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1.

Four Operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division)


Addition:
1. What is 345 + 678?
o Answer: 1023
2. Add 589 and 214.
o Answer: 803
Subtraction: 3. What is 700 - 450?
 Answer: 250
4. Subtract 234 from 500.
o Answer: 266
Multiplication: 5. What is 25 × 6?
 Answer: 150
6. Multiply 48 by 9.
o Answer: 432
Division: 7. What is 72 ÷ 8?
 Answer: 9
8. Divide 144 by 12.
o Answer: 12
2. Order of Operations (BIDMAS)
(BIDMAS stands for Brackets, Indices, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction)
9. What is 5 + 3 × 2?
o Answer: 11 (First multiply, then add)
10. Calculate 8 × (4 + 2).
o Answer: 48 (First calculate inside the brackets, then multiply)
11. Solve 12 ÷ 4 + 5.
o Answer: 8 (First divide, then add)
12. What is (6 + 3) × 4?
o Answer: 36 (First calculate inside the brackets, then multiply)
3. Word Problems
Addition Word Problem: 13. Lucy has 234 marbles. She buys 56 more marbles. How many
marbles does Lucy have now? - Answer: 290 (234 + 56)
Subtraction Word Problem: 14. A store had 500 apples. They sold 275 apples. How many
apples are left? - Answer: 225 (500 - 275)
Multiplication Word Problem: 15. A book costs $15. How much would 8 books cost? - Answer:
$120 (15 × 8)
Division Word Problem: 16. There are 96 cookies. If 8 friends share them equally, how many
cookies does each friend get? - Answer: 12 (96 ÷ 8)
Combination Word Problem: 17. Tim has 120 pencils. He gives 35 pencils to his friend. Then, he
buys 45 more pencils. How many pencils does Tim have now? - Answer: 130 (120 - 35 + 45)
These questions focus on basic operations and help students understand how to use the four
operations effectively.
4o mini
You said:
give more exercise questions for order of operations and word problems.
ChatGPT said:
ChatGPT
Here are more exercise questions for Order of Operations and Word Problems to help Grade 5
students practice.
1. Order of Operations (BIDMAS)
(BIDMAS stands for Brackets, Indices, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction)
1. Solve: 4 + 3 × 2
o Answer: 10 (Multiplication first, then addition)
2. Solve: (5 + 2) × 6
o Answer: 42 (Brackets first, then multiplication)
3. Solve: 18 ÷ 3 + 5
o Answer: 11 (First divide, then add)
4. Solve: 10 × (6 ÷ 2)
o Answer: 30 (First divide inside brackets, then multiply)
5. Solve: 12 + 8 × (3 + 4)
o Answer: 68 (First calculate inside the brackets, then multiply, then add)
6. Solve: 24 ÷ (4 + 2) × 3
o Answer: 12 (First calculate inside the brackets, then divide, then multiply)
7. Solve: (9 - 3) × 5 + 6
o Answer: 36 (First subtract, then multiply, then add)
8. Solve: 6 × 5 + (8 ÷ 4)
o Answer: 31 (First divide inside the brackets, then multiply and add)
9. Solve: (3 + 5) × 2 - 6
o Answer: 10 (First calculate inside the brackets, then multiply, then subtract)
10. Solve: 7 × (4 + 3) ÷ 7
o Answer: 4 (First calculate inside the brackets, then multiply and divide)

2. Word Problems
Addition Word Problems:
1. Sarah has 345 apples. She buys 128 more apples from the market. How many apples
does she have now?
o Answer: 473 (345 + 128)
2. There are 582 students in a school. The principal adds 99 more students. What is the
total number of students now?
o Answer: 681 (582 + 99)
Subtraction Word Problems: 3. A farmer has 850 oranges. He sells 274 of them. How many
oranges does he have left?
 Answer: 576 (850 - 274)
4. A bookstore had 1,200 books. They sold 475 books. How many books are still left in the
store?
o Answer: 725 (1,200 - 475)
Multiplication Word Problems: 5. A bag of marbles costs $12. How much will 7 bags of marbles
cost?
 Answer: $84 (12 × 7)
6. A box has 6 packets of cookies. Each packet has 8 cookies. How many cookies are there
in total?
o Answer: 48 (6 × 8)
Division Word Problems: 7. A farmer has 168 apples. He packs them in boxes, with 12 apples in
each box. How many boxes can he fill?
 Answer: 14 (168 ÷ 12)
8. A teacher wants to divide 225 pencils equally among 9 students. How many pencils will
each student get?
o Answer: 25 (225 ÷ 9)
Combination Word Problems: 9. John has 250 marbles. He gives 80 marbles to his friend. Then,
he buys 120 more marbles. How many marbles does he have now?
 Answer: 290 (250 - 80 + 120)
10. A baker has 600 cupcakes. He sells 180 cupcakes in the morning and 250 cupcakes in the
afternoon. How many cupcakes are left?
o Answer: 170 (600 - 180 - 250)
11. Lily has 45 chocolates. She eats 8 chocolates and buys 16 more. How many chocolates
does she have now?
o Answer: 53 (45 - 8 + 16)
12. There are 180 students in a school. 50 students go home early. Later, 25 new students
arrive. How many students are there in the school now?
o Answer: 155 (180 - 50 + 25)
13. Emily has 350 stickers. She gives 120 stickers to her friend and then buys 200 more
stickers. How many stickers does she have now?
o Answer: 430 (350 - 120 + 200)
14. A zoo has 450 animals. 125 animals are transferred to another zoo. Then, 75 more
animals arrive. How many animals are in the zoo now?
o Answer: 400 (450 - 125 + 75)

These exercises are designed to help students practice the order of operations and apply their
understanding of basic operations through word problems.
4o mini
You said:
more word problems for multiplication and division
ChatGPT said:
ChatGPT
Here are more Word Problems for Multiplication and Division to further help Grade 5 students
practice:
Multiplication Word Problems:
1. A teacher has 25 students in her class. Each student needs 3 notebooks. How many
notebooks does the teacher need to buy in total?
o Answer: 75 (25 × 3)
2. A bakery bakes 15 trays of bread every day. If each tray holds 8 loaves of bread, how
many loaves of bread are baked in one day?
o Answer: 120 (15 × 8)
3. A movie theater has 12 rows of seats. Each row has 18 seats. How many seats are
there in total in the theater?
o Answer: 216 (12 × 18)
4. There are 9 teams in a tournament. Each team has 7 players. How many players are
there in total in the tournament?
o Answer: 63 (9 × 7)
5. A farmer plants 20 trees in each row of his orchard. He has 14 rows of trees. How
many trees does he plant in total?
o Answer: 280 (20 × 14)
6. A book costs $12. How much would 14 books cost?
o Answer: $168 (12 × 14)
7. Each pack of gum contains 15 pieces. How many pieces are there in 9 packs?
o Answer: 135 (15 × 9)
8. A construction company builds 6 houses every month. How many houses will the
company build in 5 months?
o Answer: 30 (6 × 5)
9. A fruit seller buys 24 boxes of apples. Each box contains 36 apples. How many apples
did the seller buy in total?
o Answer: 864 (24 × 36)
10. A farmer collects 13 baskets of eggs every day. If each basket has 18 eggs, how many
eggs does the farmer collect in one week (7 days)?
o Answer: 1,782 (13 × 18 × 7)

Division Word Problems:


1. A pizza has 12 slices. If 4 people share the pizza equally, how many slices does each
person get?
o Answer: 3 (12 ÷ 4)
2. A gardener has 144 flowers to plant. If he plants 12 flowers in each row, how many
rows of flowers will he have?
o Answer: 12 (144 ÷ 12)
3. There are 48 pencils. If each student gets 8 pencils, how many students will get
pencils?
o Answer: 6 (48 ÷ 8)
4. A teacher wants to divide 132 books equally among 11 shelves. How many books will
be placed on each shelf?
o Answer: 12 (132 ÷ 11)
5. A car travels 360 miles in 6 hours. How many miles does the car travel per hour?
o Answer: 60 (360 ÷ 6)
6. A farmer has 560 apples. He wants to pack them into boxes, with 40 apples per box.
How many boxes will the farmer need?
o Answer: 14 (560 ÷ 40)
7. A baker bakes 324 cupcakes. He packs them into boxes with 9 cupcakes in each box.
How many boxes will he need?
o Answer: 36 (324 ÷ 9)
8. There are 300 students in a school. If 25 students are placed in each classroom, how
many classrooms are needed?
o Answer: 12 (300 ÷ 25)
9. A farmer has 240 eggs. If he puts 30 eggs in each carton, how many cartons does he
need?
o Answer: 8 (240 ÷ 30)
10. A factory produces 1,800 toys. If they are packed into boxes of 60 toys each, how
many boxes will the factory need?
o Answer: 30 (1,800 ÷ 60)

These additional word problems focus on multiplication and division, reinforcing the students’
understanding of the operations in real-life scenarios.
4o mini
You said:
more word problems including combinations
ChatGPT said:
ChatGPT
Here are more Word Problems that involve Combinations of addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division:
Mixed Operation Word Problems:
1. A bookstore sells books at $12 each. If a customer buys 5 books, how much will the
customer pay? Then, if the customer has a coupon for $15 off, how much is the total
price?
o Step 1: 12 × 5 = 60
o Step 2: 60 - 15 = 45
o Answer: The total price is $45.
2. Sarah bought 8 packs of pencils. Each pack has 10 pencils. After giving 12 pencils to her
friend, how many pencils does she have left?
o Step 1: 8 × 10 = 80
o Step 2: 80 - 12 = 68
o Answer: Sarah has 68 pencils left.
3. A fruit seller has 180 apples. He sells 40 apples every day. How many days will it take
for him to sell all the apples? Then, if he buys 50 more apples after 4 days, how many
apples does he have now?
o Step 1: 180 ÷ 40 = 4 (days to sell 160 apples)
o Step 2: 180 - 160 = 20 apples remaining
o Step 3: 20 + 50 = 70 apples after 4 days
o Answer: The seller will have 70 apples after 4 days.
4. A company produces 75 toys per hour. If they work for 6 hours a day, how many toys
do they produce in one day? Then, how many toys will they produce in a week (7
days)?
o Step 1: 75 × 6 = 450 toys per day
o Step 2: 450 × 7 = 3,150 toys in a week
o Answer: The company will produce 3,150 toys in one week.
5. A group of 20 students is going on a field trip. If each student needs 3 tickets, how
many tickets are needed in total? If the tickets cost $5 each, what is the total cost for
all the tickets?
o Step 1: 20 × 3 = 60 tickets
o Step 2: 60 × 5 = $300
o Answer: The total cost is $300.
6. A store sells 6 different types of ice cream. If you buy 3 scoops of ice cream, how many
different combinations of ice cream can you choose?
o Answer: The number of different combinations of ice cream is 6 × 6 × 6 = 216
(since you can choose 3 scoops, and there are 6 types available for each scoop).
7. Anna bought 4 shirts at $15 each and 2 pairs of shoes at $30 each. If she pays with a
$100 bill, how much change does she get?
o Step 1: 4 × 15 = 60 (cost of shirts)
o Step 2: 2 × 30 = 60 (cost of shoes)
o Step 3: 60 + 60 = 120 (total cost)
o Step 4: 100 - 120 = -20 (she doesn’t have enough money; she owes $20 more).
8. A movie theater has 12 rows of seats, and each row has 18 seats. If 5 rows are empty,
how many seats are filled with people?
o Step 1: 12 × 18 = 216 (total seats)
o Step 2: 5 × 18 = 90 (empty seats)
o Step 3: 216 - 90 = 126 (filled seats)
o Answer: There are 126 filled seats.
9. A delivery truck carries 350 packages. Each box holds 25 packages. How many boxes
will be required for all the packages? Then, if 5 boxes are damaged, how many boxes
are left?
o Step 1: 350 ÷ 25 = 14 boxes
o Step 2: 14 - 5 = 9 boxes left
o Answer: 9 boxes are left after 5 are damaged.
10. A farmer has 350 pumpkins. He wants to sell them in batches, with 35 pumpkins in
each batch. How many batches can he sell? If he sells 6 batches, how many pumpkins
does he have left?
o Step 1: 350 ÷ 35 = 10 batches
o Step 2: 6 × 35 = 210 pumpkins sold
o Step 3: 350 - 210 = 140 pumpkins left
o Answer: The farmer will have 140 pumpkins left.

More Complex Word Problems:


1. A farmer buys 3 baskets of apples. Each basket contains 12 apples. He gives 5 apples
to his neighbor and then sells 15 apples at the market. How many apples does the
farmer have left?
o Step 1: 3 × 12 = 36 apples
o Step 2: 36 - 5 = 31 apples after giving 5 to the neighbor
o Step 3: 31 - 15 = 16 apples left
o Answer: The farmer has 16 apples left.
2. Sarah has 200 marbles. She gives 25 marbles to each of her 4 friends. Then, she buys
50 more marbles. How many marbles does she have now?
o Step 1: 25 × 4 = 100 (given to friends)
o Step 2: 200 - 100 = 100 (remaining)
o Step 3: 100 + 50 = 150 (after buying more marbles)
o Answer: Sarah has 150 marbles.
3. A toy factory produces 100 toys every day. How many toys will the factory produce in
2 weeks (14 days)? Then, if 400 toys are broken, how many good toys are left?
o Step 1: 100 × 14 = 1,400 toys
o Step 2: 1,400 - 400 = 1,000 toys left
o Answer: 1,000 good toys are left.
4. A soccer team won 12 matches in a season. Each match is worth 3 points. How many
points did the team earn? If they lose 2 points for a penalty, how many points do they
have now?
o Step 1: 12 × 3 = 36 points
o Step 2: 36 - 2 = 34 points
o Answer: The team has 34 points.
Complex Word Problems:
1. A school organizes a trip for its students. There are 150 students in total. The school
rents a bus that can carry 45 students. How many buses does the school need to rent?
If the school decides to rent one more bus to ensure extra space, how many students
will travel in the last bus?
o Step 1: 150 ÷ 45 = 3 buses (with remainder 15)
o Step 2: If they rent one more bus, 15 students will travel in the last bus.
o Answer: The school needs to rent 4 buses, and the last bus will carry 15
students.
2. A warehouse contains 10,000 boxes of toys. Each box contains 50 toys. The warehouse
is selling 800 boxes of toys every day. How many toys will be sold in the next 5 days?
How many boxes and toys will remain after 5 days of sales?
o Step 1: 800 × 5 = 4,000 boxes sold in 5 days.
o Step 2: 10,000 - 4,000 = 6,000 boxes remaining.
o Step 3: 6,000 × 50 = 300,000 toys remaining.
o Answer: After 5 days, 4,000 boxes (200,000 toys) will be sold, and 6,000 boxes
(300,000 toys) will remain.
3. A car rental company rents cars at $40 per day. They have 30 cars available. On the
first day, they rent 12 cars. On the second day, they rent 15 cars. How much total
money did the company earn in 2 days? If 2 of the cars need repairs and are out of
service for 3 days, how many days will the remaining 28 cars be rented in the next
week?
o Step 1: 12 × 40 = 480 (earnings on day 1)
o Step 2: 15 × 40 = 600 (earnings on day 2)
o Step 3: 480 + 600 = 1,080 (total earnings in 2 days)
o Step 4: The remaining 28 cars can be rented out for 7 days.
o Answer: The company earned $1,080 in the first 2 days, and the remaining 28
cars will be rented for 7 days.
4. A farmer plants 2 rows of apple trees. Each row contains 25 trees, and each tree
produces 30 apples. The farmer sells 40% of the apples in the first week. How many
apples did the farmer sell in the first week? How many apples does the farmer have
left after the sale?
o Step 1: 25 × 2 = 50 trees
o Step 2: 50 × 30 = 1,500 apples in total.
o Step 3: 40% of 1,500 = 0.40 × 1,500 = 600 apples sold.
o Step 4: 1,500 - 600 = 900 apples left.
o Answer: The farmer sold 600 apples and has 900 apples left.
5. A factory produces 240 shirts every day. The factory works 6 days a week. After 4
weeks of production, the factory donates 20% of the total shirts produced to a charity.
How many shirts does the factory donate? How many shirts does the factory have
after the donation?
o Step 1: 240 × 6 = 1,440 shirts per week
o Step 2: 1,440 × 4 = 5,760 shirts produced in 4 weeks
o Step 3: 20% of 5,760 = 0.20 × 5,760 = 1,152 shirts donated
o Step 4: 5,760 - 1,152 = 4,608 shirts remaining
o Answer: The factory donates 1,152 shirts and has 4,608 shirts left.
6. A concert hall has 25 rows of seats, and each row has 40 seats. If each ticket costs $15,
how much money will the concert hall earn if all the seats are sold for a concert? Then,
if 5% of the tickets are given away for free, how much money does the concert hall
earn from the sold tickets?
o Step 1: 25 × 40 = 1,000 seats
o Step 2: 1,000 × 15 = $15,000 total earnings if all seats are sold.
o Step 3: 5% of 1,000 = 50 tickets given away for free.
o Step 4: 1,000 - 50 = 950 tickets sold
o Step 5: 950 × 15 = $14,250 earned from sold tickets.
o Answer: The concert hall earns $14,250 after giving away 50 tickets for free.
7. A delivery company has 2 trucks. Each truck delivers 80 packages per day. If each truck
works for 6 days, how many packages will be delivered in one week? After a
breakdown of 1 truck for 2 days, how many packages will be delivered in total?
o Step 1: 80 × 2 = 160 packages per day by both trucks
o Step 2: 160 × 6 = 960 packages delivered in a week if both trucks work
o Step 3: After 1 truck breaks down, the remaining truck delivers 80 packages per
day for 6 days.
o Step 4: 80 × 6 = 480 packages delivered by 1 truck.
o Step 5: 480 + (80 × 4) = 480 + 320 = 800 packages total.
o Answer: The company will deliver 800 packages in total after 1 truck breaks
down.
8. A box contains 150 marbles. A child picks out 12 marbles every day for 5 days. After 3
days, the child gives 2 marbles back to the box each day. How many marbles are left in
the box after the 5 days?
o Step 1: 12 × 5 = 60 marbles picked out in total
o Step 2: After 3 days, the child gives back 2 marbles each day: 3 × 2 = 6 marbles
o Step 3: 60 - 6 = 54 marbles picked out after giving back 6 marbles.
o Step 4: 150 - 54 = 96 marbles left in the box.
o Answer: 96 marbles are left in the box.
9. A bakery bakes 100 cupcakes per day. On the first day, they sell 60 cupcakes. On the
second day, they sell 20 cupcakes more than the first day. On the third day, they sell
all the remaining cupcakes. How many cupcakes were sold on the third day?
o Step 1: 100 × 3 = 300 cupcakes baked in 3 days
o Step 2: 60 + 80 = 140 cupcakes sold on the first two days
o Step 3: 300 - 140 = 160 cupcakes sold on the third day
o Answer: 160 cupcakes were sold on the third day.
10. A library has 500 books. Every month, they buy 50 new books and donate 10 books.
After 6 months, how many books does the library have?
o Step 1: 50 × 6 = 300 books bought in 6 months
o Step 2: 10 × 6 = 60 books donated in 6 months
o Step 3: 500 + 300 - 60 = 740 books in total.
o Answer: The library has 740 books after 6 months.
Basic Probability Questions
1. Find the probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of 52 cards.
o What is the probability of drawing a heart?
2. What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads?
3. A box contains 5 red balls, 3 blue balls, and 2 green balls. What is the probability of
drawing a red ball? Not drawing a red ball?
4. In a bag of 20 marbles (8 red, 7 blue, and 5 green), what is the probability of drawing a
blue marble? Not drawing green marble?
5. If you roll a fair six-sided die, what is the probability of rolling a number greater than
3?
6. A bag contains 4 yellow balls, 3 green balls, and 5 purple balls. What is the probability
of drawing a yellow ball?
7. What is the probability of picking an odd number from the numbers 1 to 10?
8. In a jar, there are 10 yellow candies, 5 green candies, and 3 red candies. What is the
probability of picking a red candy?
9. If a spinner is divided into 4 equal sections (red, blue, green, and yellow), what is the
probability of the spinner landing on green?
10. What is the probability of rolling a 2 on a 10-sided die?

Compound Probability (Events happening together)


1. If you roll two six-sided dice, what is the probability of getting a sum of 8?
2. A bag contains 6 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. You draw two marbles one after
another without replacement. What is the probability that both marbles drawn are
blue?
3. In a deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing two aces in a row without
replacement?
4. In a box of 10 pens (4 black, 3 blue, and 3 red), what is the probability of drawing one
black pen and then one red pen without replacement?
5. What is the probability of rolling a 3 on the first die and a 5 on the second die when
rolling two dice?

Complementary Probability
1. The probability of raining tomorrow is \frac{3}{5}. What is the probability that it will
not rain tomorrow?
2. If the probability of winning a game is /frac{2}{7}, what is the probability of losing the
game?
3. In a school, the probability of a student passing a test is \frac{4}{9}. What is the
probability that a student will fail the test?
4. The probability of a person catching a bus is \frac{5}{12}. What is the probability that
the person will miss the bus?

Word Problems Related to Probability


1. A deck of 52 playing cards has 4 suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades), and each suit
has 13 cards. What is the probability of drawing a face card (jack, queen, or king)?
2. A box contains 10 red balls, 15 blue balls, and 25 yellow balls. What is the probability
of drawing a yellow ball?
3. In a class of 30 students, 18 are girls and 12 are boys. If a student is selected randomly,
what is the probability that the student is a girl?
4. A family has 3 children. What is the probability that all three children are girls if the
probability of having a girl is 12\frac{1}{2}21?
5. You are given a bag of 20 marbles (7 green, 8 blue, and 5 red). If you pick two marbles
without replacement, what is the probability that the first marble is green and the
second is red?
6. In a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing a black card (spades or clubs)?
7. A jar contains 50 balls: 10 red, 15 blue, and 25 green. If two balls are drawn at random
without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are green?
8. A die is rolled. What is the probability of getting a number less than 4?
9. In a group of 100 people, 30 people are left-handed. If one person is selected at
random, what is the probability that the person is right-handed?
10. A store has 5 red, 8 blue, and 7 green shirts. If you randomly pick a shirt, what is the
probability that the shirt is either red or blue?

Advanced Word Problems (Using Probability Rules)


1. A class has 20 boys and 15 girls. The teacher randomly selects 2 students. What is the
probability that both students selected are boys?
2. A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card
is either a king or a heart?
3. A bag contains 4 yellow balls, 5 green balls, and 6 red balls. What is the probability
that one ball drawn is yellow and the other is red, assuming both are drawn without
replacement?
4. A box contains 6 red marbles, 8 green marbles, and 10 blue marbles. Two marbles are
selected at random with replacement. What is the probability that both marbles are
green?
5. In a bag of 60 balls (20 red, 25 green, and 15 blue), what is the probability of drawing a
red ball or a green ball?
6. In a survey, the probability of a student passing a math test is 34\frac{3}{4}43, and the
probability of passing an English test is 23\frac{2}{3}32. What is the probability that a
student will pass both tests if the events are independent?
7. In a lottery, a person picks 3 numbers from a set of 10. What is the probability of
picking the correct 3 numbers in the correct order?
8. In a box of 15 balls (5 red, 6 blue, and 4 yellow), 2 balls are drawn without
replacement. What is the probability that one ball is blue and the other is red?
9. If 3 dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers rolled is 9?
10. A bag contains 6 white balls and 4 black balls. Two balls are drawn randomly without
replacement. What is the probability that at least one of the balls is white?

Basic Probability Questions


1. You roll a fair six-sided die. What is the probability of rolling a 4?
2. In a box of 12 crayons (3 red, 5 blue, 4 green), what is the probability of drawing a red
crayon?
3. You flip a coin. What is the probability of getting tails?
4. A bag has 8 red marbles and 2 blue marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue
marble?
5. There are 10 apples in a basket. 6 are red, 2 are green, and 2 are yellow. What is the
probability of picking a red apple?

Writing Even Chance, Likely, Unlikely, Impossible, Certain Events


1. Write the probability of drawing a yellow marble from a bag with 4 yellow, 2 blue, and
1 red marble. Is it "even chance," "likely," "unlikely," "impossible," or "certain"?
2. If you roll a die, what is the probability of rolling a number greater than 5? Is it "even
chance," "likely," "unlikely," "impossible," or "certain"?
3. A spinner has 8 equal sections: 3 red, 2 blue, and 3 yellow. What is the probability of
landing on blue? Is it "even chance," "likely," "unlikely," "impossible," or "certain"?
4. In a class, 25 students are present, and 15 are boys. What is the probability of
selecting a girl? Is it "even chance," "likely," "unlikely," "impossible," or "certain"?
5. What is the probability of picking a green ball from a bag with 10 red balls and 5 blue
balls? Is it "even chance," "likely," "unlikely," "impossible," or "certain"?

Compound Probability Questions (Events happening together)


1. You have a deck of cards with 5 red cards and 3 blue cards. What is the probability of
drawing a red card and then a blue card, if you do not put the first card back in the
deck?
2. In a box with 3 red marbles, 2 green marbles, and 4 yellow marbles, you pick two
marbles one after another. What is the probability that the first marble is red and the
second marble is green?
3. A bag has 7 marbles: 3 orange, 2 purple, and 2 white. What is the probability of
drawing an orange marble and then a white marble, without replacement?
4. You roll two dice. What is the probability that the first die shows a 3 and the second
die shows a 6?
5. A bag contains 5 red balls, 3 blue balls, and 7 yellow balls. If you draw one ball and
then another without replacement, what is the probability of drawing a red ball
followed by a yellow ball?

Complementary Probability (What is NOT likely to happen)


1. The probability of rain tomorrow is 25\frac{2}{5}52. What is the probability that it will
NOT rain tomorrow?
2. The probability of getting a 5 when rolling a fair die is 16\frac{1}{6}61. What is the
probability of NOT rolling a 5?
3. In a class of 30 students, the probability of a student answering correctly is 46\frac{4}
{6}64. What is the probability that the student will NOT answer correctly?
4. A coin has a 12\frac{1}{2}21 chance of landing heads. What is the probability that it
will NOT land heads?
Word Problems
1. In a class of 20 students, 12 are girls and 8 are boys. What is the probability of
randomly selecting a boy?
2. In a box of 15 balls (5 red, 7 green, and 3 blue), what is the probability of drawing a
blue ball?
3. You are flipping a coin. What is the probability of getting heads, and what is the
probability of getting tails?
4. You pick a marble from a jar containing 10 marbles: 6 blue and 4 yellow. What is the
probability of picking a yellow marble?
5. A bag contains 10 apples: 3 red, 4 green, and 3 yellow. If you pick one apple, what is
the probability it will be green?
6. A jar contains 6 red, 4 yellow, and 3 green marbles. What is the probability of picking a
red marble and then a green marble without replacement?
7. In a basket with 3 oranges, 2 apples, and 4 bananas, what is the probability of picking
an orange, then an apple, without replacing the first fruit?
8. In a box with 5 red balls and 7 blue balls, what is the probability of picking a red ball
on the first draw and a blue ball on the second, without replacement?
9. If you roll two dice, what is the probability of getting a total sum of 7?
10. You have a spinner divided into 4 equal sections (red, blue, yellow, green). What is the
probability of the spinner landing on red or yellow?

Word Problems Involving Likely, Unlikely, Certain, and Impossible Events


1. You have a bag with 8 marbles: 5 red and 3 blue. What is the probability of drawing a
blue marble? Would you say it is likely, unlikely, or certain?
2. If you have a bag with only red marbles, what is the probability of drawing a red
marble? Is it likely, unlikely, or certain?
3. A spinner has 6 sections (4 green, 1 yellow, and 1 red). What is the probability of
landing on green? Is it likely, unlikely, or certain?
4. A jar contains 10 marbles (6 blue, 4 red). What is the probability of drawing a red
marble? Is it likely, unlikely, or impossible?
5. You are drawing a ball from a bag containing 0 blue balls, 5 green balls, and 3 yellow
balls. What is the probability that you will draw a blue ball? Is it likely, unlikely, or
impossible?

Advanced Probability Questions (Multiple Events)


1. You flip a coin and roll a six-sided die. What is the probability that you will get heads
on the coin and a 3 on the die?
2. A bag contains 6 red balls, 8 blue balls, and 6 green balls. If you randomly pick two
balls without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are red?
3. You roll two dice. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 9 as the
sum of the two dice?
4. In a deck of 52 cards, there are 13 hearts, 13 diamonds, 13 clubs, and 13 spades. What
is the probability of drawing either a heart or a queen?
5. In a class of 30 students, 18 students like soccer and 12 like basketball. What is the
probability that a randomly chosen student likes either soccer or basketball?

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