Probability Materials

What is the probability of spinning an even number?

• 16 2/3%

• 33 1/3%

• 50%

• 75%

Find the probability of rolling greater than a 1 on a fair 6-sided die.

• 6/6

• 5/6

• 4/6

• 1/6

Find the probability of rolling a 7 on a fair 6-sided die.

• 1/6

• 7/6

• 0

• 7/7

What is the probability of spinning green?

• 0
• 1/4
• 1/2
• 3/4

Which event is not a dependent event?

• Picking 2 students to each be line leader and door holder from a group of 20 students
• Picking 2 marbles from a bag without replacing the first marble
• Picking 2 crayons from a box at the same time (simultaneously) 
• Picking an earring, replacing it, then picking a 2nd earring

You flip a nickel three times.
Find the probability that all flips will land on tails.

• 1/2
• 1/4
• 1/6
• 1/8

You spin this spinner 3 times.
Find the probability of these 3 events.
P(red, odd, 3)

• 1/216
• 1/72
• 1/36
• 1/12

A farm has 5 brown cows and 10 white cows. A fence is open and two cows escape. What is the probability that it will be a brown cow, then a white cow?

• 1/9
• 2/9
• 5/21
• 10/21

A store sells shirts that are either small, medium, or large. The colors are either red, blue, green, or white. What is the probability someone will select a large green shirt?

• 1/3
• 1/7
• 1/9
• 1/12

In a drawer, there are 6 white socks, 4 black socks, and 2 brown socks. You pick out a sock, replace it, then pick out a 2nd sock. What is the probability that you will pick a brown, then black sock?

• 1/11

• 1/18

• 1/36

• 2/33