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Barney is spinning a spinner with 5 equal parts. The parts are numbered 1, 1, 2, 2, 4. Which statement is true?

• Barney is more likely to spin a 1 than a 2.

• Barney is less likely to spin a 1 than a 4.

• Barney is less likely to spin a 4 than a 2.

• Barney is equally likely to spin a 4 as a 2.

Kit spins a spinner and rolls a 1-6 number cube. The spinner has 5 equal parts numbered 1-5. Which statement is true?

• Spinning a 5 is equally likely to rolling a 5.

• Spinning an odd number is equally likely to rolling an odd number.

• Spinning a 3 is more likely than rolling a 5.

• Spinning an even number is more likely than rolling an even number.

Look at the diagram. It represents a 6-by-6 foot board. A point randomly chosen from the board 72 times. Which statement is true?

• The selected point is more likely to be in the shaded area than the unshaded area.

• The selected point is equally likely to be in the shaded area than the unshaded area.

• The selected point is less likely to be in the shaded area than the unshaded area.

• The selected point is certain to be in the unshaded area.

Malik spins a spinner 50 times. The table shows the number of times the spinner lands on different colors. Which statement is true?

• The spinner is twice as likely to land on blue as it is to land on white.

• The spinner is four times as likely to land on red as it is to land on green.

• The spinner is three times as likely to land on yellow as it is to land on blue.

• The spinner is twice as likely to land on green as it is to land on yellow.

A spinner is divided into 30 equal sections. Each section is labeled with a number 1-6. The table shows how many sections are labeled with each number.

Which statement is NOT true?

• The spinner is less likely to land on a number greater than 4 than on a number less than 3.

• The spinner is just as likely to land on an even number than to land on an odd number.

• The spinner is most likely to land on the number 3

• The spinner is least likely to land on the number 6.

The manager of a restaurant randomly surveyed 50 customers who came to the restaurant on Saturday. She asked about the type of entree each person preferred. The results of her survey are shown in the table.

Based on the results in the table, which statement about a customer who will order an entree next Saturday is true?

• The customer is three times as likely to prefer chicken as beef.

• The customer is twice as likely to prefer vegetarian as beef.

• The customer is less likely to prefer beef or vegetarian than seafood.

• The customer is more likely to prefer beef or chicken than seafood or vegetarian.

Which statement is true about Ethel's spins?

• The arrow is less likely to land on a green section in Spinner A than in Spinner B.

• The arrow is equally likely to land on a yellow section in Spinner A than in Spinner B.

• The arrow is more likely to land on a blue section in Spinner A than in Spinner B.

• The arrow is more likely to land on a red section in Spinner A than in Spinner B.

A set of 10 cards are numbered 1-10. One card is randomly selected from the set. Which statement is NOT true?

• Selecting a 2 is equally likely to selecting a 5.

• Selecting a multiple of 3 is equally likely to selecting a number less than 4.

• Selecting a multiple of 4 is equally likely to selecting a multiple of 5.

• Selecting an odd number is more likely than selecting a even number.

If you reach into the bag and choose 1 tile, what will least likely be the number? Why?

• You will least likely select a 7 because there is only one in the bag.

• You will least likely select a 5 because there is only one in the bag.

• They are equally likely because there is 1 of each number in the bag.

• You will least likely select a 1 because there is only one in the bag.

How likely is it to draw a yellow cube vs. a green cube?

• more likely

• equally likely

• less likely

• highly likely