Probability, Tree Diagrams and Sample Space

How many outcomes are there with tossing a coin and rolling a dice?

• 2

• 6

• 12

• 24

What is the sample space?

• 6 bears

• orange, green, red, white, yellow

• unlikely

• 2 red bears

The cafeteria is serving three kinds of sandwiches:  tuna (T), chicken, (C), and peanut butter (P).  They are also serving a choice of two drinks:  milk (M) or water (W).  Which shows the CORRECT Sample Space List of possible combinations?

• TW, CW, PW

• TW, TM, TC, CW, PW

• TW, TM, CW, CM, PW, PM

• TCP, MW

During snack time, the students were offered their choice of either white or chocolate milk, and either chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies. How many variations were possible?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 6

Simon is having cereal for breakfast and has the five choices pictured. What is the sample space of choices?

• Honey Nut Cheerios

• Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios and Reese's Puffs

• Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Honey Nut Cheerios, Reese's Puffs and Rice Chex

• Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes, Honey Nut Cheerios, Reese's Puffs and Rice Chex

A(n) _____________________ is all the possible outcomes of an experiment.

• sample space

• trial

• experiment

• event

For breakfast, you can choose to eat cereal or a bagel and to drink coffee, OJ, tea, or water. What is the sample space of this situation?

• 2, because there are 2 things to choose from to eat.

• 4, because there are 4 things to choose from to drink

• 10, because I see 10 different words on the tree diagram

• 8, because there are 8 different outcomes (cereal, coffee) (cereal, OJ) (cereal, tea) (cereal, water) (bagel, coffee) (bagel, OJ) (bagel, tea) (bagel, water)

• Answer Choice A
• Answer Choice B
• Answer Choice C
• Answer Choice 

• Answer Choice A
• Answer Choice B
• Answer Choice C
• Answer Choice D

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

• 3/10

• 3/6

• 1/9

• 1/3