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NAME DATE PERIOD

13-10 Skills Practice

Probability of Compound Events

A number cube is rolled and the spinner is spun.
Find each probability.

1. P(2 and green triangle) BROWN YELLOW
SQUARE TRIANGLE

ORANGE BLUE
TRAPEZOID CIRCLE

2. P(an odd number and a circle)

3. P(a prime number and a quadrilateral) WHITE RED
CIRCLE RHOMBUS

4. P(a number greater than 4 and a parallelogram) GREEN WHITE
TRIANGLE RECTANGLE

There are 5 yellow marbles, 1 purple marble, 3 green marbles, and 3 red marbles in
a bag. Once a marble is drawn, it is replaced. Find the probability of each outcome.

5. a purple then a red marble 6. a red then a green marble

7. two green marbles in a row 8. two red marbles in a row

9. a purple then a green marble 10. a red then a yellow marble

Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. There are 4 yellow marbles, 3 purple marbles, 1 green marble, and 1 white
marble in a bag. Once a marble is drawn, it is not replaced. Find the probability
of each outcome.

11. a purple then a white marble 12. a white then a green marble

13. two purple marbles in a row 14. two yellow marbles in a row

15. a yellow then a purple marble 16. a green then a white marble

A card is drawn from a standard deck of cards. Find the probability of each
outcome.

17. P(a red card or a club) 18. P(a diamond or a spade)

19. P(a face card or a 2) 20. P(a 7 or a 9)

21. P(a red card or a king of spades) 22. P(a heart or a queen of diamonds)

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NAME DATE PERIOD

13-10 Practice

Probability of Compound Events YELLOW RED
SQUASH APPLE
An eight-sided die is rolled and the spinner
is spun. Find each probability. BLUE RED
BERRY PEPPER
1. P(4 and yellow fruit or vegetable)
2. P(an odd number and a pumpkin) ORANGE GREEN
3. P(a prime number and a red fruit or vegetable) CARROT SQUASH
4. P(a number less than 4 and a blue fruit or vegetable)
YELLOW ORANGE
BANANA PUMPKIN

There are 6 orange marbles, 2 red marbles, 3 white
marbles, and 4 green marbles in a bag. Once a marble is drawn, it is replaced. Find
the probability of each outcome.

5. a red then a white marble 6. a white then a green marble

7. two orange marbles in a row 8. two marbles in a row that are not white

9. a green then a not green marble 10. a red then an orange then a green marble

There are 2 green marbles, 7 blue marbles, 3 white marbles, and 4 purple marbles in a
bag. Once a marble is drawn, it is not replaced. Find the probability of each outcome.

11. a green then a white marble 12. a blue then a purple marble Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

13. two blue marbles in a row 14. two marbles in a row that are not purple
15. a white then a purple marble 16. three purple marbles in a row

The chart shows the letter-number combinations for B I NGO
bingo. The balls are randomly drawn one at a time.
Balls are not replaced after they are drawn. 1 13 25 37 49
Find the probability of each outcome. 2 14 26 38 50
3 15 27 39 51
17. a B-1 18. a G 4 16 28 40 52
19. an N or a B-2 5 17 29 41 53
21. not a G 20. an I or an O 6 18 30 42 54
7 19 31 43 55
22. a B-6, then a G, then 8 20 32 44 56
another G 9 21 33 45 57
10 22 34 46 58
11 23 35 47 59
12 24 36 48 60

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