MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1 6. Practice Problems Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Find the probability. ) A bag contains red marbles, blue marbles, and 8 green marbles. What is the probability of choosing a blue marble? ) B) 7 C) 7 7 ) A bag contains 7 balls numbered through 7. What is the probability of selecting a ball that has an even number? 8 A) 8 B) C) ) ) One digit from the number 7,8,99 is written on each of seven cards. What is the probability of drawing a card that shows 9? ) A) 9 7 B) 7 C) 7 ) Two fair 6-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability the sum of the two numbers on the dice is 5? ) A) 9 B) 8 9 C) 5 6 5) Determine the probability that the spinner lands on white. 5) A) B) C) 6) Determine the probability that the spinner lands on grey. 6) B) 5 C) 6

2 7) Determine the probability that the spinner lands on grey. 7) A) B) C) 6 8) Determine the probability that the spinner lands on white. 8) A) B) C) 9) If a person is randomly selected, find the probability that his or her birthday is in May. Ignore leap years. Assume that all days of the year are equally likely for a given birth. A) B) C) ) 0) A class consists of women and 8 men. If a student is randomly selected, what is the probability that the student is a woman? A) B) C) ) ) A fair die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a or a? ) A) 6 B) C) 6 ) A fair die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling an odd number or a number less than? ) B) C) 5 6 ) When two balanced dice are rolled, there are 6 possible outcomes. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the dice is 6 or 9? A) B) C) 5 5 )

3 ) When two balanced dice are rolled, there are 6 possible outcomes. Find the probability that either doubles are rolled or the sum of the dice is 8. A) 5 B) C) ) 5) When two balanced dice are rolled, there are 6 possible outcomes. Find the probability that the sum is a multiple of or greater than 6. A) 7 9 B) 9 6 C) ) 6) A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of cards. What is the probability of drawing a face card or a? A) B) C) 8 6 6) 7) A lottery game has balls numbered through 9. What is the probability of selecting an even numbered ball or a? A) 9 B) 9 C) ) 8) A spinner has regions numbered through. What is the probability that the spinner will stop on an even number or a multiple of? A) 0 B) C) 7 9 8) 9) One digit from the number,989,669 is written on each of seven cards. What is the probability of drawing a card that shows or 6? 9) A) 9 7 B) 7 C) 7 7 0) One card is selected from a deck of cards. Find the probability that the card selected is greater than and less than 8. A) 9 5 B) C) ) ) A bag contains 8 red marbles, blue marbles, and green marble. What is the probability of choosing a marble that is not blue? A) B) C) ) ) A fair die is rolled. Find the probability that the number obtained is not greater than. ) A) 5 6 B) C) ) A card is drawn at random from a standard -card deck. Find the probability that the card is not a queen. A) B) C) )

4 ) A card is drawn at random from a standard -card deck. Find the probability that the card is an ace or not a club. A) 9 B) C) 5 0 ) 5) A card is drawn at random from a standard -card deck. Find the probability that the card is neither an ace nor a heart. A) B) 6 C) 9 5 5) 6) Two fair dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is not greater than 5. A) B) C) ) 7) If a person is randomly selected, find the probability that his or her birthday is not in May. Ignore leap years. A) B) C) ) 8) The chart below gives the number of vehicle tags sold in each city. 8) City Number of Vehicle Tags Sold Bristol,86 Trevor 507 Camp Lake,57 Salem 77 Paddock Lake,5 One car is selected at random from the cars with vehicle tags from these cities. What is the probability that this car is from Salem? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) A) 0.70 B) C) ) The chart below gives the cost and number of vehicle tags sold in each city. 9) City Cost of Vehicle Tag Number of Vehicle Tags Sold Bristol $8 96 Trevor $0 Camp Lake $7 696 Salem $5 87 Paddock Lake $,5 One car is selected at random from the cars with vehicle tags from these cities. What is the probability that this car has a vehicle tag that cost less than $0? (Round your answer to four decimal places) A) 0.67 B) C)

5 0) The distribution of B.A. degrees conferred by a local college is listed below, by major. 0) Major Number of Students English 07 Mathematics 6 Chemistry 8 Physics 856 Liberal Arts 58 Business 676 Engineering 868 Total: 9 What is the probability that a randomly selected degree is not in Mathematics? A) 0. B) 0.0 C)