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Lesson 5-6, Probability Practice



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A single, standard number cube is tossed. What is the probability of getting a number other than 9?
A
1
B
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C
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D
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A game involves spinning this spinner.
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 2. 

What is the probability of the pointer landing on G?
A
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B
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C
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D
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 3. 

A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 white marbles, and 9 blue marbles. You pick a marble without looking. Find the probability of drawing a white marble.
A
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B
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C
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D
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 4. 

The table shows the drink preferences of 50 shoppers at the mall. What is the probability that one shopper, selected at random from the 50 surveyed, preferred either Drink A or Drink D?

Drink Survey

Drink
Number of Shoppers
A
7
B
8
C
10
D
11
E
14
A
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B
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C
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D
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 5. 

A standard number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 is rolled. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 2.
A
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B
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C
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D
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 6. 

You are one of 53 people whose name will be drawn for a prize. What is the probability that your name will be drawn first?
A
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B
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C
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D
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From a barrel of colored marbles, you randomly select 1 blue, 6 yellow, 7 red, 4 green, and 6 purple marbles.
 

 7. 

Find the experimental probability of randomly selecting a marble that is NOT yellow.
A
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B
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C
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D
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 8. 

Find the experimental probability of randomly selecting either a green or a purple marble.
A
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B
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C
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D
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 9. 

Twenty-five percent of the population have pets. What is the probability that the next person you speak to will have pets?
A
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B
1
C
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D
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 10. 

The spinner is divided into equal parts. Use a tree diagram to find the probability that the spinner will land on a vowel both times, if the spinner is spun twice.
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A
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B
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C
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D
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