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INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

If you randomly pick a letter from the word "PROBABILITY" , what is the sample space?

a)

{P,R,O,B,A,B,I,L,I,T,Y}

b)

{P,R,O,B,A,I,L,I,T,Y}

c)

{P,R,O,A,B,I,L,T,Y}

d)

{P,R,O,A,B,I,L,T,}

2.

A jar contains 3 red, 2 blue, and 5 green marbles. What is the sample space for randomly selecting one marble?

a)

{picking any color}

b)

{Red, Blue, Green}

c)

{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

d)

{1,2,3,4,5,6}

3.

Which of the following represents a correct sample space for flipping a coin three times?

a)

{H,T}

b)

{HHH,HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}

c)

{HHT, HTT, TTH,TTT}

d)

{HH, HT, TT}

4.

What is an example of an event when spinning a spinner with four equal sections labeled A, B, C, and D?

a)

Spinning the spinner

b)

Getting either A or B

c)

The spinner having four sections

d)

The spinner being round

5.

When rolling two-sided dice, how many possible outcomes exist in the sample space?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

36

d)

48

6.

What is the total number of possible outcomes when flipping two fair coins?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

7.

Which of the following is an example of an outcome?

a)

Rolling a 5 on a die

b)

Rolling an even number

c)

Tossing a coin

d)

Drawing a card from a deck

8.

If you draw a card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards, to hat is an example of an event?

a)

Drawing a red card

b)

The deck of 52 cards

c)

All four suits in the deck

d)

Shuffling the deck

9.

What is the sample space when rolling a six sided die?

a)

{1,2,3}

b)

{1,2,3,4,5,6}

c)

{even numbers}

d)

{odd numbers }

10.

A concept in probability that refers to the total possible outcomes.

a)

Sample space

b)

Event

c)

Experiment

d)

Sample space