Probability Worksheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Do the work on a separate piece of paper and show all your work. The correct answers are on at the bottom of the page

Find the probability for each problem below.

13. You roll a single die numbered from 1 to 6.

14. You have the following coins in your pocket: 5

What is the probability of rolling a number

quarters, 6 dimes, 2 nickels and 12 pennies.

greater than 3 and then a number less than

What is the probability you will draw a penny

and then a dime?

15. The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are

16. In a deck of 52 playing cards, what is the

placed in a bowl. What is the probability of

probability of drawing either a heart or a club

choosing a letter other than “A” and then

than a spade or a diamond if each card is

choosing an “A”?

returned to the deck before drawing the next

one?

17. You have a jar of jelly beans in front of you

18. You roll a pair of dice. What is the probability

with the following flavors: 12 are lime, 17 are

of rolling a 2 and then rolling a 7?

papaya, 5 are mango and 13 are bubble gum.

What is the probability of selecting either a

lime or bubble gum flavored jelly bean

followed by a mango jelly bean?

19. In a deck of 52 playing cards what is the

20. On a spinner there are 10 numbers. What is

probability of drawing a picture card (A,K,Q,J)

the probability that the spinner will land on a 5

that is also a diamond followed by any picture

in two successive spins?

card?

21. You have a jar of marbles in front of you 7

22. In your wallet you have the following paper

are cordovan, 12 are yellow, 6 are white and

money: 5 singles, 2 fives, 4 tens and 6

9 are red. What is the probability of selecting

twenties. What is the probability if you give

a marble that is not white, followed by a

two of the bills to the Salvation Army guy

marble that is cordovan?

ringing the bell as you exit Wal-Mart that you

will not give him a twenty?

23. After shooting foul shots for 5 minutes, the

24. The letters that form the word

player had made 25 shots out of 60. What is

MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is

the probability in the big game that if he needs

the probability of choosing a letter that is a

to make two free throws to win the game in a

vowel followed by an “M”?

row he will do so?

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