Probabilities of Compound Events

• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/24
• 1/16

• 1/48
• 1/6
• 1/8
• 1/24

• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/6

An event that consists of two or more events

•  event

• dependent events

• experiment

• compound event

Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it twice in a row. What is the probability that she lands on blue first and then on green?

• 1 / 16

• 1 ⁄ 6

• 1 ⁄ 8

• 3 ⁄ 4

Two marbles are randomly drawn from a bag containing 3 purple, 1 blue, and 1 yellow marble. The first marble is blue and is not replaced. Find the probability of drawing a second marble that is purple. 

• 3/5

• 3/4

• 3/20

• 2/5

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 

• 1/12

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/2

Ricardo has the spinner pictured here and a bag of marbles filled with 2 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What is the probability that Ricardo spins red on the spinner and picks a red marble out of the bag?

• 1 ⁄ 16

• 1 ⁄ 2

• 1 ⁄ 4

• 1 ⁄ 8

What is the probability of picking a blue marble, putting it back in the bag, then picking a red marble?

If you spin two times, what is the probability of landing on green both times?