side and a tails side. What are the odds that the coin will land on heads the first time Nora flips it?

Arjun has been practicing basketball free throws. He has attempted 50 shots. He made 31 shots and missed 19. What are the odds that Arjun will miss his next free throw?

At the community fair, Anika can win a skateboard by drawing a red ticket from a box. The box contains 52 blue tickets, 27 yellow tickets, and 1 red ticket. What are the odds of drawing a red ticket from the box?

At the community fair, Liam has a chance to win a skateboard by drawing a red ball from a container. The container has 25 white balls, 25 green balls, 25 yellow balls, and 10 red balls. What are the odds of Liam pulling a red ball from the container?

Nora and Aria are comparing their collections of marbles. Nora has two bags of marbles, and Aria asks, 'Which bag has the best odds of drawing a blue marble?'

Noah has a bag filled with 9 green marbles and 16 red marbles as part of a science experiment. If Noah picks one marble out of the bag without looking, what are the odds of choosing a red marble?

David and Aria are playing a game with a bag of marbles. They do not replace marbles after they are chosen. So far, David has chosen 4 red marbles and Aria has chosen 2 green marbles. What are the odds of Mason choosing a red marble now?

Maya, an unprepared student, takes a 3-question true/false quiz on world capitals in which she guesses the answers to all 3 questions. What is the probability she gets all 3 correct?

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