Probability Practice Extension
1. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. What is the
probability of randomly selecting a blue marble from the bag?
2. If you flip a fair coin 3 times, what is the probability that it will land on heads all
three times?
3. A number cube (die) with sides numbered 1 to 6 is rolled once. What is the
probability of rolling a number greater than 4?
4. There are 8 boys and 12 girls in a class. If a student is chosen at random, what is
the probability that the student is a girl?
5. A spinner is divided into 4 equal sections labeled A, B, C, and D. What is the
probability that the spinner lands on A or D?
6. Two cards are drawn at random, one after another, from a standard deck of 52
cards without replacement. What is the probability that both cards are aces?
7. There are 10 socks in a drawer: 4 black, 3 white, and 3 gray. If you pick one sock
without looking, what is the probability it is not gray?
8. If the probability of rain tomorrow is 0.3, what is the probability that it will not
rain?
9. A jar contains 6 lemon candies, 5 cherry candies, and 9 grape candies. If you pick
one candy at random, what is the probability it is lemon or grape?
10. A multiple-choice question has 5 possible answers, only 1 of which is correct. If
you guess, what is the probability you get the question wrong?