Probability Practice Events With

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a blue, eating it then selecting yellow?

• 2/18

• 1/9

• 2/20

• 1/19

You draw a marble from a bag that has 4 red, 2 blue, and 3 green, you also flip a fair coin. What is the probability you will draw a blue marble and flip a heads?

• 1/9

• 3/9

• 3/6

• 5/6

P(1 and A)

• 1/16

• 1/10

• 4/16

• 1/4

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

What is the probability of drawing a blue color and a number 4?

• 2/5

• 1/6

• 3/15

• 1/15

The sample space tree diagram for a team of three students is shown.  What is the probability that the team would consist of at least 2 girls?

• ½

• ⅜

• ¾

• ⅙

If you cut a shuffled deck, what is the probability you will get an 8 of diamonds?

• out of 4

• out of 13

• out of 52

• out of 52

Sam is fishing in a new catch and release pond that was just stocked with 32 bluegill, 49 catfish, 27 bass, and 12 carp. He catches a fish, releases it, then catches another. What is the probability that he caught a bluegill, then a carp? 

• 5/24

• 11/30

• 2/75

• 7/60

The names of 6 boys and 7 girls are written on cards and placed in a hat. You pick one card, and without replacing it, you pick another. What is the probability of picking 2 cards with girls’ names?

Nelson is learning the difference between independent and dependent probability. Select all scenarios that show an example of dependent probability.

• Picking a piece of candy from a bag, eating it, then picking a second piece.

• Drawing a card from a deck, replacing it, and then drawing another card.

• Spinning a spinner twice.

• Selecting two marbles from a bag without replacement.

• Rolling a number cube five times.