Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsProbability
Total questions: 102
Worksheet time: 5hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the probability of spinning green?
a)
0
b)
1/4
c)
1/2
d)
3/4
2.
What is the probability of spinning red?
a)
0
b)
5/12
c)
1/2
d)
3/4
3.
The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”?
a)
2/7
b)
5/49
c)
5/7
d)
10/49
4.
Find the probability of drawing a 10 from a standard deck of 52 cards.
a)
1 out of 52
b)
13 out of 52
c)
26 out of 52
d)
4 out of 52
5.
A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?
a)
3
b)
1/10
c)
3/10
d)
30%
6.
P(not A) =
*Remember to simplify.*
*Remember to simplify.*
a)
6/8
b)
3/4
c)
2/8
d)
1/4
7.
The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.
P(green) =
P(green) =
a)
5/19
b)
10/28
c)
5/14
8.
How do you write 0.02 as a percent?
a)
20%
b)
200%
c)
2%
d)
.02%
9.
The probability based on frequency of outcomes during an experiment
a)
experimental probability
b)
fundamental counting principle
c)
mutually exclusive event
d)
dependent event
10.
Find the experimental probability of spinning Letter Q.
a)
15/15
b)
3/10
c)
3/50
d)
7/10
11.
If I flip a coin 10 times, how many times should I get heads?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
3
d)
5
12.
Based on the chart, what is the experimental probability of pulling a green marble?
a)
1/8
b)
8/25
c)
8/100
d)
7/8
13.
The theoretical probability of rolling an even number on a dice.
a)
3/6
b)
1/2
c)
1/6
d)
5/6
14.
The spinner is divided into eight equal parts. Find the theoretical probability of landing on the given section of the spinner.P(white)=
a)
1/8
b)
5/8
c)
7/8
d)
3/7
15.
What is the probability of spinning an even number?
a)
16 2/3%
b)
33 1/3%
c)
50%
d)
75%
16.
Find the probability of rolling greater than a 1 on a single die.
a)
6/6
b)
5/6
c)
4/6
d)
1/6
17.
Find the probability of rolling a 7 on a single die.
a)
1/6
b)
7/6
c)
0
d)
7/7
18.
Probability can be between what two numbers?
a)
10 and 20
b)
0 and 100
c)
0 and 1
d)
All Numbers are possible
19.
What is the probability of spinning red?
a)
0
b)
1/2
c)
3/4
d)
1
20.
What is the probability of spinning green or blue?
a)
0
b)
5/12
c)
1/2
d)
3/4
21.
If you choose from the following M & M colors, what is the probability that you choose blue?
5 green
6 yellow
8 blue
7 brown
5 green
6 yellow
8 blue
7 brown
a)
8/26
b)
4/13
c)
8/25
d)
1/3
22.
The probability of an event occurring, P(A), can be expressed as a fraction, decimal, or percent.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
A set of all possible outcomes is known as -
a)
a list
b)
a complement
c)
a sample space
d)
an event
24.
What is an outcome?
a)
The result of an experiment
b)
The chance or likelihood of an event
c)
A fraction, decimal, or a percent
d)
An activity that gives various results
25.
What is the complement of spinning purple on this spinner?
a)
Not green
b)
Purple
c)
Not purple
d)
Orange, red, or yellow
26.
Event A has a probability of 0.3. What is the probability of the complement of Event A?
a)
30%
b)
3/100
c)
7/100
d)
0.7
27.
If 33% of the students at Harnett Central have a pet, then what is the probability of the complement of this event?
a)
33%
b)
77%
c)
67%
d)
50%
28.
Mrs. Moreno has a box containing 6 lipsticks, 4 eye shadows, 6 eye liners, and 5 mascaras. If she randomly chooses one item from the box, what is the probability that she will grab a lipstick?
a)
3/7
b)
15/21
c)
5/7
d)
6/21
29.
Mrs. Elder has a box containing 6 cracker, 3 peppermints, 6 bubble gums, and 3 licorice sticks. If she randomly chooses one piece from the box, what is the probability that she will grab a cracker or a peppermint?
a)
peppermint
b)
1/6
c)
1/2
d)
1/3
30.
You pick a marble from this bag.
What is the probability you will choose either a black or white marble?
What is the probability you will choose either a black or white marble?
a)
3/5
b)
9/100
c)
1/10
d)
2/5
31.
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?
a)
5/6
b)
1/2
c)
1/3
d)
1/6
32.
Experimental Probability is:
a)
What Will happen
b)
What actually happens
c)
What should happen
d)
What I think Happens
33.
What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads?
a)
1/2
b)
1/3
c)
1/4
d)
Never, Tails never fails.
34.
What is the probability of selecting an orange candy?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
35.
Determine the likelihood of the following event:
Drawing a red card from a standard deck of cards
Drawing a red card from a standard deck of cards
a)
1/2
b)
13/52
c)
1/4
d)
4/52
36.
P(not A) =
*Remember to simplify.*
*Remember to simplify.*
a)
6/8
b)
3/4
c)
2/8
d)
1/4
37.
Rolling a 15 on a number cube is
a)
Impossible
b)
Certain
c)
Unlikely
d)
Equally Likely
38.
Probability is ...
a)
the chance that some event will occur.
b)
a game that involves coins.
c)
a guarantee.
39.
The probability of it raining today is 30%. What is the probability that it will NOT rain?
a)
30%
b)
70%
c)
100%
d)
0%
40.
Probability can be written as ...
a)
a fraction
b)
a decimal
c)
a percent
d)
all of the above
41.
What is the probability of rolling a cube and having it land as a six?
a)
1/6
b)
5/6
c)
1/3
d)
1/2
42.
What is the probability of rolling a cube and having land as an odd number?
a)
3/4
b)
1/3
c)
1/2
d)
2/5
43.
What is the probability of spinning the spinner and having it land on RED?
a)
33%
b)
50%
c)
12%
44.
What is the probability of spinning the spinner and having it land on RED?
a)
33%
b)
50%
c)
12%
45.
A bag contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. What is the probability of picking a quarter?
a)
5/11
b)
5/6
c)
1/3
d)
5
46.
A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?
a)
3/10
b)
3/9
c)
1/9
d)
1/3
47.
P(not A) =
*Remember to simplify.*
*Remember to simplify.*
a)
6/8
b)
3/4
c)
2/8
d)
1/4
48.
Change this decimal to a percent.
0.528
0.528
a)
528%
b)
52.8%
c)
5.28%
d)
52%
49.
What is the probability of pulling a red marble
out of a jar of marbles that have 10 green marbles, 7 red marbles and 3 blue marbles?
out of a jar of marbles that have 10 green marbles, 7 red marbles and 3 blue marbles?
a)
1/7
b)
7/20
c)
7/10
d)
3/10
50.
What is the probability of landing on the color blue on the spinner?
a)
3/3
b)
5/3
c)
3/12 or 1/4
d)
1/3
51.
Is the spinner more likely or less likely to land
on green than yellow?
on green than yellow?
a)
more likely
b)
less likely
52.
Is it certain or impossible for the spinner to land on orange?
a)
imposssible
b)
certain
53.
What is the probability of the spinner landing on an odd number?
a)
1/2
b)
4/4
c)
1/4
d)
1/3
54.
What is the probability of choosing a marble
that is not green from the jar?
that is not green from the jar?
a)
10/20
b)
10/10
c)
3/20
d)
7/20
55.
Which color marble is least likely to be pulled from the jar?
a)
Green
b)
Red
c)
Blue
56.
Is it more likely or less likely to pull a red marble than a green marble?
a)
more likely
b)
less likely
57.
Is it likely, less likely, certain or impossible to select a red marble from a box of 12 red marbles?
a)
likely
b)
less likely
c)
certain
d)
impossible
58.
Is it less likely, more likely, equally likely or impossible to roll and even number on 1 die roll?
a)
less likely
b)
more likely
c)
equally likely
d)
impossible
59.
Is it more likely, less likely, equally likely or impossible to select a boy on a field trip from group of 35 students with 12 girls?
a)
more likely
b)
less likely
c)
equally likely
d)
impossible
60.
Is it more likely, less likely, certain or impossible to select of red marble from a box of marbles that have 12 white marbles?
a)
more likely
b)
less likely
c)
certain
d)
impossible
61.
Are you more likely or less likely to do well on your math test if you practice and study before, give your best effort, and work out all your problems on your test?
a)
more likely
b)
less likely
62.
A probability near 1 is _______.
a)
never going to happen
b)
very likely to happen
c)
probably never going to happen
d)
equally likely to happen
63.
If a numbered cube is rolled 54 times, how many times would you expect to get a 6?
a)
1
b)
8
c)
3
d)
9
64.
Experimental Probability is:
a)
What will happen
b)
What actually happened
c)
What should happen
d)
What I think will happen
65.
How do you write 0.02 as a percent?
a)
20%
b)
200%
c)
2%
d)
.02%
66.
The chance of an event happening is called...
a)
Event
b)
Result
c)
Outcome
d)
Probability
67.
The set of all the possible outcomes is called:
a)
Result
b)
Sample Space
c)
Probability
d)
Event
68.
Which shows the sample space for flipping two coins?
H = heads, T = tails
H = heads, T = tails
a)
H, T
b)
HH, HT, TH, TT
c)
HH, TT
d)
HH, TT, TT, HH
69.
The cafeteria is serving three kinds of sandwiches: tuna (T), chicken, (C), and peanut butter (P). They are also serving a choice of two drinks: milk (M) or water (W). Which shows the CORRECT Sample Space List of possible combinations?
a)
TW, CW, PW
b)
TW, TM, TC, CW, PW
c)
TW, TM, CW, CM, PW, PM
d)
TCP, MW
70.
Theoretical Probability is?
a)
What Should happen
b)
What does happen
c)
What Will Happen
d)
What I want to Happen
71.
Probability is ...
a)
the chance that some event will occur.
b)
a game that involves coins.
c)
a guarantee.
72.
What is a sample space?
a)
The set containing some outcomes of an experiment
b)
The set containing no outcomes of an experiment
c)
The set containing every outcome of an experiment
d)
The exact same thing as probability
73.
If we were rolling a dice and recording the number on it, what would the sample space be?
a)
(1,2)
b)
(1,2,3,4)
c)
(1,2,3,4,5,6)
d)
(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
74.
If we were rolling a dice and recording if the number rolled was even or odd? What would the sample space be?
a)
(1,2)
b)
(1,2,3,4)
c)
(1,2,3,4,5,6)
d)
(even, odd)
75.
If I have a sample space of (1,2,3,4,5,6), how many possible outcomes are in this sample space?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
6
d)
1x2x3x4x5x6=36
76.
If I have a sample space of (2,4,6,8), how many possible outcomes are in this sample space?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
77.
What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting tails?
a)
1/2
b)
1/3
c)
1/4
d)
1/6
78.
Determine whether the event is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, or certain. You flip a fair coin and the coin will land heads up.
a)
impossible
b)
unlikely
c)
as likely as not
d)
likely
79.
What is the probability of spinning red?
a)
0
b)
1/2
c)
3/4
d)
1
80.
Find the experimental probability:
Roll dice: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4
P(3) =
a)
3/5
b)
1/6
c)
2/5
d)
1/3
81.
Find the experimental probability:
Roll dice: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4
P(1) =
a)
3/5
b)
1/6
c)
2/5
d)
1/5
82.
How many outcomes do you have when you flip a coin and roll a die?
a)
2
b)
6
c)
12
d)
8
83.
What is experimental probability?
a)
What should happen based on logic
b)
What actually happens based on results
84.
If you flip a quarter then roll a die, how many possible outcomes are there? (draw a tree diagram if you want.)
a)
12
b)
36
c)
24
d)
8
85.
List the sample space (i.e., all the possible outcomes) for selecting a letter from the word probability
a)
p, r, o, b, a, i, I, t, y
b)
p, r, o, b, a, i, i, I, t, y
c)
p, r, o, b, b, a, i, I, t, y
d)
p, r, o, b, a, I, t, y
86.
List the possible outcomes in the sample space for picking a letter from the word classroom.
a)
c, l, a, s, r, o, and m.
b)
c, l, a, s, s, r, o, and m.
c)
c, l, a, s, s, r, o, o, and m.
d)
c, l, a, s, r, o, o, and m.
87.
How many outcomes when choosing a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) and then a number (2 or 6)?
a)
7
b)
5
c)
10
d)
12
88.
What is sample space?
a)
All of the Outcomes
b)
What Will Happen
c)
What Can Happen
d)
What I want to Happen
89.
Which of the following is a list of all possible outcomes?
a)
sample space
b)
probability
c)
odds
d)
experimental probability
90.
Probability can only be values between which two numbers?
a)
0 to 2
b)
0 to 10
c)
0 to 5
d)
0 to 1
91.
What is the likelihood of a coin landing on 2?
a)
impossible
b)
unlikely
c)
as likely as unlikely
d)
likely
92.
What is the likelihood of flipping heads on a coin?
a)
impossible
b)
unlikely
c)
as likely as not
d)
likely
93.
Which of the following probabilities would you say is "unlikely"?
a)
0.01
b)
0.2
c)
0.51
d)
0.9
94.
Which of the following probabilities would you say is "almost impossible"?
a)
0.01
b)
0.2
c)
0.51
d)
0.9
95.
An event with a probability close to 1 is......
a)
certain to happen
b)
unlikely to happen
c)
as likely as not to happen
d)
likely to happen
96.
A bag contains 5 blue marbles and 15 green marbles. What is the likelihood of choosing a blue marble?
a)
certain
b)
unlikely
c)
impossible
d)
likely
97.
The word which has the same meaning as improbable is the word
a)
unlikely
b)
impossible
c)
certain
d)
likely
98.
The word which has the same meaning as certain is the word
a)
definite
b)
possible
c)
likely
d)
probable
99.
What is a sample space?
a)
The set containing some outcomes of an experiment
b)
The set containing no outcomes of an experiment
c)
The set containing every outcome of an experiment
d)
The exact same thing as probability
100.
Tree diagrams are useful because...
a)
they are cool to draw.
b)
they show you pictures of the food.
c)
they show you all possible outcomes.
d)
they only show you the best choices.
101.
The chance of an event happening is called...
a)
Event
b)
Result
c)
Outcome
d)
Probability
102.
The set of all the possible outcomes is called:
a)
Result
b)
Sample Space
c)
Probability
d)
Event
Reset
