Simple Probability

What is the probability of spinning a red or spinning a yellow?

• 1/8

• 1/16

• 1/2

• 1/3

What is the probability of spinning a yellow, green, or blue?

• 3/4

• 1/12

• 1/3

• 1/16

What is the probability of selecting an orange candy?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

The following M & M colors are in the bowl:

4 yellow, 6 orange, 3 green, 5 blue, 2 brown

What is the probability of selecting a brown candy?

• 2/18

• 1/9

• 2/20

• 2/10

Is the spinner more likely or less likely to land
on green than yellow?

• more likely
• less likely

Find the probability of rolling a 7 on a single die.

• 1/6
• 7/6
• 0
• 7/7

What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting tails?

• 1/2
• 1/3
• 1/4
• Never, Tails never fails.

What is the probability of spinning red?

• 0
• 1/2
• 3/4
• 1

The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is a vowel?

• 8/121
• 4/11
• 2/11
• 4/121

A bag of candy contains 2 red, 4 yellow, and 4 green candies.

P(NOT red or yellow) =

• 3/5

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 4/5