Intro to Probability Practice

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Probability can be written as ...

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Kerry is picking marbles out of a bag. Out of which bag would it be impossible to choose a white marble?

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Correctly match each percentage to each term.

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I have 4 yellow marbles and 8 blue marbles in a bag. What is the probability that I will pick a blue?

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Kevin has 5 coins in his pocket. A dime, 2 pennies, a quarter, and a nickel. If Kevin randomly picks one coin out of his pocket. What would the probability he pick the penny? Select all APPLY

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A person has 40 songs downloaded to their smartphone and has the phone set to a random shuffle. The classification of the 40 songs could be described as: 5 Country songs, 10 Classical pieces, 15 Hip Hop, 5 Rap, and 5 Pop Songs.

What is the probability that the next song played is Classical music?

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Based on the teacher’s opinion, she thinks there is about a 75% chance that all of the students will pass the State Department’s End of Course Test.

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Jessica doesn’t have any idea of what the answer is on one of her multiple-choice questions like this problem. The problem has 4 possible choices. After she guesses the answer, she realized that she has a 25% chance of getting that question correct. What type of probability did she use?

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What is the probability of a complement of A? Remember to simplify your answer.

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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? (Make sure you simplify your answer)

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The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar. What is the probability of picking green?
(make sure to simplify your answer)

P(green) =

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A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue, 4 greens and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

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What is the probability of the spinner landing on red?

P(RED) =

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What is the approximate Probability of drawing a Red Face Card from a standard deck of shuffled cards?

P( RED FACE CARD) =

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What is the approximate Probability of drawing a QUEEN (Q) from a standard deck of shuffled cards?

P( QUEEN) =

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What is the probability of rolling a single dice to a number greater than 4?
P(>4) =

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If P(A) = 0.54, what is the P(A)' = .... ?

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If P(B) = 0.32, what is P(B)' = ....?

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The probability of raining today is 30%. What is the probability that it will NOT rain today?

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Probability can be written as ...

Kerry is picking marbles out of a bag. Out of which bag would it be impossible to choose a white marble?

Correctly match each percentage to each term.

I have 4 yellow marbles and 8 blue marbles in a bag. What is the probability that I will pick a blue?

Kevin has 5 coins in his pocket. A dime, 2 pennies, a quarter, and a nickel. If Kevin randomly picks one coin out of his pocket. What would the probability he pick the penny? Select all APPLY

A person has 40 songs downloaded to their smartphone and has the phone set to a random shuffle. The classification of the 40 songs could be described as: 5 Country songs, 10 Classical pieces, 15 Hip Hop, 5 Rap, and 5 Pop Songs. What is the probability that the next song played is Classical music?

Based on the teacher’s opinion, she thinks there is about a 75% chance that all of the students will pass the State Department’s End of Course Test.

Jessica doesn’t have any idea of what the answer is on one of her multiple-choice questions like this problem. The problem has 4 possible choices. After she guesses the answer, she realized that she has a 25% chance of getting that question correct. What type of probability did she use?

What is the probability of a complement of A? Remember to simplify your answer.

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? (Make sure you simplify your answer)

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar. What is the probability of picking green?(make sure to simplify your answer)P(green) =

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue, 4 greens and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

What is the probability of the spinner landing on red?P(RED) =

What is the approximate Probability of drawing a Red Face Card from a standard deck of shuffled cards?P( RED FACE CARD) =

What is the approximate Probability of drawing a QUEEN (Q) from a standard deck of shuffled cards?P( QUEEN) =

What is the probability of rolling a single dice to a number greater than 4? P(>4) =

If P(A) = 0.54, what is the P(A)' = .... ?

If P(B) = 0.32, what is P(B)' = ....?

The probability of raining today is 30%. What is the probability that it will NOT rain today?

What is the "complement" of event of spinning the spinner to land on a prime number? (hint: prime # is 2,3,5,7,11,13.... Even # are divisible by 2)

A person has 40 songs downloaded to their smartphone and has the phone set to a random shuffle. The classification of the 40 songs could be described as: 5 Country songs, 10 Classical pieces, 15 Hip Hop, 5 Rap, and 5 Pop Songs.

What is the probability that the next song played is Classical music?

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar. What is the probability of picking green?
(make sure to simplify your answer)

P(green) =

What is the probability of the spinner landing on red?

P(RED) =

What is the approximate Probability of drawing a Red Face Card from a standard deck of shuffled cards?

P( RED FACE CARD) =

What is the approximate Probability of drawing a QUEEN (Q) from a standard deck of shuffled cards?

P( QUEEN) =

What is the probability of rolling a single dice to a number greater than 4?
P(>4) =

What is the "complement" of event of spinning the spinner to land on a prime number?
(hint: prime # is 2,3,5,7,11,13.... Even # are divisible by 2)