Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A coin is tossed and a regular 6-sided die labelled 1 to 6 is rolled. What
is the probability of tossing a head and rolling a 5?
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A lunch menu consists of 4 sandwiches and 5 drinks. How many possible meals
with a sandwich and a drink can you order?
a. | 9 meals | b. | 20 meals | c. | 14 meals | d. | 23
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Janelle wants to buy a shirt. Her choices of material are polyester and cotton.
Shirts are available in yellow, orange, and blue. Make a list that shows the possible choices
Janelle has.
a. | Polyester, orange Polyester, blue Polyester, yellow Cotton,
orange Cotton, blue Cotton, yellow
| c. | Polyester, orange Polyester,
blue Polyester, yellow Cotton, orange Cotton, blue
| b. | Polyester,
orange Polyester, blue Polyester, yellow | d. | Polyester Polyester Polyester Cotton Cotton Cotton |
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Louie wants to buy either a striped shirt or a turtleneck. Both tops come in 8
colours. Find the number of possible choices Louie has.
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A coin is tossed and a regular 6-sided die labelled 1 to 6 is rolled. What is
the probability of tossing tails and rolling a factor of 8?
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A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the probability of tossing 4
tails?
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A red die, a blue die, and a green die are rolled. Each is a regular 6-sided die
labelled 1 to 6. What is the probability of rolling an even number on each die?
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A red die, a blue die, and a green die are rolled. Each is a regular 6-sided die
labelled 1 to 6. What is the probability of rolling a 1 on the red die, a 2 on the blue die, and a
4 on the green die?
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A spinner has 8 equal sectors. 2 sectors are coloured red, 3 are coloured blue,
and 3 are coloured yellow. The pointer on the spinner is spun 3 times. What is the probability of
the pointer not landing on red all 3 times?
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Two sets of 6 cards are each numbered 1 to 6. One card is picked at random from
each set. What is the probability of picking 2 numbers with a sum of 4?
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Short Answer
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Two coins are tossed. What is the probability of tossing 2 tails?
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On Friday nights, a local diner serves 3 main entrees, each with a choice of
vegetables. Choices for entrees are beef, chicken, and fish. Choices for vegetables are
spinach, broccoli, and carrots. How many possible dinners does the diner serve? List them.
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Two regular 6-sided dice, each labelled 1 to 6, are rolled. What is the
probability of rolling 2 numbers that are the same?
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A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 4 yellow marbles. A
students removes 1 marble without looking, records the colour, then returns the marble to the
bag. The process is repeated. What is the probability of each outcome? a) 2 red
marbles b) not a red marble, then not a yellow marble
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A yellow die, a purple die, and a green die are rolled. Each is a regular
8-sided die labelled 1 to 8. What is the probability of rolling a 4 on the yellow die, a 2 on the
purple die, and a 7 on the green die?
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A gas station offers a lucky draw to customers. Each time you spend more
than $20 on gas, you can make a draw to win a prize. The probability of winning a prize is .
Suppose you buy gas 4 times. What is the probability of you winning a prize each time?
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A bag contains 8 red marbles and 2 blue marbles. Leila draws a marble
without looking, records the colour, then returns the marble to the bag. This process is repeated
5 times. What is the probability that a blue marble is drawn each time?
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The probability of a new-born puppy being male or female is 0.5. What is the
probability that a litter of 4 puppies would contain 2 males and 2 females? Use coin tosses to
simulate the problem. Give your answer as a fraction and as a percent.
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Problem
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Three coins are tossed. What is the probability of tossing a head and 2
tails? Show your work.
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Three red cards are numbered 1 to 3. Three blue cards are numbered 2 to
4. Three green cards are numbered 3 to 5. One card of each colour is picked at random and the
numbers added. Find each probability. a) The sum is
even. b) The sum is 10. Show your work.
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A regular 4-sided die is labelled 1 to 4. The die is rolled 8 times. What is
the probability of not rolling a 2?
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A bag contains 10 discs. Six of the discs are marked with a letter from a, b,
c, d, e, and f and 4 of the discs are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. A disc is picked at random,
the letter or number is recorded, and the disc is returned to the bag. This process is repeated 3
times. What is the probability of each outcome? a) 3 lettered
discs b) 3 numbered discs c) 2
lettered discs and a numbered disc Explain your work.
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