Coin
Spinner
Coins in Pocket
Different Events
Dependent Events
100

You flip a coin twice.  The first flip lands

tails-up and the second flip lands

heads-up.

1/4

100

A spinner has an equal chance of landing

on each of its six numbered regions.  You

spin twice.  The first spin lands in region

five and the second spin lands in region

two.

1/36

100

There are eight nickels and four dimes in

your pocket.  You randomly pick a coin

out of your pocket and then return it to

your pocket.  Then you randomly pick

another coin.  Both times the coin is a

nickel.

64/144 OR 4/9

100

You roll a 5 on a dice and pick an Ace out of a standard deck of cards.

4/312 or 1/78

100

There are ten shirts in your closet, five

blue and five green.  You randomly select

one to wear on Monday and then a

different one on Tuesday.  You wear a blue

shirt on Monday and a green shirt on

Tuesday.

25/90 OR 5/18

200

You flip a coin four times.  The coin lands

heads-up the first two times and then lands

tails-up the remaining two times.

1/16

200

A spinner has an equal chance of landing

on each of its seven numbered regions. 

You spin twice.  The first spin lands in

region three and the second spin lands in

region two.

1/49

200

There are seven nickels and five dimes in

your pocket.  You randomly pick a coin

out of your pocket and then return it to

your pocket.  Then you randomly pick

another coin.  The first coin is a nickel and

the second coin is a dime.

35/144

200

You flip a coin three times and then roll a

fair six-sided die once.  The coin lands

tails-up every time and the die shows a

one.

1/48

200

You flip a coin five times.  The coin lands

heads-up the first three times and then

lands tails-up the remaining two times.

1/32

200

There are seven nickels and four dimes in

your pocket.  Three times, you randomly

pick a coin out of your pocket, return it to

your pocket, and then mix-up the change

in your pocket.  All three times, the coin is

a nickel.

343/1331

200

You flip a coin four times and then roll a

fair six-sided die three times.  The coin

lands tails-up every time and the die

shows an odd number every time.

1/128

300

A spinner has an equal chance of landing

on each of its four numbered regions.  You

spin five times.  The first spin lands in

region one and the remaining spins land

in region three.

1/1024

300

There are eight nickels and six dimes in

your pocket.  Three times, you randomly

pick a coin out of your pocket, return it to

your pocket, and then mix-up the change

in your pocket.  The first time, the coin is

a nickel.  The second time, it's a dime. 

The third time, it's a nickel.

48/343

300

You flip a coin three times and then roll a

fair six-sided die five times.  The coin

lands tails-up every time and the die

shows an odd number every time.

1/256

300

A cooler contains twelve bottles of sports

drink: five lemon-lime flavored and seven

orange flavored.  You randomly grab a

bottle and give it to your friend.  Then,

you randomly grab a bottle for yourself. 

You and your friend both get lemon-lime.

20/132 OR 5/33

500

You:

Roll an odd number on a dice. AND

Pick a Red Queen from a deck of cards. AND

Tails on a coin flip. AND

You OR your friend randomly get chosen out of a hat of 13 names.


12/8112 OR 1/676

500

There are six boys and eight girls in a

class.  The teacher randomly selects three

different students to answer questions. 

The first student is a girl, the second

student is a boy, and the third student is a

girl.

336/2184 OR 2/13