Compound Probability

You flip a coin 20 times and record the results. Is this experimental or theoretical probability?

• Experimental
• Theoretical

Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?

Amy plays card games. She picks a card at random. Then without putting the first card back, she picks a second card at random.

• Independent

• Dependent

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Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?
The spinner is spun twice.  What is the probability that it lands on red first and then blue?

• Independent
• Dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

A box contains 5 purple marbles, 3 green marbles and 2 orange marbles. Draws are made without replacement. P(1st orange then green)

• 1/15
• 2/15
• 3/31
• 1/5

A basket contains four apples and six peaches. You randomly select one piece of fruit and eat it. Then you randomly select another piece of fruit. What is the probability that both pieces of fruit are apples.

• 2/15
• 3/17
• 1/19
• 6/21

A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

Walter is looking through his pantry! He finds that he has 4 cans of green beans, 4 cans of corn, 6 cans of peas, and 3 cans of spinach. What is the probability that Walter first selects a can of spinach and replaces it, AND then selects a can of green beans?

Independent Probability

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

If you are asked for the probability of tossing a coin and rolling a six sided die, how many outcomes are there?

• 12

• 8

• 6

• 20

A bag contains 4 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 2 yellow marbles. 2 marbles are drawn WITH REPLACEMENT. Find the probability that the first marble is RED and the second marble is RED.

• 4/5
• 2/5
• 4/25
• 2/25