Sheet # 170 Critical Thinking
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.
1) Jenny has 2 pennies, a nickel, a dime, and a quarter in her pocket. She takes out one coin without seeing. What is the probability that it is a dime?
2) Mike's Bike Shop is giving away a free bike. The ten names listed below have been written on slips of paper and placed in a hat. Only one name is drawn. What is the probability that the name drawn begins with the letter "A"?
Abbey
Ramona
Pam
Abel
Carlos
Marie
Anna
Sherman
Mike
Walley
3) You have a bag of marbles that contains 6 red, 4 blue, and 8 yellow ones. If you choose one marble without looking, what color would you have the best chance of drawing?
Answers for sheet # 170
1) 1/5 or one out of 5
2) 3/10
3) Yellow. 8/18
Answer for sheet # 142
5 lemons