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What's the Probability of That?!?

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Question 1

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A gardener has a variety bag of tulip bulbs to plant. The bag contains 8 bulbs for yellow tulips, 6 bulbs for pink tulips, and 11 bulbs for red tulips. He randomly selects and plants seven of the tulip bulbs around his mailbox. Which is the correct set up for determing what the probability is that all of them are yellow?

Question 2

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A gardener has a variety bag of tulip bulbs to plant. The bag contains 8 bulbs for yellow tulips, 6 bulbs for pink tulips, and 11 bulbs for red tulips. She randomly selects and plants five of the tulip bulbs in a planter for on her porch. Which is the correct set up for determing what the probability is that all of them are red?

Question 3

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Each semester at Penn Hills High School, the students who are on the Honor Roll are entered into a drawing for prizes. Three prizes are randomly awarded to eligible students each semester. Students can only win one prize per semester. For this semester, there are 70 boys and 90 girls who are eligible. Which is the correct set up for determing what the probability is that all three prizes will go to a boy?

Question 4

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Each semester at Penn Hills High School, the students who are on the Honor Roll are entered into a drawing for prizes. Three prizes are randomly awarded to eligible students each semester. Students can only win one prize per semester. For this semester, there are 70 boys and 90 girls who are eligible. Which is the correct set up for determing what the probability is that all three prizes will go to a girl?

Question 5

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Each semester at Penn Hills High School, the students who are on the Honor Roll are entered into a drawing for prizes. Three prizes are randomly awarded to eligible students each semester. Students can only win one prize per semester. For this semester, there are 70 boys and 90 girls who are eligible. Which is the correct set up for determing what the probability is that a girl will win the first two prizes and a boy will win the third prize?

Question 6

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Each semester at Penn Hills High School, the students who are on the Honor Roll are entered into a drawing for prizes. Three prizes are randomly awarded to eligible students each semester. Students can only win one prize per semester. For this semester, there are 70 boys and 90 girls who are eligible. Which is the correct set up for determing what the probability is that a boy will win the first prize and a girl will win the second and the third prize?

Question 7

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200 people bought tickets for a local raffle. The tickets are placed in a large bowl from which prize-winning tickets are randomly drawn. Five prizes are to be given away. The eight members of the Yowler family each bought one ticket. If a winning ticket is put back into the bowl after it is drawn, which is the correct set up for determining the probability that the Yowler family wins all five prizes?

Question 8

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200 people bought tickets for a local raffle. The tickets are placed in a large bowl from which prize-winning tickets are randomly drawn. Five prizes are to be given away. The eight members of the Yowler family each bought one ticket. If a winning ticket is NOT put back into the bowl after it is drawn, which is the correct set up for determining the probability that the Yowler family wins all five prizes?

Question 9

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200 people bought tickets for a local raffle. The tickets are placed in a large bowl from which prize-winning tickets are randomly drawn. Five prizes are to be given away. The eight members of the Yowler family each bought one ticket. If a winning ticket is put back into the bowl after it is drawn, which is the correct set up for determining the probability that the Yowler family does not win any of the five prizes?

Question 10

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200 people bought tickets for a local raffle. The tickets are placed in a large bowl from which prize-winning tickets are randomly drawn. Five prizes are to be given away. The eight members of the Yowler family each bought one ticket. If a winning ticket is NOT put back into the bowl after it is drawn, which is the correct set up for determining the probability that the Yowler family does not win any of the five prizes?

Question 11

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A candyjar contains 12 caramels, 7 mints, and 16 butterscotch candies. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that you randomly grab a caramel and a butterscotch candy at the same time when you reach in?

Question 12

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There are 45 boys on the roster of the football team: 3 are quarterbacks, 10 are offensive lineman, 6 are defensive lineman, 4 are running backs, 6 are linebackers, 8 are defensive backs, 1 is a kicker and 7 are receivers. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that if two players are chosen at random to fill up the water coolers, the first is a running back and the second is a linebacker?

Question 13

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The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are each written on separate slips of paper and placed in a bowl. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that you randomly pull out a slip of paper with a vowel on it, place it back in the bowl and then randomly pull out a slip of paper with the letter M on it?

Question 14

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Mrs. Gantert buys two dozen cookies at B's Bakery: 8 snickerdoodles, 6 gingersnaps, and 10 sugar cookies. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that Mrs. Gantert reaches in to her bag of cookies and randomly pulls out three snickerdoodle cookies all at the same time?

Question 15

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Mrs. Gantert buys two dozen cookies at B's Bakery: 8 snickerdoodles, 6 gingersnaps, and 10 sugar cookies. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that Mrs. Gantert reaches in to her bag of cookies and randomly pulls out two sugar cookies and then a gingersnap?

Question 16

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Mrs. Gantert has purchased this dry erase marker set for use in her classroom. She has a rack on her whiteboard that she dumps all of the markers in to so she can easily grab them while she is teaching. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that Mrs. Gantert reaches in to the rack and randomly pulls out two blue dry erase markers at the same time?

Question 17

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Kameron is walking through the mall and notices that Hot Topic has a bin with a poster of each of the following Marvel characters. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that Kameron randomly pulls out two posters that both have male characters on them?

Question 18

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Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that in a standard deck of 52 playing cards (as shown) you randomly select a card with a king on it, replace it back in the deck, reshuffle, and then randomly select another card with a king on it?

Question 19

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Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that in a standard deck of 52 playing cards (as shown) you randomly select four cards without replacement, and all four have the same suit: diamonds?

Question 20

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Leah has the following comic book collection and is excited to share some with her friend, Nicholas, who is also a big fan of Marvel. Which is the correct set up for determining the probability that Leah randomly selects three comic books to share with Nicholas and the first one she grabs is an X-men comic book, the second one she grabs is a Spiderman comic book, and the third one she grabs is a HULK comic book?