05/07 Probability Addition and Multiplication

A number from 1 to 10 is chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing a 5 or an even number?

• 3/5

• 1/2

• 1/5

• None of the above

A glass jar contains 1 red, 3 green, 2 blue, and 4 yellow marbles. If a single marble is chosen at random from the jar, what is the probability that it is yellow or green?

• 3/10

• 4/10

• 7/10

• None of the above

A single card is chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of choosing a king or a club?

• 1/52

• 16/52

• 17/52

• None of the above

If P(A) = 0.24, P(B) = 0.41, and P(A and B) = 0.18, what is P(A or B)?

• 0.17

• 0.47

• 0.59

• 0.65

A stack of magazines has 5 news magazines and 10 sports magazines. Two magazines are drawn at random without replacement. What is the probability of selecting a news magazine first and then a sports magazine?

• True

• False

A bag contains 9 green marbles, 5 yellow marbles and 6 red marbles.  You choose one marble.   What is the probability of selecting a green or red marble?

• 8/15
• 6/11
• 3/4
• 2/3

There are 4 black marbles and 2 white marbles in a bag, what is the probability of choosing a black marble, not replacing it and then choosing white.

• 4/15
• 3/17
• 2/5
• 2/19

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

Thirty-two percent of families residing in a rural, farming town own a goat and 41% of families own a dog. Twenty-four percent of families own both types of animals. If a family from this town is chosen at random, what is the probability that it owns either a goat or a dog?

• 0.15

• 0.33

• 0.49

• 0.97