Beginner Probability

Bag A contains 9 red marbles and 3 green marbles. Bag B contains 9 black marbles and 6 orange marbles. Find the probability of selecting one green marble from bag A and one black marble from bag B.

• 3/20

• 1/4

• 3/31

• 2/27

A basket contains four apples and six peaches. You randomly select one piece of fruit and eat it. Then you randomly select another piece of fruit. What is the probability that both pieces of fruit are apples.

• 2/15

• 3/17

• 1/19

• 6/21

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 brown candy?

• 2/18

• 1/9

• 2/20

• 1/10

A box contains 5 purple marbles, 3 green marbles and 2 orange marbles. Draws are made without replacement. P(1st orange then green)

• 1/15

• 2/15

• 3/31

• 1/5

A box contains 5 purple marbles, 3 green marbles and 2 orange marbles. Draws are made without replacement.P(both marbles are purple)

• 2/9

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 1/4

If you select a marble without looking, how likely is it that you will pick a black one?

• certain

• probable

• unlikely

• impossible

If you select a marble without looking, how likely is it that you will pick a black one?

• certain

• probable

• unlikely

• impossible

What is the probability of getting any letter that is not A?

• 6/8

• 3/4

• 2/8

• 1/4

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

A box contains 3 black pens, 7 blue pens, and 5 red pens. Without looking, P(red or black)

• 8/15

• 15/225

• 5/15

• 3/15