Probability Word Problems

The 7th graders are going bowling and a movie as a reward. 60% of the 120 students want to go bowling first. How many students want to go bowling first?

• 72 students

• 27 students

• 54 students

• 69 students

A nearby theater surveyed 60 people if they like butter popcorn, or caramel popcorn. 30% liked caramel popcorn. How many people like butter popcorn?

• 12 people

• 42 people

• 18 people

• 19 people

Three out of five students in Mr. Dulle's class play chess. ______ % of students in his class play chess.

The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”? 

• 2/7

• 5/49

• 5/7

• 10/49

The probability of it raining today is 30%.  What is the probability that it will NOT rain?

• 30%

• 70%

• 100%

• 0%

A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/6

Find the probability of NOT rolling a 2 on a single fair 6-sided die.

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 5/6

• 2

What is the probability of rolling a sum of 15 with a pair of six-sided dice?

• 0

• 1 / 36

• 15 / 36

• 5 / 36

Miss Ward spins a wheel to determine the number of homework problems to assign. There are 20 sections labeled 1–20. What is the probability that there will be fewer than 8 problems assigned for homework?

• 8/20

• 3/5

• 4/9

• 7/20

Jose randomly selected a block like the ones shown from a bag.  What is the probability that he will choose a cube with a number less than 5?

• ⅔

• ⅙

• ⅓

• ⅚