Simple & Compound Probability

What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting tails?

• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/4
• Never, Tails never fails.

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

What is the probability of spinning an even number?

• 3/50

• 3/100

• 1/2

• 3/4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

What is the probability of spinning a prime number? 

• 1/2
• 2/3
• 1/6
• 0

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7B

Find the probability of not rolling a 2 on a single die.

• 1/6
• 2/6
• 5/6
• 2

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

Find the probability of rolling a 7 on a single die.

• 1/6
• 7/6
• 0
• 7/7

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

A jar contains 2 green marbles, 4 blue marbles, 3 yellow marbles, and 2 black marbles. A marble is chosen at random from the jar and replaced. Then a second marble is chosen at random. Find the probability of the first marble being green and the second marble being yellow. 

• 4/121
• 8/121
• 3/121
• 6/121

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 

• 1/12
• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

Two marbles are randomly drawn from a bag containing 3 purple, 1 blue, and 1 yellow marble. The first marble is blue and is not replaced. Find the probability of drawing a second marble that is purple. 

• 3/5
• 3/4
• 3/20
• 2/5

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

A fruit basket contains 9 apples, 3 bananas, 7 oranges, 5 pears, and 1 grapefruit. Kyle randomly chooses a fruit, does not replace it, then chooses another. What is the probably that he chose two pears?

• 9/49

• 4/125

• 1/10

• 1/30

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

A chorus has 50 girls and 35 boys. If two are chosen at random to sing a duet, what is the probability that both will be boys? 

• 1/6
• 7/17
• 3/8
• 13/25

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9