Simple Probability

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

• 1/10

• 1/20

• 2/20

What is the probability of spinning an even number? 

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 3/6

• 4/6

What is the probability of spinning green?

• 3/12

• 5/12

• 1/12

• 3/9

What is the probability of spinning green or blue?

• 3/12

• 5/12

• 6/12

• 3/4

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

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

The chart below represents the number of marbles in a jar. Probability of choosing green?

• 0.263

• 0.357

• 0.131

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?

• 10/12

• 2/12

• 6/12

• 4/12

There are 23 marbles, each a different color in a bag. One of them is pink. What is the probability of reaching in to the bag, without looking, and selecting a pink marble?

• 1/22
• 1/23
• 23/1

What is the probability of the spinner landing on an even number?

• 1/8

• 4/8, or 1/2

• 2/8, or 1/4

• 1/3

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue, 1 yellow and 4 green. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

• 3/10

• 4/10

• 2/10

• 3/7