Probability Face Off

Picking a red marble from Bag A is _______.

• certain

• likely

• unlikely

• impossible

Picking a red marble from Bag B is _______.

• certain

• likely

• unlikely

• impossible

Picking a red marble from Bag C is _______.

• certain

• likely

• unlikely

• impossible

A bag with 10 marbles has 2 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 4 yellow marbles. What is the probability that a marble chosen at random is blue or red?

• 1/2

• 3/5

• 3/10

• 4/5

A spinner with 12 equally sized slices has 3 blue slices and 9 yellow slices. The dial is spun and stops on a slice at random. What is the probability that the dial stops on a red slice?

• 0

• 1/12

• 1/4

• 1/3

A bag with 8 marbles has 4 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 yellow marble. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. What is the probability that it is red?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/8

A box contains ten cards labeled Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. One card will be randomly chosen. What is the probability of choosing a letter from U to Z?

• 1/2

• 3/5

• 2/5

• 1/3

A basket is filled with 12 white eggs and 4 brown eggs. Half of the white eggs are cracked. An egg is randomly selected from the basket. What is the probability that it is a cracked, white egg?

• 3/8

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

How many outcomes are there?

• 6

• 8

• 12

• 10

The Gonzales family is selecting a furniture set. A furniture set has a bed and a dresser. There are 3 beds and 3 dressers to select from. How many different furniture sets could they select?

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 3