Probability Word Problems

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 yellow. What is the probability of pulling a red?

• certain

• impossible 

• unlikely 

• equally likely 

What is the probability of spinning the spinner and landing on the 7?

• impossible

• equally likely 

• unlikely 

• very likely 

What is the probability of spinning an even number? 

• equally likely

• very likely 

• certain

• impossible 

What is the probability of spinning green?

• impossible

• unlikely

• very likely 

• equally likely 

What is the probability of spinning red?

• very likely 

• unlikely

• certain 

• equally likely 

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 7 orange, 3 green, 5 blue
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• unlikely

• certain 

• equally likely

• impossible 

The probability of Asher's soccer team winning its next game is 7/10.  What is the probability of not winning their next game?

• unlikely

• 3/10

• 1/2

• impossible

If I flip a coin 10 times, how many times should I get heads?

• 1

• 10

• 3

• 5

If you spin the spinner 90 times, how many times should the number 3 be selected?

• 9

• 15

• 16

• 30

A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?

• 3

• 1/10

• 3/10

• 30%