Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Multiple Choice Test A Choose the best answer. 1. Lucy places five cards that are labeled 1 to 6 face down on the table and mixes them up. What is the likelihood that her friend Harry will draw an even numbered card? A impossible B unlikely C as likely as not D certain 2. The results of a survey show that baseball is the favorite sport for 18 out of 25 people. Which percent is closest to the probability that a person’s favorite sport will NOT be baseball? A 7% B 28% 3. On the last math test in Decker’s class, 21 out of 25 students scored an 80 or higher. Which percent is closest to the experimental probability that a student selected at random will score an 80 or higher on the next test? A 4% B 84% 4. During his first 20 picks from a bag of marbles, Kai chose 8 yellow marbles, 3 green marbles, and 9 blue marbles. Each time he replaces the marble before selecting another. Which percent is closest to the experimental probability that Kai will choose a green marble on his next pick? A 3% C 45% B 15% D 85% 5. Jill rolls a number cube and spins a spinner with two equal sectors. How many outcomes are possible? A 2 C 8 B 6 D 12 6. Jose’s sandwich shop offers a lunch special on sandwiches on whole grain, black, and rye breads. You can also choose between chicken cutlet, and tuna salad. How many different sandwiches can you make for the lunch special? A 5 B 6 7. Two number cubes are rolled and the results are added. What is the probability that the sum is equal to 2? A 1 36 B 1 18 8. Daniel made 6 out of 15 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 10 free throw shots would you expect him to make? A 2 C 4 B 3 D 5 9. Rolph spins a spinner that is split into 6 equal sectors. The sectors are labeled 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1. What is the probability that the spinner will land on the number 1? A 1 12 C 1 3 B 1 6 D 1 2 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Multiple Choice Test A, continued 10. A bag contains 4 red marbles and 1 yellow marble. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then replacing that marble, then drawing a red marble again on the second pick? A 8 25 C 1 5 B 16 25 D 3 5 11. A bag contains 3 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? A 1 5 B 3 10 12. Lewis rolls a number cube and then chooses a card from a set of cards numbered 1 through 5. What is the probability that he will roll an even number and choose an even numbered card? 1 A 5 3 B 5 13. Ruth packs 2 muffins into a gift box. She has 3 flavors of muffins to choose from: lemon, apple, and blueberry. How many combinations of two different muffins can she pack into the box? A 2 C 5 B 3 D 6 14. Valentina has 4 colors of fabrics to choose from: red, green, blue, yellow. She is making 2-color striped shirts. How many possible combinations of 2 different colors can she choose? A 6 C 12 B 8 D 24 15. A juice store allows you to make your own juice using a combination of any 3 fruits. The available fruits are strawberries, raspberries, bananas, apples, and oranges. How many combination juices with 3 different fruits could you make? A 9 C 60 B 10 D 120 16. How many different ways can 4 paintings be arranged in a row? A 12 B 24 17. How many different ways can 6 people stand in line for movie tickets? A 120 B 720 18. Deanna, Erin, and Fatima line up in random order for the cafeteria line. What is the probability that they line up from front to back in alphabetical order? 2 1 F H 3 6 G 1 3 J 1 9 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Multiple Choice Test B Choose the best answer. 1. Jared places five cards that are labeled 1 to 5 face down on the table and mixes them up. What is the likelihood that his friend Logan will draw an even-numbered card? A impossible B unlikely C as likely as not D certain 2. The results of a survey show that soccer is the favorite sport for 32 out of 50 people. Which percent is closest to the probability that a person’s favorite sport will NOT be soccer? F 18% H 36% G 32% J 64% 3. On the last math test in Decker’s class, 17 out of 25 students scored an 80 or higher. Which percent is closest to the experimental probability that a student selected at random will score an 80 or higher on the next test? A 32% C 68% B 34% D 80% 4. During his first 20 picks from a bag of marbles, Aren chose 5 yellow marbles, 8 green marbles, and 7 blue marbles. Each time he replaces the marble before selecting another. Which percent is closest to the experimental probability that Aren will choose a green marble on his next pick? F 25% H 40% G 35% J 60% 5. Sade rolls a number cube and spins a spinner with three equal sections. How many outcomes are possible? A 3 C 9 B 6 D 18 6. Amin’s sandwich shop offers a lunch special on sandwiches on white, black, and whole wheat breads. You can also choose between roast beef, roasted vegetables, and chicken. How many different sandwiches can you make for the lunch special? F 1 H 6 G 3 J 9 7. Two number cubes are rolled and the results are added. What is the probability that the sum is equal to 8? A 1 36 C 5 36 B 1 12 D 1 6 8. Drake made 14 out of 20 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 30 free throw shots would you expect him to make? F 20 H 22 G 21 J 25 9. Sovann spins a spinner that is split into 10 equal sectors. The sectors are labeled 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3. What is the probability that the spinner will land on the number 1? A 1 10 C 3 10 B 1 5 D 1 2 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Multiple Choice Test B, continued 10. A bag contains 3 red marbles and 2 yellow marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then drawing a red marble again after replacing the first marble? F 6 25 3 G 10 H 9 25 3 J 5 11. A bag contains 4 blue marbles and 1 green marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? A 4 25 1 B 5 C 1 4 4 D 5 12. Channari rolls a number cube and then chooses a card from a set of cards numbered 1 through 5. What is the probability that he will roll an even number and choose an odd-numbered card? F 1 5 H 3 5 G 3 10 J 1 2 13. Margaret packs 3 jars of soup into a gift box. She has 5 flavors of soup to choose from: lentil, split pea, black bean, tomato, and chicken noodle. How many combinations of three different soups can she pack into the box? A 3 C 10 B 5 D 120 14. Cassandra wants to make a vegetable soup. She has 6 vegetables to choose from: carrots, peas, parsnip, celery, onion, and parsley. She wants a soup with 2 vegetables. How many possible combinations of 2 different vegetables can she choose? F 12 H 30 G 15 J 36 15. A juice store allows you to make your own juice using a combination of any 3 fruits. The available fruits are strawberries, bananas, apples, raspberries, oranges, and grapefruit. How many combination juices with 3 different fruits could you make? A 6 C 40 B 20 D 120 16. How many different ways can 6 paintings be arranged in a row? F 30 H 120 G 36 J 720 17. In how many different orders can 8 people stand in line for movie tickets? A 8 C 64 B 36 D 40,320 18. A pizza parlor offers five different pizza toppings: mushrooms, sausage, pepperoni, ham, and pineapple. What is the probability that a random order for a two-topping pizza will be ham and pineapple? 1 1 F H 15 5 G 1 10 J 2 5 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Multiple Choice Test C Choose the best answer. 1. Nate places five cards that are labeled 1 to 9 face down on the table and mixes them up. What is the likelihood that his friend Penny will draw an even numbered card? A impossible B unlikely C as likely as not D certain 2. The results of a survey show that track is the favorite sport for 11 out of 20 people. Which percent is closest to the probability that a person’s favorite sport will NOT be track? F 9% H 45% G 44% J 55% 3. On the last math test in Gin’s class, 13 out of 25 students scored a 70 or higher. Which percent is closest to the experimental probability that a student selected at random will score an 70 or higher on the next test? A 13% C 48% B 23% D 52% 4. During her first 25 picks from a bag of marbles, Anna chose 9 yellow marbles, 12 green marbles, and 4 blue marbles. Each time she replaces the marble before selecting another. Which percent is closest to the experimental probability that she will choose a yellow marble next? F 12% H 36% G 25% J 48% 5.Christopher rolls a number cube and spins a spinner with eight equal sections. How many outcomes are possible? A 8 C 24 B 14 D 48 6. Tracey’s sandwich shop offers a lunch special on sandwiches on white, oatmeal, rye, 7-grain and whole wheat breads. You can also choose between roast beef, roasted vegetables, tuna salad, and chicken. How many different sandwiches can you make for the lunch special? F 1 H 9 G 5 J 20 7. Two number cubes are rolled and the results are added. What is the probability that the sum is equal to 11? A 1 36 C 1 12 B 1 18 D 1 6 8. Danielle made 13 out of 18 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 7 free throw shots would you expect her to make? F 4 H 6 G 5 J 7 9. Barbara spins a spinner that is split into 12 equal sectors. The sectors are labeled 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1. What is the probability that the spinner will land on the number 1? A 1 12 C 1 3 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ B 1 4 D 1 2 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Multiple Choice Test C, continued 10. A bag contains 5 red marbles and 3 yellow marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then replacing that marble, then drawing a red marble again on the second pick? F 9 64 H 25 64 G 15 64 J 5 8 11. A bag contains 9 blue marbles and 1 green marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? A B 1 10 C 1 9 D 1 5 9 10 12. Christy rolls a number cube and then chooses a card from a set numbered 1 through 9. What is the probability that she will roll an even number and choose an odd card? F 7 15 1 G 2 H 5 18 5 J 9 13. Rachael packs 2 tubes of paint into a gift box. She has 6 colors of paint to choose from: red, blue, yellow, and green, black, and white. How many combinations of two different paints can she pack into the box? A 15 C 120 B 24 D 720 14. Terri is making a salad. She has 5 vegetables to choose from: broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, and radishes. She wants a salad with 3 vegetables. How many possible combinations of 3 different vegetables can she choose? F 10 H 60 G 20 J 125 15. A juice store allows you to make your own juice using a combination of any 4 fruits. The available fruits are blueberries, strawberries, bananas, apples, raspberries, oranges, and grapefruit. How many combination juices with 4 different fruits could you make? A 35 C 720 B 210 D 5,040 16. How many different ways can 9 paintings be arranged in a row? F 5,040 H 362,880 G 40,320 J 3,628,800 17. In how many different orders can 7 people stand in line for movie tickets? A 720 C 40,320 B 5,040 D 352,880 18. Mario rolls two number cubes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers will be 3? F 1 2 H 1 12 G 1 6 J 1 18 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Free Response Test A 1. Joseph places three cards that are labeled 1 to 3 face down on the table and mixes them up. Is the likelihood that his friend Drew will draw an even numbered card impossible, likely, unlikely, or equally likely? 5.Brian rolls a number cube and spins a spinner with two equal sections. How many outcomes are possible? ________________________________________ _______________________________________ 2. The results of a survey show that basketball is the favorite sport for 15 out of 50 people. What is the probability that a person’s favorite sport will NOT be basketball? Write the probability as a percent. _______________________________________ 3. On the last math test in Gregory’s class, 10 out of 25 students scored an 90 or higher. What is the experimental probability that a student selected at random will score an 90 or higher on the next test? Write the probability as a percent. _______________________________________ 4. During her first 10 picks from a bag of marbles, Mary chose 3 yellow marbles, 5 green marbles, and 2 blue marbles. Each time she replaces the marble before selecting another. What is the experimental probability that Mary will choose a green marble on her next pick? Write the probability as a percent. 6. Denise’s sandwich shop offers a lunch special on sandwiches on white, oatmeal, and rye breads. You can also choose between turkey, egg salad, and chicken. How many different sandwiches can you make for the lunch special? ________________________________________ 7. Two number cubes are rolled and the results are added. What is the probability that the sum is equal to 12? ________________________________________ 8. Damon made 9 out of 15 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 10 free throw shots would you expect him to make? ________________________________________ 9. Yvonne spins a spinner that is split into 6 equal sectors. The sectors are labeled 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3. What is the probability that the spinner will land on the number 1? ________________________________________ _______________________________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Free Response Test A, continued 10. A bag contains 3 red marbles and 1 yellow marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then replacing that marble, then drawing a red marble again on the second pick? _______________________________________ 11. A bag contains 2 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? _______________________________________ 14. Judy is ordering a pizza with 3 toppings. She has 4 toppings to choose from: pepperoni, mushroom, olives, and bell peppers. How many possible combinations of 3 different toppings can she choose? _______________________________________ 15.A juice store allows you to make your own juice using _______________________________________ 16. How many different ways can 4 paintings be arranged in a row? _______________________________________ 12. Charles rolls a number cube and then chooses a card from a set of cards numbered 1 through 3. What is the probability that he will roll an even number and choose an odd numbered card? _______________________________________ 13. Sari packs 2 mugs into a gift box. She has 4 colors of mugs to choose from: red, green, white, or blue. How many combinations of two different color mugs can she pack into the box? _______________________________________ 17. In how many different orders can 5 people stand in line for movie tickets? _______________________________________ 18. There are four apartments in a building, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. Two of the apartments randomly get a coupon in the mail. What is the probability that apartments 1 and 3 get the coupons? _______________________________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Free Response Test B 1. Ralph places five cards that are labeled 1 to 5 face down on the table and mixes them up. Is the chance that his friend Logan will draw an odd numbered card certain, likely, equally likely, unlikely, or impossible? _______________________________________ 2. The results of a survey show that baseball is the favorite sport for 27 out of 50 people. What is the probability that a person’s favorite sport will NOT be baseball? Write the probability as a percent. 5. Helena rolls a number cube and spins a spinner with five equal sections. How many outcomes are possible? ________________________________________ 6. Rick’s Deli offers a lunch special on sandwiches on white, rye, pumpernickel, or whole wheat bread. You can also choose between roasted vegetables and chicken. How many different sandwiches can you order for the lunch special? ________________________________________ _______________________________________ 3. Judith scored an 85 or higher on 19 of the 25 math tests she took this year. What is the experimental probability that she will score an 85 or higher on her next test? Write the probability as a percent. _______________________________________ 4. During his first 20 picks from a bag of marbles, Merle chose 8 yellow marbles, 9 green marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What is the experimental probability that Mark will choose a green marble on his next pick? Write the probability as a percent. 7. Three number cubes are rolled and the results are added. What is the probability that the sum is equal to 3? ________________________________________ 8. Damon made 16 out of 20 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 30 free throw shots would you expect him to make? ________________________________________ _______________________________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Free Response Test B, continued 9. Louis spins a spinner that is split into 9 equal sectors. The sectors are labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. What is the probability that the spinner will land on the number 4? 14. Marsha has 5 colors of yarn to choose from: red, green, yellow, blue, and purple. She is making 2-color knitted hats. How many possible combinations of 2 colors can she choose? _______________________________________ 10. A bag contains 4 blue marbles and 2 yellow marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble replacing it into the bag, then drawing a blue marble again? _______________________________________ 11. A bag contains 3 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? ________________________________________ 15. A juice store allows you to make your own juice using a combination of any 6 fruits. The available fruits are strawberries, bananas, apples, raspberries, oranges, and grapefruit. How many combination juices with 4 different fruits could you make? ________________________________________ 16. How many different ways can 7 sculptures be arranged in a row? ________________________________________ _______________________________________ 12. Laurie rolls a number cube and then chooses a card from a set of cards numbered 1 through 8. What is the probability that she will roll an odd number and choose an even numbered card? _______________________________________ 13. Debbie packs 3 gallons of paint into a box. She has 6 different colors of paint to choose from. How many different combinations of 3 colors can she pack into the box? 17. In how many different orders can 9 people stand in a line at the supermarket? ________________________________________ 18. The letters N, T, and O are arranged in a random order. What is the probability that the arrangement spells a three-letter word? ________________________________________ _______________________________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Free Response Test C 1. Elaine places fourteen cards that are labeled 1 to 14 face down on the table and mixes them up. Is the likelihood that her friend Ken will draw an odd numbered card impossible, likely, unlikely, or equally likely? _______________________________________ 2. The results of a survey show that skiing is the favorite sport for 23 out of 50 people. What is the probability that a person’s favorite sport will not be skiing? Write the probability as a percent. _______________________________________ 3. On the last math test in Frank’s class, 11 out of 25 students scored an 85 or higher. What is the experimental probability that a student selected at random will score an 85 or higher on the next test? Write the probability as a percent on her next pick? Write the probability as a percent. ________________________________________ 5.Barbara rolls a number cube and spins a spinner with nine equal sections. How many outcomes are possible? ________________________________________ 6. Fred’s sandwich shop offers a lunch special on sandwiches on white, pumpernickel, oatmeal, and rye breads. You can also choose between cheese & tomato, meatloaf, turkey, egg salad, tuna salad, and chicken. How many different sandwiches can you make for the lunch special? ________________________________________ 7. Two number cubes are rolled and the results are added. What is the probability that the sum is equal to 6? _______________________________________ 4. During her first 25 picks from a bag of marbles, Maude chose 11 yellow marbles, 9 green marbles, and 5 blue marbles. Each time she replaces the marble before selecting another. What is the experimental probability that Mary will choose a green marble ________________________________________ 8. Damon made 16 out of 18 free throw shots. About how many out of the next 7 free throw shots would you expect him to make? ________________________________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Free Response Test C, continued 9.Zoe spins a spinner that is split into 11 equal sectors. The sectors are labeled 5, 4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2. What is the probability that the spinner will land on the number 1? _______________________________________ 10. A bag contains 6 red marbles and 4 yellow marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then replacing that marble, then drawing a red marble again on the second pick? _______________________________________ 11. A bag contains 5 blue marbles and 3 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? _______________________________________ 12. Charlene rolls a number cube and then chooses a card from a set of cards numbered 1 through 24. What is the probability that she will roll an even number and choose an odd numbered card? _______________________________________ 13. Vicky packs 3 markers into a gift box. She has 7 colors of markers to choose from: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, white, or blue. How many combinations of three different color markers can she pack into the box? ________________________________________ 14. Carrie has six nephews: Adam, Calvin, Ed, Gerald, Jack, and Larry. She won tickets to a baseball game and can take 3 nephews with her. How many possible combinations of 3 nephews can she choose? ________________________________________ 15. A juice store allows you to make your own juice using a combination of any 4 fruits. The available fruits are strawberries, bananas, apples, raspberries, pineapples, blueberries, and oranges. How many combination juices with 4 different fruits could you make? ________________________________________ 16. How many different ways can 9 paintings be arranged in a row? ________________________________________ 17. How many different orders can 11 people stand in line for movie tickets? ________________________________________ 18. Janine rolls two number cubes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers will be 10? ________________________________________ Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ Probability Answers Section A Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. C H D H B J A H Section B Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. B G A J C J C H Multiple Choice Test A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. C B B B D B A C C B B A B A B 16. B 17. B 18. H Multiple Choice Test B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. B H C H D J C G B H B G C G B J D G Multiple Choice Test C 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. B H D H D J B G B H A Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. H A F A H B J Free Response Test A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. unlikely 70% 40% 50% 12 9 1 36 8. 6 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 1 6 9 16 1 3 1 3 6 4 5 24 120 1 6 Free Response Test B 1. 2. 3. 4. likely 46% 76% 45% 5. 30 6. 8 1 216 8. 24 7. 9. 2 9 10. 4 9 11. 3 10 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 1 4 20 10 15 5,040 362,880 1 3 Free Response Test C 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. equally likely 54% 44% 36% 54 24 5 36 8. 6 7. 9. 3 11 10. 9 25 11. 15 56 Holt McDougal Mathematics Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________ 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 1 4 35 20 35 362,880 39,916,800 1 12 Performance Assessment 1. Possible answer: 12 green, 10 red, 6 white, 8 black marbles 2. Possible answer: 5 white, 10 green, 10 black marbles 3. Possible answer: 6 green, 6 black marbles 4. Possible results of answers given in table: 12 of 20 were red or green, which is close to the experimental probability of 11 of 18. Cumulative Test 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. C J C F D G A F B H 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. C G C H D H B G B G A F D G C G D J B F B F C F D J A H Holt McDougal Mathematics