Probability One Then Other

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

A coin and a six sided die are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 

A quiz contains 5 true or false questions. If you forgot to study and do not know the answer to them and guess, what is the probability of getting them all right? HINT: What is the probability of getting a True or False question correct on a test

• 1/60

• 1/32

• 1/6

• 1/2

A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 3 orange marbles. Mrs. Cox picks one without looking, replaces it and picks another one. What is the probability that she picks two that are not orange?

• 9/16

• 3/4

• 9/144

• 5/16

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 3? 

• 1/12

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/2

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a green marble, putting it aside, and then drawing another green marble?

• 15/136

• 30/289

• Other

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

Ricardo has the spinner pictured here and a bag of marbles filled with 2 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What is the probability that Ricardo spins red on the spinner and picks a red marble out of the bag?

• 1 ⁄ 16

• 1 ⁄ 2

• 1 ⁄ 4

• 1 ⁄ 8

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?

• 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?

• 1/12

• 1/2

• 5/6

• 5/72