Identifying Independent/Dependent Compound Probability

Sarah has two spinners. Spinner A has six equal sections and spinner B has eight equal sections. Sarah will spin the two spinners at the same time. What is the probability that both spinners will land on a color that is not red? (leave answer in fraction form in lowest terms)

• 1/6

• 4/7

• 1/3

• 2/6

A number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a 6 on the first roll, then a number less than 5 on the second roll? (leave answer in fraction form in lowest terms)

• 2/3

• 1/9

• 5/36

• 1/12

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? (leave answer in fraction form in lowest terms)

• 1/16

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 1/8

A cookie jar has 3 DOZEN chocolate chip, 1 DOZEN peanut butter, and 2 DOZEN oatmeal cookies. If Megan chooses a cookie, does not replace it, then chooses another, what is the probability that she chooses a peanut butter then a chocolate chip cookie? (leave answer in fraction form in lowest terms) (also, sorry for making you hungry!)

• 2/3

• 1/10

• 11/72

• 6/71

What is the probability of flipping a coin twice and landing on tails both times? (leave answer in fraction form in lowest terms)

• 1/2

• 2/2

• 4/1

• 1/4

Mrs. Liang spins each of the spinners one time. What is the probability that the first spinner will land on an odd number and the second will land on a vowel?

• ¹/₁₂

• ¹/₄

• ¹/₃

• ¹/₆

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

Probability of:

Spinning a 3

Drawing an A

• 2/8

• 1/4

• 1/16

• 1/8

What is the chances of rolling a six on the first roll of a 1-6 number cube and rolling an odd number on the second roll of the same cube.

• 1/12

• 1/6

• 1/8

• 1/2

The two spinners above are spun. What is the probability of getting a perfect square (1,4,9,16), then the letter Z? 

• 3/20

• 9/20

• 1/8

• 11/40