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Probability

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Shannon has a bag of jelly beans. She removed on jelly bean, recording the color, and then replaced it. She repeated the process several times and record her results in the table. What is the experimental probability of her selecting a red jelly bean?

a)

11/33

b)

1/3

c)

11/44

d)

18/26

2.

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red? Write it in simplest form. 

a)

3/10

b)

3/9

c)

1/9

d)

1/3

3.

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy? Write in simplest form. 

a)

2/18

b)

1/9

c)

2/20

d)

1/10

4.

A spinner has 8 sections: 2 purple, 2 yellow, 3 blue, and 1 red.
What is the probability of spinning and landing on a color that is not yellow?

a)

P(not yellow) = 6/8

b)

P(not yellow) = 2/8

c)

P(not yellow) = 6

5.

A spinner has 8 sections: 2 purple, 2 yellow, 3 blue, and 1 red.
What is the probability of spinning and landing on a blue or purple section?

a)

P(blue or purple) = 2/8

b)

P(blue or purple) = 3

c)

P(blue or purple) = 5/8

6.

P(not A) = 
*Remember to simplify.*

a)

6/8

b)

3/4

c)

2/8

d)

1/4

7.

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%

8.

What is the probability of spinning the spinner and landing on 7?

a)

6/8

b)

1/8

c)

7/8

d)

8/8

9.

What is the probability of spinning the spinner and landing on a number?

a)

1/2

b)

0

c)

5/8

d)

1

10.

Experimental Probability is:

a)

What Will happen 

b)

What actually happens

c)

What should happen

d)

What I think Happens

11.

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.

12.

A bag has 10 marbles:  3 blue, 2 yellow, 4 red, and 1 purple.
What is the probability of picking out a purple marble?

a)

3/10

b)

1/10

c)

4/10

13.

The probability of flipping a coin and landing on tails is 1/2.
If you flip the coin 100 times, approximately how many times could you expect to land on tails?

a)

50 times

b)

100 times

c)

200 times

14.

A game involves conducting an experiment and gathering data to find the experimental probability of an event. What is a good first step for finding the experimental probability of an event?

a)

Make a square to show an area model and then divide the sections in equal sections.

b)

Determine the outcomes of the event and make a table to record results.

c)

Multiply the probability of the first event and the probability of the second event.

d)

Make a table to show results and divide the results in equal amounts according to the outcomes.

15.

A container has 1 blue block and 3 yellow blocks. You want to make the probability of randomly selecting a green block equal to 50%. How many green blocks should you add?

a)

1 green block

b)

4 green blocks

c)

10 green blocks

d)

5 green blocks

16.

The game show host asks students to choose a marble at random. What is another way to describe the word random?

a)

To select based on the color most preferred

b)

To select all the marbles at one time

c)

To select the color of marbles least preferred

d)

To select with no regard to order or preference

17.

A dartboard has 4 equal sections, of which 2 are orange.
What is the probability that a dart will land in an orange section?

a)

1/2

b)

2/4

c)

50%

d)

All of the above

18.

An amusement park has 18 attractions, including 8 arcades.
What is the probability that a randomly selected attraction at this amusement park will be an arcade?

a)

8/18

b)

4/9

c)

44%

d)

All of the above

19.

Brooke has a box of crayons. 45 are yellow, 12 are green, 25 are blue, and 7 are red. If Brooke selects a crayon at random, which color crayon would she be most likely to select?

a)

yellow

b)

green

c)

blue

d)

red

20.

A restaurant surveys customers with the following results: 8 pizzas, 12 hamburgers, 14 pastas, and 6 steaks. What is the experimental probability of pizza or steak?

P(pizza or steak)

a)

20%

b)

65%

c)

50%

d)

35%