ISEE Lower Level Math : Probability

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Example Questions

Example Question #61 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

A bag hasred marbles,green marbles, andblue marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble on the first draw?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

For this question, we want a red marble. Since there arered marbles, we havewanted outcomes. Since there is a total ofmarbles, we have a total ofpossible outcomes.

The probability then becomes the following:

Example Question #62 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

A bag hasred marbles,green marbles, andblue marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a blue marble on the first draw?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

For this question, we want a blue marble. Since there areblue marbles, we havewanted outcomes. Since there is a total ofmarbles, we have a total ofpossible outcomes.

The probability then becomes the following:

Example Question #63 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

A bag hasred marbles,green marbles, andblue marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a green marble on the first draw?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

For this question, we want a green marble. Since there aregreen marbles, we havewanted outcomes. Since there is a total ofmarbles, we have a total ofpossible outcomes.

The probability then becomes the following:

Example Question #64 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

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

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

For this question, we do not want a blue marble. This means that we are trying to find the proability of drawing either a red or a green marble. Since we havered marbles andgreen marbles, we havewanted outcomes. Since there is a total ofmarbles, we have a total ofpossible outcomes.

The probability then becomes the following:

Example Question #65 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

A bag hasred marbles,green marbles, andblue marbles. What is the probability of NOT drawing a green marble on the first draw?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

For this question, we do not want a green marble. This means that we are trying to find the proability of drawing either a blue or a green marble. Since we haveblue marbles andred marbles, we havewanted outcomes. Since there is a total ofmarbles, we have a total ofpossible outcomes.

The probability then becomes the following:

Example Question #66 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

If you randomly choose a number betweenand, inclusive, what is the proability the chosen number is even?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

First, write down the possible wanted outcomes:

Now, because there areeven numbers, we havewanted outcomes.

Since we are choosing numbers betweenand, inclusive, we have atotal outcomes.

The probability then can be written as the following:

Example Question #67 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

If you randomly choose a number between, inclusive, what is the probability that the number is divisible by?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

First, write down the possible wanted outcomes:

Now, because there arenumbers divisible by four, we havewanted outcomes.

Since we are choosing numbers betweenand, inclusive, we have atotal outcomes.

The probability then can be written as the following:

Example Question #68 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

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

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that a probability is the likelihood of something occurring.

Mathematically, we can write probability as the following:

First, write down the possible wanted outcomes:

Now, because there arenumbers that fit the criteria, we havewanted outcomes.

Since we are choosing numbers betweenand, inclusive, we have atotal outcomes.

The probability then can be written as the following:

Example Question #69 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

If the probability of winning your next baseball game is, what is the probability that you do not win?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The probability of an event not happening is one minus the probability it does happen.

Since the probability of winning the game is, then the probability of not winning would be,

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Example Question #70 :How To Find The Probability Of An Outcome

If you havegold fish andβ鱼的概率是多少你选择一个βfish if you randomly select one from you tank?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To the probability of selecting a particular fish is the number of that fish divided by the total possible fish to choose from.

The total isgold fish plusbeta fish or.

So the probability of selecting a beta fish is

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