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Simple Probability and Odds

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name

Class

Date

What is the probability of spinning green?

1/4

1/2

3/4

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar.
P(green) =

5/19

10/28

5/14

Find the experimental probability of spinning Letter Q.

15/15

3/10

3/50

7/10

Find the experimental probability of spinning Letter Q.

15/15

3/10

3/50

7/10

The theoretical probability of rolling an even number on a dice.

3/6

1/2

1/6

5/6

The odds of an event happening are 3:8. What are the odds it does not happen?

8:3

3:11

11:3

8:11

What is probability?

A number between zero and one

The chance or the likelihood of an event happening

The favorable outcomes divided by all the possible outcomes.

All of the choices are true.

What are the odds in favor of randomly selecting a dime from a dish containing 11 pennies, 6 nickels, 5 dimes, and 3 quarters?

4:1

1:4

1:5

5:1

What are the odds in favor of spinning red?

7:5

5:12

5:7

3:12

10.

What are the odds against spinning green?

9:12

3:1

1:3

4:3

11.

The mathematical calculation that an event will happen in theory.

Simple Event

Simulation

Theoretical Probability

Tree Diagram

12.

All of the possible results of an event are called....

favorable outcomes

events

Outcomes

experiments

13.

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

8/26

4/13

8/25

1/3

14.

Probability is ...

the chance that some event will occur.

a game that involves coins.

a guarantee.

15.

Larissa is planning on doing a magic trick for her friend Tom. She holds these playing cards in her hand. If Tom draws a card at random, what is the probability that he will draw a heart?

4 out of 10

4 out of 9

3 out of 9

3 out of 10

16.

Cleo is making a model of the 9 planets in the solar system, and she needs Mars and Pluto. The clerk at the hobby shop draws a planet at random from a bin that has one of each planet in the solar system. What is the probability that he will NOT draw one of the two planets Cleo needs?

1/9

2/9

2/3

7/9

17.

Marcus spins a spinner like the one pictured above. What are the odds against the spinner landing on a vowel?

1 to 4

1 to 3

3 to 1

4 to 1

18.

Jade put 3 green tiles, 7 red tiles, and 11 orange tiles in a box. If she closes her eyes and picks a tile, what is the probability that the tile will NOT be green?

1/7

1/3

11/21

6/7

19.

Bill reaches into a bag filled with colored tiles and chooses 1 tile. The bag has 5 blue tiles, 4 green tiles, 3 yellow tiles, and 8 red tiles. What is the probability that Bill will choose a tile that is NOT green?

1/5

1/4

3/4

4/5

20.

Preston placed 4 white marbles, 6 blue marbles, and 8 yellow marbles in a bag. If he picks a marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble will NOT be blue?

1/3

4/9

2/3

7/9

100 %

Simple Probability and Odds

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 35mins

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