Finding probability
Answer with impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, certain
rolling a die and getting a 5 times in a row
unlikely
A baseball coach has 4 pitchers, 3 catchers, and 2 shortstops on his team. How many different combinations of players can he use for the positions?
24 different combinations
Cam hit the bull's eye in darts 3 times out of 15 throws. What is the probability that Cam's next throw will hit the bull's eye? (Write your answer as a simplified fraction)
1/5
What is the probability of flipping a coin and landing on heads?
1/2
Independent
Answer with impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, certain
Drawing a red marble from a bag of blue and white marbles
impossible
You take 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, and 2 pairs of shoes on vacation. How many different outfits can you make?
30 different outfits
Jenny is a soccer goalie. If she has 21 out of 25 saves in practice, what is the probability that she will have a save on the next shot goal? (write your answer as a simplified fraction)
21/25
What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 2 on a standard die? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
2/3
Find the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads and then rolling a 6 on a die.
1/2 x 1/6 = 1/12
Answer with impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, certain
Randomly drawing a blue or red card from a deck of blue and red cards
certain
An ice cream shop offers 5 different flavors of ice cream with 8 different toppings. How many desserts are possible if you can choose one flavor and one topping?
40 desserts
Jeremiah is greeting customers at a music store. Of the first 25 people he sees enter the store, 16 are wearing jackets, and 9 are not. What is the probability that the next person to enter the store will be wearing a jacket? (Write your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.)
16/25
In a deck of 52 cards, there are 13 diamonds. What is the probability of drawing a diamond from a shuffled deck of cards? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
1/4
Micah has five $1 bills, three $10 bills, and two $20 bills in her wallet. She picks two bills at random. What is the probability of her picking the two $20 bills? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
1/45
Answer with impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, certain
Rolling an even number on a normal die
as likely as not
A school band is getting new uniforms, and they have the option of black or white pants, blue, black, red, white, or grey shirts, and a red or white hat. How many total outfit combinations can you make?
20 total combinations
During archery practice, Terri hits the target on 14 out of 20 tries. What is the probability that she will hit the target on her next try? (Write your answer as a simplified fraction.)
7/10
Andy has 20 marbles in a bag. Of these, 9 are clear, and 11 are blue. What is the probability of drawing a clear marble? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
9/20
Picking a red checker from a bag of 9 black and 6 red checkers, replacing it, and picking another red checker. (write answer as a simplified fraction)
4/25
Answer with impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, certain
Answering a true or false question correctly
as likely as not
A restaurant has 6 appetizers, 11 entrees, 8 beverages, and 5 desserts on the menu. How many possible outcomes are there if you have 1 app, 1 beverage, 1 entree, and 1 dessert?
2,640 possible
While bowling Becca bowls a strike on 6 out of 15 tries. What is the probability that her next bowl will be a strike? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
2/5
There are 11 boys and 16 girls in Mr. Johnson's class. Mr. Johnson has written the name of each student on a stick.
He randomly draws a stick. What is the probability that he will draw a boy's name? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
11/27
Randy has 4 pennies, 2 nickels, and 3 dimes in his pocket. If he randomly chooses 2 coins, what is the probability that both are dimes? (write answer as a simplified fraction)
1/12