Compound Event Practice

A restaurant offers 3 types of appetizers, 4 main courses, and 2 desserts. How many different meals can be created if a meal consists of one appetizer, one main course, and one dessert?

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• 24

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A school has 5 different science clubs and 3 different art clubs. How many ways can a student choose one science club and one art club to join?

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• 15

• 10

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A coin is flipped and a 6-sided die is rolled. How many possible outcomes are there for this compound event?

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A student has 4 different shirts (white, navy, black and yellow) and 3 different pairs of pants (khaki, navy and black). If you are choosing an outfit with one shirt and one pair of pants, what is the probability of selecting an outfit with either a yellow or white shirt and either khaki or black pants?

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A game involves spinning a wheel with 8 equal sections numbered 1 to 8 and rolling a 4-sided die. How many different outcomes are possible?

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• 24

• 12

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A student is choosing a book to read from a list of 5 fiction books and 4 non-fiction books. How many ways can the student choose one fiction and one non-fiction book?

• 9

• 20

• 10

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A car dealership offers 3 models of cars, each available in 6 colors. How many different combinations of model and color are available?

• 9

• 18

• 10

• 15

A student has 7 different pens and 3 different notebooks. How many different combinations of one pen and one notebook can the student choose?

• 10

• 21

• 8

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A bakery offers 4 types of bread (white, wheat, rye, and pumpernickel) and 5 types of fillings for sandwiches (veggie, turkey, ham, tuna salad, and chicken salad). If each sandwich using one type of bread and one filling, what is the probability of choosing a sandwich on white, wheat or pumpernickel break and either turkey or ham for the filling?

• 20

You are rolling a six-sided die and flipping a coin. Find the probability of rolling an odd number and flipping a heads on the coin.