PROBABILITY Simple 7.6E MUp

Larissa is planning on doing a magic trick for her friend Tom. She holds these playing cards in her hand. If Tom draws a card at random, what is the probability that he will draw a heart?

• 4 out of 10

• 4 out of 9

• 3 out of 9

• 3 out of 10

The cards shown above are picked up, shuffled, and placed facedown in a stack. What is the probability that the top card in the stack does NOT have an odd number on it?

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 4/9

• 5/9

Cleo is making a model of the 9 planets in the solar system, and she needs Mars and Pluto. The clerk at the hobby shop draws a planet at random from a bin that has one of each planet in the solar system. What is the probability that he will NOT draw one of the two planets Cleo needs?

• 1/9

• 2/9

• 2/3

• 7/9

Marcus spins a spinner like the one pictured above. What are the odds against the spinner landing on a vowel?

• 1 to 4

• 1 to 3

• 3 to 1

• 4 to 1

Jade put 3 green tiles, 7 red tiles, and 11 orange tiles in a box. If she closes her eyes and picks a tile, what is the probability that the tile will NOT be green?

• 1/7

• 1/3

• 11/21

• 6/7

Bill reaches into a bag filled with colored tiles and chooses 1 tile. The bag has 5 blue tiles, 4 green tiles, 3 yellow tiles, and 8 red tiles. What is the probability that Bill will choose a tile that is NOT green?

• 1/5

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 4/5

Each group for the presentations was named by letter. Groups were named A–H. The letters were put into a hat to decide which group did the presentation first.

A B C D E F G H

What is the probability that Group A or Group C will go first?

• 6 out of 8

• 4 out of 8

• 2 out of 8

• 8 out of 8

Lisa is getting some ice cream at an ice cream shop. She is going to get one scoop and can choose from chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or chocolate chip. What is the probability that she will choose strawberry or chocolate chip?

• 1/16

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

Preston placed 4 white marbles, 6 blue marbles, and 8 yellow marbles in a bag. If he picks a marble without looking, what is the probability that the marble will NOT be blue?

• 1/3

• 4/9

• 2/3

• 7/9

Joan counted the number of eggs in some chickens' nests. Using her data, what is the probability that the next nest will have 4 eggs?

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4