Probability from Gimkit
One letter is randomly selected from the word MATH, and a second letter is randomly selected from the work JOKES. What is the probability that both letters are vowels?
1/10 (1/4 x 2/5)
What is the likelihood of picking a 3 out of a deck of 52 cards?
1/13
A box contains 5 purple marbles, 3, green marbles, and 2 orange marbles. Two consecutive draws are made from the box without replacing the first draw. What is the probability of drawing an orange marble and then a green marble?
1/15
Find the probability of spinning white then A when you spin both spinners.
1/15 (1/5 x 1/3=1/15)
A number is chosen at random from 1 to 10. Find the probability of selecting a multiple of 2.
1/2
If you draw two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards without replacement, find: the probability of drawing 2 aces.
1/221
Find the probability of spinning blue and rolling 2.
1/24 (1/4 x 1/6=1/24)
One marble is randomly drawn and not replaced from a jar containing two white marbles and one black marble. A second marble is drawn. Find the probability of drawing a white and then a black.
1/3
A club has 25 members, 20 boys and 5 girls. Two members are selected at random to serve as president and vice president. Find the probability that both members will be girls.
1/30
A face-down deck of cards contains 3 hearts, 5 diamonds, 3 clubs and 4 spades. What is the probability that the first two cards drawn will both be hearts?
1/35
You write each of the letters of the word LISTED on pieces of paper and place them in a bag. You randomly draw one letter, replace it, and then randomly draw a second letter. Find the probability of drawing an "L" and then a "T".
1/36
Two seniors, one from each government class are randomly selected to travel to Washington, D.C. Wes is in a class of 18 students and Maureen is in a class of 20 students. Find the probability that both Wes and Maureen will be selected.
1/360
Two cards are selected from a deck of cards numbered 1 - 10. Once a card is selected, it is replaced. Find the probably of selecting an even number the first time and then an even number the second time.
1/4
What is the probability of drawing a heart from a deck of 52 cards? (If there are 52 cards and 4 different suits, figure out how many cards would be hearts.)
1/4
Find the probability if you pick one marble, replace it, then pick a second marble: P(striped, striped)
1/4 (3/6 x 3/6=9/36)
Find the probability if you pick one marble, replace it, then pick a second marble: P(white, striped)
1/6 (2/6 x 3/6=6/36)
Find the probability of spinning yellow and rolling an even number.
1/8 (1/4 x 3/6=3/24)
Find the probability of spinning and not getting blue and rolling 5.
1/8 (3/4 x 1/6=3/24)
A bag contains 3 red balls and 4 green balls. You randomly draw one ball, replace it, and randomly draw a second ball. Find the probability of drawing a red ball the first time and then drawing a red ball the second time.
9/49
A bag contains 50 marbles, 28 red ones and 22 blue ones. A marble is picked at random from the bag. What is the probability of picking a blue marble?
11/25
In a group of 30 students, there are 14 girls and 4 of them can speak French. 6 of the 16 boys can speak French. If a student is selected randomly from the group, find the probability that the selected student is a girl who can speak French.
2/15
Find the probability of spinning striped then A when you spin both spinners.
2/15 (2/5 x 1/3 = 2/15)
A box contains 5 green marbles, 7 blue marbles and 3 orange marbles. Without looking, what is the probability that the first two picked will both be green?
2/21
probability that its letter will be A or L?
2/5
Find the probability of spinning NOT striped then B when you spin both spinners.
2/5 (3/5 x 2/3=2/5)
A box contains 5 purple marbles, 3, green marbles, and 2 orange marbles. Two consecutive draws are made from the box without replacement of the first draw. What is the probability of drawing a purple marble both times?
2/9
Find the probability if you pick one marble, replace it, then pick a second marble: P(white, not white)
2/9 (2/6 x 4/6=8/36)
In a class of 40 students, 8 are in the drama club and 12 are in the art club. If a student is selected at random, what is the probability that the selected student is in the art club?
3/10
Your drawer contains 9 red socks and 7 green socks. It's too dark to see which are which. What is the probability that the first two you pick are both red socks?
3/10
There are 5 black cats and 6 grey cats in a cage, and none of them want to be in there. The cage door opens briefly and two cats escape. What is the probability that both escaped cats are grey?
3/11
Bag A contains 9 red marbles and 3 green marbles. Bag B contains 9 black marbles and 6 orange marbles. Find the probability of selecting one green marble from bag A and one black marble from bag B.
3/20
There are 20 males and 15 females in your class. The teacher wants to appoint one person to be in charge of attendance. What is the probability that this person will be female?
3/7
Estimate the number of times you have to throw a die in order to roll the number six 50 times.
300
Ronald has 6 red pencils, 4 green pencils and 5 blue pencils. If he picks out one pencil without looking, what is the probability that he picks a green pencil?
4/15
Find the probability of spinning striped then B when you spin both spinners.
4/15 (2/5 x 2/3=4/15)
Find the probability of spinning NOT white then A when you spin both spinners.
4/15 (4/5 x 1/3=4/15)
If you draw two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards without replacement, find: the probability of drawing a face card first, ace second.
4/221
If you draw two cards from a standard deck of 52 cards without replacement, find: the probability of drawing a King first, Jack second.
4/663
draws are made from the box without replacement of the first draw. What is the probability of drawing a purple marble and then drawing a marble that is not purple?
5/18
What is the chance of rolling a even number in a fair number cube? Answer as a percent
50%
probability that the marble will be either white OR black?
6/7
Find the probability of spinning NOT white then B when you spin both spinners.
8/15 (4/5 x 2/3=8/15)
If you flip a coin, how likely is to land on heads?
As likely as not
You flip a coin and roll a dice. What is the sample space for this experiment?
H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6
What is the sample space of flipping 2 coins?
HH,TT,HT,TH
If you randomly choose a card from a deck of cards, how likely is it that you choose a 16 of diamonds?
Impossible
Which event is impossible?
Rolling a 7 on a standard die.
What is probability?
The likelihood that an event will occur.
How likely is an event to occur if the probability is 1/2?
as likely as not
Mr. Johnson taught a music class for 25 students under the age of ten. He randomly chose one of them. What was the probability that the student was under twelve?
certain
The probability of a hurricane being within 100 miles of a location in two days is 40%. How likely is the event to occur?
not likely
The probability of a thunderstorm being located within 5 miles of your house sometime tomorrow is 9/10. How likely is the event to occur?
very likely
