Simple Events
A number cub 1 -6 is rolled. Chances of rolling a 2 or 5?
2/6 or 1/3
Shakes come in small , medium and large. The flavors are vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and caramel. This is the number of possible ways to order a shake.
12
Popcorn comes in plain and buttered, junior, small, medium, large and extra large sizes. This is the probability that the first customer will order a small buttered popcorn.
1/10
You flip a coin and roll a dice. Find the P(tails and 3)
1/12
A bag of marbles contains 3 red, 4 blue, 1 green. If a marble is pulled and set aside and a second marble is pulled, what is the probability that the first marble is red and the second marble is green?
3/56
A spinner has 6 equal sections, red, blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink. What is the probability that the spinner will land on yellow?
1/6
A truck comes in 2 door, extended cab, and 4 door. The available colors are red, black, white, green, and blue. This is the number of ways the manufacturer can produce the truck
15
A candy bar comes in milk and dark and in mini, fun, reular, and king sizes. This is the probability of someone buying a mini dark bar
1/8
You have 10 cards, 1- 10. If you draw one and return it and draw a second card, what is the probability that they will both be even.
1/4
You have 10 cards, 1 -10. If you draw one and set aside and draw a second card, what is the probability that they will both be even?
2/9
A spinner has 10 equal sections 1 - 10. When spun, what is the probability of a number lesson than 7
6/10 or 3/5
M&Ms come in blue, green, red, yellow, orange, and brown. They can also be plain, peanut, pretzel and dark chocolate. This is the number of different ways you can eat an M&M
24
Hats come in child, adult, and fitted sizes. The colors are black, red, yellow, orange, and tan. This is the probability of someone buying a child's red hat.
1/15
You draw one card from a 52 card deck, return it to the deck and then draw a second card. What is the probability that they will both be hearts
1/16
You draw one card from a deck of 52, set aside and draw a second card. What is the probability that both cards are queens?
12/2652 or 1/221
A drawer contains 20 socks: 8 blue, 4, green, 6 blakc, and 2 white. What is the probability of picking out a blue sock?
8/20 or 2/5
A shirt comes in s, m, and l, and xl. The color choices are blue, pink, black, blue, yellow, red, green, and white. What are the total number of ways you can order your shirt?
32
A restaurant has plates with 1, 2, 3, 4 of the same item. The food choices are tacos, enchiladas, flautas, quesadillas, and burritos. What is the probability a customer will order a plate with 3 tacos?
1/20
You have a coin and flip it 4 times. What is the probability that you will get tails all 4 times?
1/16
A bag contains 3 red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. If you draw one, set is aside, and draw again, find the probability that both are red.
6/90 or 1/15
A class has 20 boys and 12 girls. What is the chance that the teacher will choose a girl to answer the question?
12/32 or 3/8
At the movies, there are 3 sodas with a dozen different collectors' cups. How many different possibilities are there for your drink?
36
1 can in a 2 cases of 24 sodas has a broken tab. What is the probability that you will pick that can?
1/48
The average NBA player makes his free throws 4/5 times. What are the chances of making two free throws in a row?
16/25
Tamika has $2.50 in quarters in her pocket, including four state quarters. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a quarter, and without replacing it, pulls out another quarter. What is the probability that they are both state quarters
12/90 or 2/15