Probability of Compound Events

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What is the probability of rolling a 6 on a number cube?

Back

1/6

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What is the probability of rolling a number less than 5 on a number cube?

Back

2/3

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What is a compound event in probability?

Back

An event that combines two or more simple events.

Front

How do you calculate the probability of two independent events occurring together?

Back

Multiply the probabilities of each event.

Front

What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red marble from a bag with 3 red, 2 blue, and 4 yellow marbles?

Back

1/3

Front

If a spinner has 4 equal sections (2 red, 1 green, 1 blue), what is the probability of spinning red?

Back

1/2

Front

What is the probability of spinning red on a spinner and then picking a red marble from a bag of 2 red, 3 green, and 3 blue marbles?

Back

1/16

Front

What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a number cube?

Back

1/3

Front

What is the probability of spinning blue on a spinner?

Back

Depends on the number of blue sections compared to total sections.

Front

What is the probability of landing on red the first spin and green the second spin on a spinner with equal sections?

Back

Multiply the probabilities of each spin.