Probability Test

In order to figure out who will go first in a game, your friend asks you to pick a number between 1 and 5. What are the possible outcomes?

• 1

• 1,2,3,4,5

• 5

If you flip a penny, how many possible results are there?

• 1

• 1,2

• 2

• heads, tails

A bag is filled with 4 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, 3 yellow marbles, and 2 green marbles. You randomly choose one marble from the bag. Find the number of ways the event can occur.

• 12

• 4

• 3

• 2

A bag is filled with 4 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, 3 yellow marbles, and 2 green marbles. You randomly choose a red marble from the bag. What are the favorable outcomes?

• red

• red, blue, yellow, green

• 4

• red,red,red,red

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List the possible outcomes in the sample space for flipping a coin.  

• heads
• tails
• heads and tails
• 1,2,3,4,5,6

Find the probability of drawing a 10 from a standard deck of 52 cards.

• 1 out of 52
• 13 out of 52
• 26 out of 52
• 4 out of 52

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Mrs. Elder has a box containing 6 cracker, 3 peppermints, 6 bubble gums, and 3 licorice sticks. If she randomly chooses one piece from the box, what is the probability that she will grab a cracker or a peppermint?

• peppermint
• 1/6
• 1/2
• 1/3

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What is the probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of cards?

• 1/52
• 13/52
• 1/2
• 4/52

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The following M & M colors are in the bowl:
4 yellow, 7 orange, 3 green, 5 blue
What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• unlikely
• certain 
• equally likely
• impossible 

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A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?

• 5/6
• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/6

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