Quiz about Topic 12: Calculating Basic Probabilities

Question 1

What is the probability of rolling a 3 on a fair six-sided die?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Question 2

If a card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing a heart?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{13}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Question 3

A jar contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble?

Accepted Answer

30%

Answer

20%

Answer

50%

Answer

60%

Question 4

What is the probability of flipping a coin and it landing on heads?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Question 5

If one die is rolled, what is the probability that the number rolled is less than 3?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{5}{6}$$

Question 6

A bag contains 4 white balls and 6 black balls. What is the probability of picking a white ball?

Accepted Answer

40%

Answer

60%

Answer

50%

Answer

80%

Question 7

What is the probability of drawing an ace from a standard deck of 52 cards?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{13}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{52}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{26}$$

Question 8

If a single card is drawn from a deck, what is the probability of drawing a queen or a king?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{2}{13}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{13}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{26}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{52}$$

Question 9

A box contains 8 red, 5 blue, and 7 yellow balls. What is the probability of drawing a yellow ball?

Accepted Answer

35%

Answer

33.33%

Answer

25%

Answer

46.67%

Question 10

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a fair six-sided die?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Question 11

If a card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing a spade?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{13}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Question 12

A jar contains 10 red marbles, 15 blue marbles, and 5 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{5}$$

Question 13

In a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing a jack or ace?

Accepted Answer

15.4%

Answer

25%

Answer

30.8%

Answer

1.9%

Question 14

If a single die is rolled, what is the probability that a prime number is rolled?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Question 15

A bag contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls, and 5 red balls. What is the probability of picking a black ball?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{5}$$

Question 16

What is the probability of drawing a face card (jack, queen, or king) from a standard deck of 52 cards?

Accepted Answer

0.231

Answer

0.25

Answer

0.077

Answer

0.333

Question 17

If a single card is drawn from a deck, what is the probability of drawing a red card?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{52}$$

Question 18

A box contains 6 red, 4 blue, and 10 yellow balls. What is the probability of drawing a blue ball?

Accepted Answer

0.2

Answer

0.5

Answer

0.25

Answer

0.1

Question 19

What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a fair six-sided die?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Question 20

If a card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing a diamond?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{13}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Question 21

What is the probability of spinning red?

Accepted Answer

41.7%

Answer

0%

Answer

50%

Answer

75%

Question 22

What is the probability of landing on the color blue on the spinner?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{5}{3}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}$$

Question 23

What is the probability of NOT landing on the letter A?

Accepted Answer

0.75

Answer

0.625

Answer

0.375

Answer

0.25

Question 24

The spinner is divided into eight equal parts. P(white)=

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{5}{8}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{8}$$

Answer

$$\frac{7}{8}$$

Answer

$$\frac{3}{7}$$

Question 25

What is the probability of the spinner landing on any number other than 2?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{7}{8}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{8}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Topic 12: Calculating Basic Probabilities

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