Compound Probability or vs And

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number greater than 2? Simplify.

• 1/12

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/3

Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it twice in a row. What is the probability that she lands on blue first and then on yellow or green? Simplify.

• 1 / 16

• 1 ⁄ 6

• 1 ⁄ 8

• 3 ⁄ 4

When using a 6-sided number cube, what is the probability or rolling a 3, then not rolling a 3, and then rolling an even number? Simplify.

• 1/12

• 1/2

• 5/6

• 5/72

Find the probability of each set of independent events. Rolling a six on the first roll of a 1-6 number cube and rolling an odd number on the second roll of the same cube. Simplify.

• 1/12

• 1/6

• 1/8

• 1/2

The sample space tree diagram for a team of three students is shown.  What is the probability that the team would consist of at least 2 girls?

• ½

• ⅜

• ¾

• ⅙

Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it. What is the probability that she lands on blue or on yellow? Simplify.

• 1 / 16

• 1 ⁄ 2

• 1 ⁄ 8

• 3 ⁄ 4

A number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a 6 on the first roll, then a number less than 5 on the second roll? 

• 2/3

• 5/36

• 1/9

• 1/36

Sarah has two spinners.  Spinner A has six equal sections and spinner B has eight equal sections. Sarah will spin the two spinners at the same time.  What is the probability that both spinners will land on a color that is not red?

• 1/6

• 7/6

• 4/7

• 1/3

The probability of two or more simple events occuring at the same time is called...

• identity property

• probability

• compound probability

• sample space

• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/6