Practice Simple Probability (4.2) - Chapter 6 : Data Handling

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Question 1.
What is the probability of rolling an even number on a six-sided die?
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Count the even numbers on the die.
Question 2.
If you flip a coin, what is the probability of getting tails?
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Think about the total number of outcomes.
3Question 3.
What is the probability of flipping a coin and it landing on heads?
- 1/2
- 1/3
- 1/4
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Consider how many outcomes there are when you flip a coin.
4Question 4.
True or False: The probability of an impossible event is 1.
- True
- False
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Think about what impossible means in probability.
Question 5.
You have a bag with 12 marbles: 5 red, 4 blue, and 3 green. If you grab one marble at random, what is the probability it is either blue or green?
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Count the total favorable colors and divide by the total marbles.
Question 6.
In a quiz with 10 questions, a student answers 7 correctly. If each question has an equal chance of being answered correctly, what is the student's probability of answering a new question correctly?
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Base the total attempts on the known successful attempts.

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