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Sheet # 239

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Show your work.

1) Each side of a cube has a different animal on it; zebra, giraffe, rhino, lion, leopard, and elephant.

a) How many outcomes are possible when you roll the cube?


b) What is the probability of rolling a leopard?


c) What is the probability of rolling a zebra?


d) What is the probability of NOT rolling a lion?



2) The number cube has 6 sides. The sides are numbered 1 to 6.

a) How many outcomes are possible when you roll the cube?


b) What is the probability of rolling a 6?


c) What is the probability of rolling a 2?


d) What is the probability of NOT rolling a 3?



3) Brandon made a cube that has the numbers 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 on the six sides.

a) What is the probability of throwing a 3?


b) What is the probability of throwing a 2?


c) What is the probability of throwing an odd number?













 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers for sheet # 239

1)
a) Six possible outcomes;
zebra, giraffe, rhino, lion, leopard, and elephant

b) 1/6

b) 1/6

c) 5/6. 1- 1/6 = 5/6

2)
a) six outcomes; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

b) 1/6

c) 1/6

d) 5/6 = 1- 1/6 = 5/6

3)

a) 6 outcomes. Two sides are marked 3. Probability of rolling a three is 2/6 = 1/3

b) 2/6 = 1/3

c) There are four possible outcomes; 1, 1, 3, 3. Probability of rolling an odd number is 4/6 = 2/3