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Basic Probability Concepts Worksheet

This document is a worksheet for a statistics class that provides 41 probability problems involving dice rolls, coin flips, card draws, spinner spins, sock pulls, letter selection, and weather forecasting. The problems cover a range of concepts in basic probability including determining the likelihood of events involving single or multiple trials of chance items like dice and coins, drawing cards of certain types from a standard deck, landing on specific numbers on spinners, selecting items from mixed sets, and weather outcomes given forecast percentages. Students are asked to determine the probability of each described event.

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Basic Probability Concepts Worksheet

This document is a worksheet for a statistics class that provides 41 probability problems involving dice rolls, coin flips, card draws, spinner spins, sock pulls, letter selection, and weather forecasting. The problems cover a range of concepts in basic probability including determining the likelihood of events involving single or multiple trials of chance items like dice and coins, drawing cards of certain types from a standard deck, landing on specific numbers on spinners, selecting items from mixed sets, and weather outcomes given forecast percentages. Students are asked to determine the probability of each described event.

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MAT140: Applied Statistical Methods

Worksheet for Section 4-2: Basic Concepts of Probability

Directions: Determine the probability of the event described in each exercise. Unless stated
otherwise, assume all items of chance (dice, coins, cards, spinners, etc.) are fair.

1. Roll an even number on one roll of a die.


2. Roll an odd number on one roll of a die.
3. Roll a prime number on one roll of a die.
4. Roll an odd prime number on one roll of a die.
5. Roll an odd prime number greater than 4 on one roll of a die.
6. Roll an even prime number greater than 4 on one roll of a die.
7. Roll an odd prime number or a multiple of 2 on one roll of a die.
8. Roll an odd prime number and a multiple of 2 on one roll of a die.
9. Roll a total of 8 on one roll of 2 dice.
10. Roll a total of 18 on one roll of 2 dice.
11. Roll a total that is a prime number on one roll of two dice.
12. Roll a total that is a prime number or a multiple of 5 on one roll of two dice.
13. Toss heads on one flip of a coin.
14. Toss heads or tails on one flip of a coin.
15. Toss 3 heads on three flips of a coin.
16. Toss 3 heads on five flips of a coin.
17. Toss at least 3 heads on five flips of a coin.
18. Toss less than 1 tail on eight flips of a coin.
19. Toss no more than 1 tail on eight flips of a coin.
20. Toss at most 1 tail on eight flips of a coin.
21. Toss no less than 1 tail on eight flips of a coin.
22. Toss more than 1 tail on eight flips of a coin.
23. Draw a red card from a standard deck of playing cards.
24. Draw a red face card from a standard deck of playing cards.
25. Draw a black prime number from a standard deck of playing cards.
26. Draw a diamond from a standard deck of playing cards.
27. Draw the ace of spades from a standard deck of playing cards.
28. Draw any card other than a club from a standard deck of playing cards.
29. Draw a card used to make a royal flush from a standard deck of playing cards.
30. Draw a red card or a black card from a standard deck of playing cards.
31. Draw a red card or a card less than 7 from a standard deck of playing cards.
32. Draw a heart greater than 8 that is not a face card from a standard deck of playing cards.
33. Spin an even number on a 1-to-8 spinner.
34. Spin a prime number less than 7 on a 1-to-10 spinner.
35. Spin an odd prime number less than 7 on a 1-to-12 spinner.
36. Spin a positive integer on a 1-to-6 spinner.
37. Pull a green sock from a drawer containing 4 black, 3 red, and 2 green socks.
38. Pull a blue sock from a drawer containing 4 black, 3 red, and 2 green socks.
39. Pull a red or a black sock from a drawer containing 4 black, 3 red, and 2 green socks.
40. Randomly choose a vowel from the letters in the phrase, "The Seahawks are better than the Eagles."
41. Rain falls when a 40% chance of rain is forecast.
42. No rain falls when a 70% chance of rain is forecast.
43. A month with a prime number of letters in its name is randomly chosen from the months after April.

Prof. Fowler

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