Probability and Counting Principles

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 

Sally’s ice cream parlor has 5 types of ice cream, 3 kinds of cones and 4 different toppings. How many different types of ice cream combination can you get?

• 12

• 60

• 32

• Infinite

Randall wants to buy a pizza. He can select from 5 different sizes, 4 types of crust, and 12 toppings for his pizza. How many different outcomes of pizzas can Randall order?

A bag contains 3 white balls, 4 green balls. 2 balls are drawn from the bag without replacement.
Use a tree diagram to find the probability that the balls are white colors.

• 5/13

• 5/42

• 6/42

• 3/7

In a deck of cards, what is the likelihood of selecting an ace?

• impossible

• unlikely

• as likely as unlikely

• likely

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a die?

• impossible

• unlikely

• equally likely

• likely

What is the probability of rolling a sum of one with a pair of dice?

• impossible

• unlikely

• equally likely

• likely

What is the probability of spinning a blue or red?

• unlikely

• equally likely

• likely

• certain

What is the probability of spinning red?

• 0

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 1

What is the probability of spinning green?

• 0

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4