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Lesson 5: Determine Outcomes of Compound Events — Practice Questions

  1. 1. Which of the following describes a simple event?

    • A. Rolling a die and flipping a coin
    • B. Picking two cards from a deck
    • C. Spinning a spinner once
    • D. Flipping a coin three times
  2. 2. An event consisting of two or more simple events, like rolling two dice, is called a ___ event.

  3. 3. A student selects a sandwich and a drink for lunch. How would you classify this event?

    • A. A simple event
    • B. A compound event
    • C. Neither simple nor compound
    • D. Both simple and compound
  4. 4. Rolling a single six-sided die and getting an odd number is an example of a ___ event.

  5. 5. An event has a single outcome or consists of one experiment. What type of event is this?

    • A. A compound event
    • B. A simple event
    • C. An impossible event
    • D. A certain event
  6. 6. An 8-sided die with faces numbered 1 through 8 is rolled. How many possible outcomes are in the sample space? ___

  7. 7. A bag contains one red, one blue, one green, one yellow, and one purple marble. How many possible outcomes are there when drawing one marble from the bag? ___

  8. 8. Two fair coins are tossed at the same time. Using H for heads and T for tails, how many total outcomes are in the sample space? ___

  9. 9. When rolling a standard six-sided number cube, which of the following is the correct sample space?

    • A. $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$
    • B. $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$
    • C. $\{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$
    • D. $\{H, T, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$
  10. 10. If you randomly choose a day of the week for an appointment, how many possible outcomes are in the sample space? ___