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Probability  Quiz 1

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Instructions

You might find it helpful to print out the quiz and give yourself time to think about the questions. Read each question carefully and choose the answer that you think is most likely to be correct. You can only choose one answer for each question. When you are ready, mark your answers in the spaces on the computer screen and click on the button 'Send answers'. Good luck!

1.     What is the probability of 'heads' coming up when a coin is tossed? 

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a	0.55
b
c	51%
d	54

2.   If you toss a die, what is the probability that the face with six will turn up?

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a
b	6
c	18%
d	33%

3.     What is the probability of a face with less than 5 spots turning up when you toss a die? 

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a
b	33%
c	80%
d

4.     George drew one card from a deck of cards. What is the probability that he drew a king? 

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a
b	55%
c
d

5.    Sigrun drew a card from a deck of cards.  What is the probability that she drew a heart or a club?

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a
b
c	12.5%
d	66.6%

6.     If the wheel on the left is spun, what is the probability that it will stop spinning on an odd number? 

7.    Helen has a bag filled with 4 caramels, two chocolates and three jellies. She put her hand in the bag and took out one sweet. What is the probability of getting a jelly?              

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a
b	30%
c	66.6%
d

8. What is the probability that Helen did not get a caramel? 

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a
b
c	50%
d	0.4

9.    In a carton of 10 eggs three were broken. Steven took 2 unbroken eggs and baked omelettes. A little later he took another egg out of the carton. What is the probability that  this egg  was not broken?          

Mark your answer here:	Possible answers:
a	50%
b
c
d

10.  The  football team coach needed to choose a player to attempt a penalty kick. Dave had a season average of 70% for penalty kicks. Larry had scored on 8 tries out of 11 and Ned had scored 5 times out of 7 tries. Which player should the coach choose?

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