Spinners
Probability
Dice or Die
Marbles
Teacher's Choice
100
What is the probability of landing on a 6 with a spinner numbered 1-8?
1/8
100
What is the probability that when you toss a coin that it will land on heads?
1/2
100
What is the probability of rolling an even number using one die?
1/2
100
If I have a bag with 3 red marbles, two blue, 5 yellow and 6 green, what is the probability of pulling a red marble?
3/16
100
In 30 trials, a coin landed on heads 8 times. What is the experimental probability of landing on heads?
8/30 = 4/15.
200
What is the probability of spinning on A,B or a C on a spinner labeled A-Z alphabetically?
3/26
200
What is the probability of picking a multiple of 2 from the following data set?
1, 4, 7, 8, 16, 3, 2, 11, 13.
4/9
200
What is the probability of rolling a prime number using one die?
4/6 = 2/3
200
I have a box of M&M’s. There are 100 total candies in the box. 1/4 are red, 1/4 are orange and the rest are green and blue. Orange is are actually peanut butter M&M’s after a taste test. Yuck! What’s the probability of selecting a brown M&M?
0/100 or 0.
200
List the sample space in the following situation: a pair of white or green sandals are available in sizes 6, 7, and 8
W6, W7, W8, G6, G7, G8
300
If your options are two A’s, three B’s and one of C, D and E, what is the probability of landing your spinner on an E or B?
4/8 = 1/2
300
What is the probability of rolling two odd numbers using two dice?
9/36 = 1/4
300
What is the probability of rolling a multiple of 1 using one die?
6/6 = 1
300
True or False and explain why.
The probability of selecting any marble from from a bag that contains only red, blue, yellow, purple and black marbles is from a range of 0 to 1.
Again true or false and explain.
True! All probability is between 0 and 1. Over 1 is impossible.
300
Use the fundamental counting principle to find the total number of outcomes for: rolling a number cube and spinning a spinner with 8 equal sections.
48
400
The spinner is colored. 1/2 is red, 1/4 is blue, 1/8 is yellow and 1/8 is pink.
What is the probability of landing on a yellow or pink?
2/8 = 1/4
400
You roll two dice. What is the probability you get a 1 on both dice?
1/36
400
What is the probability of rolling a factor of 2 using two dice?
6/36 = 1/6
400
What is the probability of picking a green?
10/36 = 5/18
400
How many permutations are possible of the letters in the word FRIEND?
720
500
The spinner is colored. 1/2 is red, 1/4 is blue, 1/8 is yellow and 1/8 is pink.
What is the probability of landing on a blue or pink?
3/8
500
52 cards make up a deck. There are 13 diamond cards, 13 heart cards, 13 spade cards and 13 club cards. What is the probability of randomly selecting spade, heart or diamond card?
13+13+13= 39
39/52 = 3/4............3/4 is the answer!
500
What is the probability of rolling a divisor of 12 using two dice?
25/36
500
As a percent what is the probability of selecting a red marble?
3/10 = 30%
500
A letter is selected from the word LOVE, and a letter is selected from the word MATH. What is the probability that both will be a vowel?
2/4 x 1/4 = 2/16 = 1/8