Probability Worksheet

Probability Practice Name______________________Period_____
You roll a standard number cube 10 times. The results are shown below.
6, 4, 6, 1, 5, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3
1. Find the experimental probability of a) rolling a 5, and b) rolling a 6.
2. Find the theoretical probability of a) rolling a 5, and b) rolling an even number.
3. A bag contains 2 red ping-pong balls, 3 green ping-pong balls, 3 blue ping-pong balls, and 1 yellow ping-pong ball. Find the
probability of randomly selecting a ball that is not red.
4. A game is played where students throw beanbags at the target shown to the right. Each region of the target is the same size
and every beanbag hits the target. For one game, section A was hit 6 times, section B 3 times, section C 8 times, and section
D 5 times.
a. What is the experimental probability of hitting section D?
b. What is the theoretical probability of hitting section D?
5. Two standard number cubes are rolled. Find a) P(a sum equal to 2), b) P(product equal to 15)
6. Find the probability that a point chosen at random from AK is on segment GK .
7. Roberto’s trolley runs every 45 minutes. It he arrives at the trolley stop at a random time, what is the probability that he
will not have to wait more than 10 minutes? Draw a geometric model to solve the problem.
8. A point in the figure is chosen at random. Find the probability that the point lies in the shaded region.
9. Determine whether the events are independent or dependent.

a. You roll a 2 on a number cube and spin a 3 on a spinner.
b. You choose a King from a deck of cards and get heads in a coin toss.
c. You roll a number cube and get a 6, and roll again if the first roll is a 6.
10. What is the probability of rolling a 4 on a fair number cube and getting “tails” when tossing a coin?
11. At a local high school, 34% of the students take a bus to school and 56% of the students walk to school. What is the
probability of randomly selecting a student that takes a bus or walks to school?
Probability Practice Name______________________Period_____
12. A spinner has 8 equal sections numbered 1 to 8. What is the probability of the spinner stopping on a number that is a
multiple of 3 or is greater than 5?
13. A local aquarium has 6 turtles, 12 penguins, and 8 sharks. You randomly select 1 animal to watch. What is the probability
that you select a turtle or a shark?
14. In a local town, 55% of the residents drive to work, 23% of the residents own a dog, and 6% of the residents walk to work.
Find the probability that a randomly chosen resident owns a dog or walks to work.
Use the spinner at the right for Exercises 15–17.

15. What is the probability of the arrow stopping on a consonant or one of the first 4 letters of the alphabet?
16. What is the probability of the arrow stopping on “X” on the first spin and “F” on the second spin?
17. What is the probability of the arrow stopping on “J” or “A” on one spin?
18. Half of a class took Form A of a test, and half took Form B. Of the students who took Form B, 39% passed. What is the
conditional probability that a randomly chosen student took Form B and passed?
19. Three-fourths of a research team worked in a lab while one-fourth of the team worked near a pond. Of the researchers
who worked near the pond, 14% collected insects. What is the probability that a randomly chosen researcher worked near
the pond and collected insects?
20. In the senior class, 24% of the students play softball, 32% of the students play field hockey, and 14% play both. What are
the probabilities that a softball player also plays field hockey?
21. Of the guests at the amusement park, 85% rode a rollercoaster, 45% attended a musical review show, and 18% did both.
a. What is the conditional probability that a person b. Calculate the following probability: P(rode a
who rode a rollercoaster also attended a rollercoaster | attended musical review).
musical review show?
22. You have 3 quarters, 4 nickels, and 5 pennies in your pocket. You pick a coin at random and then pick another coin without
replacing the first. Find each probability.
a. P(quarter then penny) b. P(penny then penny)
23. You choose a tile at random from a bag containing six 1’s, five 2’s, and seven 3’s. You replace the first tile in the bag and
then choose again. Find each probability.
a. P(1 then 2) b. P(2 then 3)

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Probability Practice Name__________________Period_

2. Find the theoretical probability of a) rolling a 5, and b) rolling an even number.

a. What is the experimental probability of hitting section D?

b. What is the theoretical probability of hitting section D?

6. Find the probability that a point chosen at random from AK is on segment GK .

9. Determine whether the events are independent or dependent.

Use the spinner at the right for Exercises 15–17.

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