Probability Solution

Five stickers are placed in a bag. What is the probability of drawing a smiley face?

• less than 1/2

• more than 1/2

• About 1

• About 0

A spinner has 8 sections. If one section is yellow, three sections are blue, and four sections are red.

What is the probability of spinning a color that is NOT yellow?

• 1/8

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 7/8

A spinner has 8 sections. If one section is yellow, three sections are blue, and four sections are red.

What is the probability of spinning a color that is pink?

• impossible

• unlikely

• certain

• likely

A spinner has 8 sections. If one section is yellow, three sections are blue, and four sections are red.

What is the probability of spinning a colors blue and yellow?

• impossible

• unlikely

• equally likely

• likely

Using the number line.

What point would the chance of rolling a number cube with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on it and getting a 5 or a 6?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Using the number line.

What point would the chance of rolling a number cube with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on it and getting a 7??

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Using the number line.

What point would the chance of rolling a number cube with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on it and getting a 1, 2,or 3?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

You choose one marble without looking.

What is the likelihood of choosing a black marble?

• less than 1/2

• more than 1/2

• about 0

• About 1

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue, 1 yellow, and 4 green. If you choose one marble without looking. What is the likelihood of choosing a red marble?

• 1/10

• 2/10

• 3/10

• 4/10

True or False.

It is as likely to select a black marble as a white marble.

• True

• False