Practice Probability in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

Quick Recap

Probability is a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive) that measures how likely an event is to occur, where 0 means impossible and 1 means certain.

How confident you should be that something will happen. 0 = impossible, 1 = certain.

Example 1

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A bag contains 5 red, 3 blue, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble?

Example 2

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Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum is 7?

Example 3

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A card is drawn at random from a standard 52-card deck. What is the probability it is a heart or a king?

Example 4

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A box contains 4 red, 5 blue, and 1 green marble. Two marbles are drawn without replacement. What is the probability of getting one red and one blue in any order?

Example 5

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A bag contains 4 red, 3 blue, and 5 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red or blue marble?