Simple Probability

A bag contains 5 blue, 12 green, 9 red, and 4 yellow marbles. What is the probability of pulling a green marble out of the bag?

• 40%

• 12%

• 67%

• 60%

A restaurant sells eggs for breakfast. Of the last 12 orders, 8 were for scrambled eggs. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will order scrambled eggs?

• 33%

• 40%

• 67%

• 20%

The spinner is spun 40 times. How many times is it likely to land on the grey (C) section?

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 3

Rene has a closet of various colored shirts. He has 5 t-shirts, 8 sweaters, 3 long sleeved shirts, and 2 hoodies. What is the probability he will NOT take a t-shirt or long sleeved shirt out of the closet?

• 28%

• 67%

• 44%

• 55%

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

Colored chips are pulled out of a bag. The results are shown in the table above. Based on the table, what is the probability that you will pull a yellow or red chip out of the bag?

• 20%

• 55%

• 15%

• 45%

What is the probability the spinner would land on A

• 0.375

• 1/8

• 25%

• 12.5%

Penelope has 12 muffins in a box. There are 3 blueberry, 4 poppy seed, and 5 chocolate chip. What is the probability she will randomly grab a poppy seed muffin?

• 0.25

• 0.42

• 0.33

• 0.58

18 students took a test on probability and 15 got a 3, what is the probability that the next student will get a 3 on the test?

• 83%

• 17%

• 45%

• 55%

The pet store has 8 dogs, 3 cats, 2 hamsters, and 4 fish. What is the probability that a customer will NOT pick a dog?

• 53%

• 18%

• 47%

• 24%