Probability Worksheet

Name: ___________ Date: ___________

1. A box has 3 red balls and 2 blue balls. If you pick one ball at random, what is the probability
of getting a red ball?

a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 2 out of 5 probability

c) 3 out of 5 probability

d) 4 out of 5 probability

2. A dice has 6 sides numbered 1 to 6. What is the probability of rolling a 4?

a) 1 out of 2 probability

b) 1 out of 3 probability

c) 1 out of 6 probability

d) 1 out of 4 probability

3. You flip a coin. What is the probability of getting heads?

a) 1 out of 4 probability

b) 1 out of 3 probability

c) 1 out of 2 probability

d) 2 out of 3 probability
4. A spinner has 4 equal sections: red, blue, green, and yellow. What is the probability of landing
on green?

a) 1 out of 2 probability

b) 1 out of 3 probability

c) 1 out of 4 probability

d) 1 out of 5 probability

5. A bag contains 4 yellow balls, 5 green balls, and 1 white ball. What is the probability of
picking a white ball?

Color Number of Balls

Yello 4
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Green 5
White 1

a) 1 out of 4 probability

b) 1 out of 5 probability

c) 1 out of 10 probability

d) 1 out of 6 probability

6. A week has 7 days. What is the probability that tomorrow will be Monday?

a) 1 out of 7 probability

b) 1 out of 6 probability

c) 1 out of 5 probability

d) 1 out of 8 probability

7. A number is chosen randomly from 1 to 10. What is the probability of picking an even
number?
a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 1 out of 2 probability

c) 2 out of 3 probability

d) 3 out of 4 probability

8. A deck of cards has 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing an Ace (there are 4 Aces in a
deck)?

a) 1 out of 10 probability

b) 1 out of 13 probability

c) 1 out of 5 probability

d) 1 out of 7 probability

9. A jar has 30 candies: 12 are chocolate, and 18 are fruit-flavored. What is the probability of
picking a chocolate candy?

Type of Candy Number of Candies

Chocolate 12
Fruit- 18
Flavored

a) 3 out of 5 probability

b) 2 out of 5 probability

c) 1 out of 2 probability

d) 4 out of 5 probability

10. You roll a dice. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?

a) 1 out of 3 probability

b) 1 out of 2 probability
c) 2 out of 3 probability

d) 1 out of 6 probability

11. A bag contains 8 blue marbles, 5 red marbles, and 7 green marbles. What is the probability of
picking a red marble?

Color Number of Marbles

Blue 8
Red 5
Gree 7
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a) 5 out of 20 probability

b) 5 out of 15 probability

c) 1 out of 4 probability

d) 1 out of 3 probability

12. A number is chosen randomly from 1 to 12. What is the probability of picking a multiple of
3?

a) 1 out of 3 probability

b) 1 out of 4 probability

c) 1 out of 6 probability

d) 1 out of 2 probability

13. A school has 20 students in a class. 6 students wear glasses. What is the probability of
randomly picking a student who wears glasses?

a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 3 out of 10 probability

c) 1 out of 4 probability
d) 2 out of 3 probability

14. A bus has 40 seats. 28 of them are taken. What is the probability of randomly getting an
empty seat?

a) 3 out of 10 probability

b) 1 out of 2 probability

c) 4 out of 10 probability

d) 1 out of 3 probability

15. A bag has 6 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 yellow marble. What is the probability of
picking a blue marble?

Color Number of Marbles

Red 6
Blue 3
Yello 1
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a) 1 out of 2 probability

b) 3 out of 10 probability

c) 3 out of 6 probability

d) 1 out of 4 probability

16. A fruit basket contains 5 apples, 3 bananas, and 2 oranges. What is the probability of picking
an orange?

Fruit Number of Fruits

Apple 5
Banana 3
Orange 2

a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 1 out of 2 probability
c) 1 out of 4 probability

d) 1 out of 10 probability

17. A board game spinner has 8 equal sections. 3 are blue, 2 are red, and 3 are yellow. What is
the probability of landing on a red section?

a) 2 out of 8 probability

b) 3 out of 8 probability

c) 1 out of 3 probability

d) 1 out of 4 probability

18. A drawer has 10 socks: 4 white, 3 black, and 3 blue. What is the probability of picking a
black sock?

a) 3 out of 10 probability

b) 1 out of 4 probability

c) 3 out of 7 probability

d) 2 out of 5 probability

19. A bus stop has 15 people waiting. 9 of them are adults and 6 are children. What is the
probability that the next person to board is a child?

a) 6 out of 15 probability

b) 1 out of 3 probability

c) 2 out of 5 probability

d) 1 out of 2 probability
20. You pick a number from 1 to 50. What is the probability of picking a number that is a
multiple of 10?

a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 1 out of 10 probability

c) 1 out of 6 probability

d) 1 out of 4 probability

21. A cat has 5 kittens: 2 are black, 1 is white, and 2 are orange. If one kitten is picked randomly,
what is the probability of choosing an orange kitten?

a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 2 out of 5 probability

c) 3 out of 5 probability

d) 2 out of 6 probability

22. A vending machine has 12 snack options. 5 are chips, 4 are chocolate bars, and 3 are fruit
snacks. What is the probability of randomly selecting a chocolate bar?

Snack Type Number of Snacks

Chips 5
Chocolate 4
Fruit 3
Snack

a) 1 out of 2 probability

b) 1 out of 3 probability

c) 4 out of 12 probability

d) 1 out of 4 probability
23. A store has 50 boxes of cereal. 20 are cornflakes, 15 are chocolate-flavored, and 15 are fruit-
flavored. What is the probability of picking a fruit-flavored cereal box?

a) 15 out of 50 probability

b) 1 out of 5 probability

c) 1 out of 3 probability

d) 2 out of 5 probability

24. A phone company has 500 customers. 300 use prepaid plans, and 200 use postpaid plans.
What is the probability that a randomly selected customer uses a postpaid plan?

a) 1 out of 5 probability

b) 2 out of 5 probability

c) 3 out of 5 probability

d) 4 out of 5 probability

25. A fish tank has 12 fish: 5 are goldfish, 4 are guppies, and 3 are tetras. What is the probability
of randomly choosing a goldfish?

Fish Number of Fish

Type
Goldfish 5
4
Tetra 3

a) 5 out of 12 probability

b) 1 out of 2 probability

c) 1 out of 3 probability

d) 4 out of 10 probability
ESSAY:
1. A coin is tossed 40 times, and the results recorded show 15 heads and 25 tails.
• What is the probability of getting tails?

• How close is that result to the expected probability of 50%?

2. You roll a 12-sided dice.

• What is the probability of rolling a number higher than 8?

• What is the probability of rolling a number that is odd and divisible by 3?

3. A spinner is divided into 8 equal sections numbered 1 to 8.

• What is the probability of landing on a number divisible by 2?

• What is the probability of landing on a number greater than 6?

4. Bag A consists of 7 blue balls, 4 white balls, and 9 orange balls.

Bag B consists of 10 blue balls, 5 white balls, and 5 orange balls.
• What is the percentage chance of picking a white ball from Bag B?

• What is the percentage chance of picking a blue ball from Bag A?

• If we combine both bags, what is the percentage chance of picking an orange ball?

5. At first, a coin is tossed 15 times, and the results are 6 heads and 9 tails.
Later, the same coin is tossed 200 times, and the outcomes are 105 heads and 95 tails!
• What difference do you observe in both experiments?
• Which experiment is more reliable? Why?

6. You roll a 20-sided dice.

• What is the probability of rolling a number lower than 5?
• What is the probability of rolling a number that is both even and divisible by 4?