SP.7a

There are 6 red gumballs, 6 blue gumballs, 6 yellow gumballs, 6 green gumballs, and 6 purple gumballs in a gumball machine. If a student randomly selects 1 gumball from the machine, what is the probability that the student selects a red gumball?

• 0.2

• 0.25

• 0.75

• 0.8

There are 2 squares, 2 triangles, 2 hexagons, and 2 circles in a teacher’s bag of shapes. If a student randomly selects 1 shape from the bag, what is the probability that the student selects a circle?

• 0.75

• 0.5

• 0.25

• 0.2

A teacher spins a spinner divided into 3 equal sections to assign students to complete a test, project, or paper for the final assignment. What is the probability that a student will be assigned to complete a project for the final assignment?

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 3/4

Students in a gym class are randomly assigned to study the rules of baseball, football, or soccer for a class project using a spinner divided into three equal sections, as shown. If the teacher spins the spinner to assign the first student to a sport, what is the probability the student will be assigned to study the rules of football?

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 3/4

A student has a fair spinner with 8 equal regions. The student colors 2 regions green, 3 regions blue, 2 regions pink, and 1 region purple. What is the expected probability of the spinner landing in a pink region on the first spin?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 2/1

• 4/1

Julia is playing a word game with tiles, where each tile has a single letter printed on it. From a bag, she draws 4 tiles with the letters E, L, P, and P. Julia decides to arrange the letters in every possible order. What fraction of the total number of different combinations of letters will begin with the letter P?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/12

Consider the spinner shown in the figure. What is the probability that the arrow will land on a section labeled with a number less than 5?

• 62.5%

• 50%

• 75%

• 1/2

• 5/8