Independent Probability Review

The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is a vowel?

• 8/121

• 4/11

• 2/11

• 4/121

The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a "M"?

• 8/121

• 4/11

• 2/11

• 4/121

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 7 orange, 3 green, 5 blue
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• unlikely

• certain 

• equally likely

• impossible 

On a 6-sided die, which is more likely?

• Rolling an odd number

• Rolling an even number

• They are both equally likely.

A die is rolled two times. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4 on both rolls?

A die is rolled and a coin is flipped. What is the probability of getting an odd number and tails?

A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the probability of getting heads each time?

Mr. Hinz is at a casino placing bets on the sum of rolling 2 dice. What sum should Mr. Hinz bet on that has the HIGHEST probability of success?

• Sum of 6

• Sum of 7

• Sum of 8

• Sum of 9

• Sum of 10

The outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of the other event.

• independent event

• dependent event

Four coins are tossed.

• Independent

• Dependent