Choosing Dependent or Independent Probability

Dependent probability happens when the first item is not replaced, causing the total outcomes to decrease by 1.

• true

• false

A bag contains 2 striped cubes, 5 dotted cubes, 5 white cubes and 3 red cubes. What is the probability of drawing two striped cubes in succession, without replacing the first cube drawn?

• independent

• dependent

A pocket contains 3 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 quarter and 4 dimes. What is the probability of randomly choosing a dime, replacing it, and then drawing a penny?

• independent

• dependent

A pocket contains 3 pennies, 2 nickels, 3 quarters and 4 dimes. What is the probability of randomly choosing a quarter two times in a row if the first coin drawn is not replaced?

• dependent

• independent

Clinton has a bag of Skittles™. Inside the bag are 6 red, 4 orange, 7 yellow, 3 purple and 4 green Skittles™. What is the probability of drawing a green Skittle™, replacing it, and then drawing another green Skittle™?

• independent

• dependent

When randomly drawing from a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of drawing a 9 four times in a row if the cards are not replaced?

• 1/5,525

• 1/270,725

• 1/28,561

• 1/4

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 rolling a dice and landing on a 4, and then rolling the dice again and landing on any even number?

• 1 ⁄ 6

• 1 ⁄ 8

• 1 ⁄ 2

• 1 ⁄ 12

A jar contains 4 white chips, 5 purple chips, and 1 black chip. Chips are selected randomly one at a time, and are not replaced.
P(white, then purple, then black)

• 1/36

• 2/39

• 5/41

• 6/43

You are playing a game of scrabble. The tiles shown are dropped in a bag. You need to choose two tiles. What is the probability of choosing an "E", keeping it, and then choosing a "H"?

• 4/15

• 1/70

• 1/75

• 1/225