Question 1

Which value does not represent the probability of an event?

Accepted Answer

2.0

Answer

0.5

Answer

1.0

Answer

0.0

Question 2

Janina put cards with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on them in a bag.

Janina picks 2 cards out of the bag at the same time without looking. Which BEST describes the probability that the sum of the two cards will be 10?

Accepted Answer

Impossible

Answer

Certain

Answer

Likely

Answer

Unlikely

Question 3

Connor has single-serving bags of potato chips. There are 4 bags of cheddar potato chips, 6 bags of plain potato chips, 2 bags of baked potato chips, and 4 bags of nacho cheese potato chips. Without looking, Connor pulls out a bag. What is the likelihood that Connor pulls out a bag of cheddar potato chips?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Likely

Answer

Equally Likely

Answer

Certain

Question 4

There are red, blue, and yellow pencils in a cup.
*Micah randomly selects a pencil.
*There are  5 red, 4 blue and 11 yellow pencils.
What is the probability Micah randomly selects a yellow pencil?

Accepted Answer

11/20

Answer

1/4

Answer

9/20

Answer

1/5

Question 5

Wayne spins the spinner one time.

What is the likelihood that the spinner will land on a number divisible by 3?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Likely

Answer

Impossible

Answer

Certain

Question 6

Tim will spin the spinner once.
On which color is the spinner most likely to stop?

Accepted Answer

Green

Answer

Blue

Answer

Orange

Answer

Red

Question 7

In a container, Samantha has different colored gum: 2 white, 5 green, 6 blue, and 7 orange. If Samantha randomly selects a piece of gum, what is the probability she will select blue?

Accepted Answer

3/10

Answer

3/7

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/10

Question 8

If your teacher asked you to give an example of an event that was most likely to have a probability of 1 (100%) from the list below, which would be the BEST choice?

Accepted Answer

You will get a number less than 7 when rolling a number cube.

Answer

You will get a number greater than 7 when rolling a number cube.

Answer

You will always get an even number when rolling a number cube.

Answer

You will always get an odd number when rolling a number cube.

Question 9

Look at the two six-sided number cubes. Each side is labeled 1–6.

How does the probability of rolling a 5 on the smaller cube compare to the probability of rolling a 5 on the larger cube?

Accepted Answer

Same

Answer

More Likely

Answer

Less Likely

Answer

Not Measurable

Question 10

How likely is it for the arrow on this spinner to land on a vowel rather than a consonant?

Accepted Answer

Equally Likely

Answer

Certain

Answer

Unlikely

Answer

Likely

Question 11

Sally has a deck of cards. There are 26 red cards and 26 black cards. What is the probability Sally will randomly select a red card?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/13

Answer

1/4

Answer

26

Question 12

If the spinner is fair and lands on 5 for three turns in a row, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

On the next turn the spinner is equally likely to land on 5 as on any other number.

Answer

On the next turn the spinner is more likely to land on 5 than on any other number.

Answer

On the next turn the spinner is guaranteed to land on 5.

Answer

On the next turn the spinner is less likely to land on 5 than on any other number.

Question 13

There are 30 gumballs in a gumball machine. 8 are green, 10 are red, 4 are yellow and 8 are blue.  If you put a quarter in and get a gumball, what is the probability of it being a blue gumball?

Accepted Answer

4/15

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/15

Answer

1/2

Question 14

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a fair 6-sided die?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

2/3

Answer

1/6

Answer

5/6

Question 15

Knowing that there are 26 letters in the alphabet, what is the probability of picking a letter from the word "CHOCOLATE"?

Accepted Answer

7/26

Answer

9/26

Answer

1/26

Answer

1/2

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