How to find the probability of an outcome

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ISEE Lower Level (grades 5-6) Mathematics Achievement › How to find the probability of an outcome

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Jen has a bag of 16 marbles. In the bag, there are 8 green marbles, 4 white, and 4 red marbles. If Jen reaches in and randomly chooses a marble, what is the probability (expressed as a percentage) that she chooses a white marble?

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A bag has red marbles, green marbles, and blue marbles. What is the probability of NOT drawing a red marble on the first draw?

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Given a deck of twenty-six alphabetical cards, what is the probability of picking a vowel and then a consonant without replacement?

Note: Y is considered a consonant.

4

Evan has 10 marbles together in a bag. 4 of them are yellow and 6 of them are blue. He picks one marble out of the bag and puts it on the table. If the marble is yellow, what is the chance that the next marble he picks will be blue?

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Jenny has 4 puppies that she is trying to get adopted. 3 of them have spots. One of the puppies is adopted, at random, from the group. What are the odds that the adopted puppy had spots?

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If you randomly choose a number between , inclusive, what is the probability that the number is less than , but greater than ?

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If Brian has a box of toy cars that contains blue cars, red cars, white cars and yellow car, what is the probability that he will pick up a white car?

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Emily baked a cake and put a cherry on one piece. The cake has 9 slices. Rebecca ate one slice that did not contain the ring. Julie has two pieces. What are the odds that Julie has a piece of cake with the cherry?

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A card is chosen at random from a standard deck of fifty-two cards. What is the probability that the card will be a king, a spade, or both?

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A single die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling greater than a 4?

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