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Prob Quiz I

1. This document contains a 20 question probability quiz with multiple choice answers. It covers topics like likelihood of outcomes for spinners, bags of candies, coin flips, dice rolls, and more. Sample size and probabilities are provided for questions asking students to calculate expected outcomes. 2. The questions involve concepts like probability, likelihood, expected values, and applying probabilities to determine chances of outcomes when events are repeated multiple times. Students are tested on calculating and comparing probabilities as well as determining probabilities of outcomes based on given probability information. 3. The quiz provides practice with a variety of probability problems to build skills in assessing chances of random events and outcomes based on samples, proportions, and repeated trials.

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Prob Quiz I

1. This document contains a 20 question probability quiz with multiple choice answers. It covers topics like likelihood of outcomes for spinners, bags of candies, coin flips, dice rolls, and more. Sample size and probabilities are provided for questions asking students to calculate expected outcomes. 2. The questions involve concepts like probability, likelihood, expected values, and applying probabilities to determine chances of outcomes when events are repeated multiple times. Students are tested on calculating and comparing probabilities as well as determining probabilities of outcomes based on given probability information. 3. The quiz provides practice with a variety of probability problems to build skills in assessing chances of random events and outcomes based on samples, proportions, and repeated trials.

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1. Tim will spin the spinner below once.

On which color is the spinner most likely to stop?


 

A. orange
 
 

B. blue
 
 

C. red
 
 

D. green
 
 

   
2. A bag contains 20 pink candies, 8 red candies, and 12 green candies. Without looking,
Sarah pulls out a piece of candy. Which color of candy is least likely to be pulled out?

A. pink
 
 

B. red
 
 

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C. green
 
 

   
3. Andrew has white and black socks in a drawer. The probability of him pulling out a black

sock is . What is the likelihood of Andrew randomly pulling out a white sock?

A. definite
 
 

B. likely
 
 

C. not likely
 
 

D. impossible
 
 

   
4. There are red, blue, and black marbles in a bag.

 The probability of pulling out a red marble is .

 The probability of pulling out a black marble is .


 One marble is pulled out at random.

What is the probability the marble will be blue?

A.
 
 

B.
 
 

  C.

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D.
 
 

   
5. Jasmine tossed a coin in the air. What is the probability that the coin will land on tails?

 
 
 
 
   
6. A number cube, labeled 1 through 6, will be rolled one time. What is the likelihood of
rolling a 6?

 
 
 
 
 
   
7.
A spinner has red, green, blue, and orange sections. The probability of landing on red is

, on green is , on blue is .

What is the probability of landing on orange?

 
 
 
 

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8. A jar contains 27 marbles. There are 4 blue marbles and the rest are red. If a marble is
chosen at random, what is the likelihood that it will be red?

 
 
 
 
   
9. Each letter of the word 'Mississippi' is written on an individual card and put in a bag. A card
is randomly chosen from the bag. What is the likelihood of a consonant being chosen?

 
 
 
   
10 Monica and Simone are playing a game using a number cube.
.
 The number cube is numbered 1 through 6.
 Monica needs to roll an odd number to win.
 Simone needs to roll an even number to win.

What is the probability of Simone winning compared to Monica’s probability of winning?

   

 
 
 
   
11 A number cube is labeled 1 to 6. Richard will roll the number cube 500 times and record
. the results. About how many times could Richard expect to roll an even number?

 
 

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12 Hannah will roll a number cube, labeled 1 through 6, 300 times. About how many times
. could Hannah expect to roll a number less than 4?

A.  50
 
 

B. 100
 
 

C. 150
 
 

D. 200
 
 

   
13 Greg has four different colored cards in a box: yellow, red, blue, and green. He randomly
. selects one card, records the color, and then replaces the card in the box. If Greg does this
300 times, how many yellow cards should he expect to select?

A.   50
 
 

B.   75
 
 

C. 100
 
 

D. 150
 
 

   
14 Morgan flipped a coin 80 times. About how many times could Morgan expect the coin to

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. land on heads?

A. 15
 
 

B. 20
 
 

C. 40
 
 

   
15 A number cube has sides labeled 1 to 6. Sue will roll the cube 48 times. How many times
. should Sue expect to roll a 5?

A. 5
 
 

B. 7
 
 

C. 8
 
 

D. 10
 
 

   
16 A store manager checks each shipment of produce and removes any rotten pieces. In a
. shipment of 50 cabbages, the manager usually finds that 2 of them are rotten. About how
many rotten cabbages would the manager expect in a shipment of 125 cabbages?

 
 
 
 
 
   

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17 In a factory, a sample of 40 light bulbs was selected from a box of 1,000 light bulbs. In the
. sample, 2 light bulbs would not work. Based on this sample, how many non-working light
bulbs would be expected in the group of 1,000 light bulbs?

A. 15
 
 

B. 25
 
 

C. 30
 
 

D. 50
 
 

   
18 Noah spun the spinner below 120 times.
.

Abouthow many times could Noah expect the spinner to land on an odd number?

A. 75
 
 

B. 60
 
 

C. 25
 
 

   
19 The probability of picking a quarter from a jar of coins is 0.125. If Noah has 250 coins in

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. the jar, about how many quarters are in the jar?

A. 25
 
 

B. 30
 
 

C. 35
 
 

D. 40
 
 

   
20 Kathy spins the spinner below 120 times. 
.

How many times is the spinner expected to land on yellow?


 

A. 10
 
 

B. 30
 
 

C. 40
 
 

D. 60
 
 

   

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