Hi,
Since RBI is round the cornor....we may practice some questions on probability.
1.There are 9 beads in a bag. 3 beads are red, 3 beads are blue, and 3 beads are black. If two beads are chosen at random, what is the probability that they are both blue?
A. 1/81
B. 1/12
C. 2/9
D. 1/3
E. 1/4
2 A letter is randomly selected from the word Mississippi. What is the probability that the letter will be an S?
A. 1/11
B. 3/10
C. 4/11
D. 1/4
E. 1/3
3. A certain deck of cards contains 2 blue cards, 2 red cards, 2 yellow cards, and 2 green cards. If two cards are randomly drawn from the deck, what is the probability that both are not blue?
A. 15/28
B. 1/4
C. 9/16
D. 1/32
E. 1/16
4. A fair coin is tossed, and a fair six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability that the coin come up heads and the die will come up 1 or 2?
A. 1/2
B. 1/4
C. 1/6
D. 1/12
E. 1/3
5. A bag of 10 marbles contains 3 red marbles and 7 blue marbles. If two marbles are selected at random, what is the probability that at least one marble is blue?
A. 21/50
B. 3/13
C. 47/50
D. 14/15
E. 1/5
6. A fair, six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability that the number will be odd?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 1/3
D. 1/6
E. 1/5
7. A letter is randomly select from the word studious. What is the probability that the letter be a U?
A. 1/8
B. 1/4
C. 1/3
D. 1/2
E. 3/8
8. A bag contains 2 red beads, 2 blue beads, and 2 green beads. Sara randomly draws a bead from the bag, and then Victor randomly draws a bead from the bag. What is the probability that Sara will draw a red marble and Victor will draw a blue marble?
A. 2/13
B. 1/5
C. 1/3
D. 1/10
E. 2/15
9. If two fair, six-sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers will be 5?
A. 1/6
B. 1/4
C. 1/36
D. 1/18
E. 1/9
10. If four fair coins are tossed, what is the probability of all four coming up heads?
A. 1/4
B. 1/6
C. 1/8
D. 1/16
E. 1/32
11. The probability that a certain event will occur is 5/9. What is the probability that the event will NOT occur?
A. 5/9
B. 4/9
C. 2/9
D. 1/4
E. 1/2
12. A certain bag contains red, blue, yellow, and green marbles. If a marble is randomly drawn from the bag, the probability of drawing a blue marble is .2, the probability of drawing a red marble is .3, and the probability of drawing a yellow marble is .1. What is the probability of drawing a green marble?
A. .5
B. .6
C. .2
D. .4
E. .3
13. A bag contains 3 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 3 green marbles. If a marble is randomly drawn from the bag and a fair, six-sided die is tossed, what is the probability of obtaining a red marble and a 6?
A. 1/15
B. 1/6
C. 1/3
D. 1/4
E. 1/18
14. A fair, six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of obtaining a 3 or an odd number?
A. 1/6
B. 1/5
C. 1/4
D. 2/3
E. 1/2
15. At a certain business school, 400 students are members of the sailing club, the wine club, or both. If 200 students are members of the wine club and 50 students are members of both clubs, what is the probability that a student chosen at random is a member of the sailing club?
A. 1/2
B. 5/8
C. 1/4
D. 3/8
E. 3/5
16. A bag contains six marbles: two red, two blue, and two green. If two marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that they are the same color?
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1/8
D. 1/4
E. 1/5
17. There are five students in a study group: two finance majors and three accounting majors. If two students are chosen at random, what is the probability that they are both accounting students?
A. 3/10
B. 2/5
C. 1/5
D. 3/5
E. 4/5
18. Seven beads are in a bag: three blue, two red, and two green. If three beads are randomly drawn from the bag, what is the probability that they are not all blue?
A. 5/7
B. 23/24
C. 6/7
D. 34/35
E. 8/13
19. A bag has six red marbles and six blue marbles. If two marbles are drawn randomly from the bag, what is the probability that they will both be red?
A. 1/2
B. 11/12
C. 5/12
D. 5/22
E. 1/3
Answers tomorrow around the same time.
Hope we have some participation :))