Sample problems in Basic Probability

1. A package of Easter M&M's yielded 22 blue, 35 pink, 12 yellow, and 28 green M&M's. If an M&M is randomly selected,
what
is
the
probability
that
the
M&M
is
pink?
2. A package of Easter M&M's yielded 22 blue, 35 pink, 12 yellow, and 28 green M&M's. If two M&M's are randomly
selected, without replacement, what is the probability that the M&M is neither pink or green?
3. What is the probability of choosing a vowel from the English alphabet?
4. A number from 1 to 11 is chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing an odd number?
5. At Kennedy Middle School, 3 out of 5 students make honor roll. What is the probability that a student does not make
honor roll?
6. A large basket of fruit contains 3 oranges, 2 apples and 5 bananas. If a piece of fruit is chosen at random, what is the
probability of getting an orange or a banana?
7. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability of getting a sum of 2?
8. A student joins a singing contest and waits for the emcee to choose a song from the choices of 2 songs by Cueshe, 5
by Hale, 2 by Kitchie, 3 by Sugarfree, 2 by Bamboo and 1 by MYMP. What is the probability that a student will sing a
song by Sugarfree?
9. If an experiment consists of drawing a letter from the English alphabet, what is the probability that the letter that
will appear is a consonant?
10. What is the probability of getting a sum of 4 in a toss of a pair of dice?
11. Fifty balls are numbered from 1-50, placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. If a ball is picked at random, what is the
probability that it is an even number?
12. A card is drawn from a well- shuffled standard deck of playing cards. What is the probability of drawing a heart or a
spade?
13. The tickets in a raffle draw are numbered from 0001-7000. If a ticket would be drawn to choose the winner of a
brand new car, what is the probability that the lucky person to own a brand new car has a ticket number ending in 5?
14. The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.78, what are the chances that it will not rain tomorrow?
15. A videoke machine is stored with 100 foreign and 80 local songs. What is the probability that the song selected will
be a local song?
16. From a class of 27 boys and 21 girls, a student is chosen at random. What is the probability that a girl is chosen?
17. A pair of dice is rolled. If it is known that one of the dice is 4, what is the probability that the sum is 6 ?
18. Determine the probability that a digit chosen at random from the digits 1,2,3,,9 will be odd.
19. If a pair of coins is tossed, then what is the probability of getting at most one tail?
20. A purse contains three pieces of 1-peso coins, 5 pieces of 25-centavo coins and 4-pieces of 5-centavo coins. If three
coins are selected at random, find the probability that the money amounts to P4.50
21. If a letter is chosen at random from the English alphabet, find the probability that the letter is a consonant
exclusive of y.
22. If a letter is chosen at random from the English alphabet, find the probability that the letter is listed somewhere
after the letter g.