Chance and Probability: Interactive Learning Quizzes for Second Graders

Question 1

In a group of 100 students, 60% like math. If you pick one student at random, what's the chance they like math?

Accepted Answer

60%

Answer

20%

Answer

100%

Question 2

Imagine you have 100 students, and 60% of them enjoy math. You randomly pick 5 students from this group. What's the chance that at least one of them likes math? Explain your thinking.

Accepted Answer

97%

Answer

0%

Answer

60%

Answer

100%

Question 3

The probability of an event happening is 0.75. Express this probability as a fraction and as a percentage.

Accepted Answer

Fraction: 3/4, Percentage: 75%

Answer

Fraction: 1/2, Percentage: 50%

Answer

Fraction: 3/8, Percentage: 37.5%

Question 4

When you flip a coin, what is the probability of getting tails?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/3

Question 5

Five children are standing in a line. How many different ways can they be arranged?

Accepted Answer

120

Answer

5

Answer

10

Answer

25

Question 6

Today is sunny, but the weather report says there's a 40% chance of rain tomorrow. What's the chance it won't rain tomorrow?

Accepted Answer

60%

Answer

0%

Answer

40%

Answer

100%

Question 7

What is a sample space, and why is it important in probability?

Accepted Answer

A sample space is a list of all possible outcomes of an event.

Answer

A sample space is the likelihood that an event will happen.

Answer

A sample space is a way to show probability as a fraction.

Question 8

When flipping a coin, what is more likely to happen: getting a head or a tail?

Accepted Answer

Both equally likely

Answer

Getting a head

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Getting a tail

Question 9

A spinner has 4 equal parts, each with a different color. What is the chance of spinning green?

Accepted Answer

1 in 4

Answer

1 in 2

Answer

1 in 8

Question 10

Which is less likely to happen: rolling a 6 on a dice or rolling an odd number on a dice?

Accepted Answer

Rolling a 6

Answer

Rolling an odd number

Answer

Both equally likely

Question 11

Which event is definitely going to happen: flipping a coin and getting a head or flipping a coin and getting a tail?

Accepted Answer

Both are certain to happen

Answer

Flipping a coin and getting a head

Answer

Flipping a coin and getting a tail

Question 12

There are 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles in a jar. If you randomly choose a marble, what is the chance of picking a red marble?

Accepted Answer

1 red marble out of 5 total marbles

Answer

1 red marble out of 3 total marbles

Answer

1 red marble out of 2 total marbles

Answer

1 red marble out of 1 total marble

Question 13

A spinner has 6 equal parts. Each part is numbered from 1 to 6. What is the chance of the spinner landing on an even number?

Accepted Answer

Half of the parts have even numbers

Answer

One third of the parts have even numbers

Answer

A quarter of the parts have even numbers

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Only one-sixth of the parts have even numbers

Question 14

Imagine a number cube with numbers from 1 to 6. What is the chance of rolling a number greater than 2?

Accepted Answer

Half

Answer

One-third

Answer

One-quarter

Answer

One-sixth

Question 15

A spinner has four equal parts: red, yellow, green, and blue. What is the chance of spinning blue?

Accepted Answer

One-quarter

Answer

Half

Answer

One-third

Answer

One-sixth

Question 16

There are 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles in a bag. If you pick a marble without looking, what is the chance of it being blue?

Accepted Answer

One-third

Answer

Half

Answer

One-quarter

Answer

One-fifth

Question 17

What is the chance of rolling an even number on a number cube?

Accepted Answer

Half

Answer

One-third

Answer

One-quarter

Answer

One-sixth

Question 18

Which of these is NOT a way to write a chance?

Accepted Answer

Meter

Answer

Fraction

Answer

Decimal

Answer

Percentage

Question 19

When you flip a coin, what is the likelihood of getting heads?

Accepted Answer

Half (1/2)

Answer

One-fourth (1/4)

Answer

One-third (1/3)

Answer

One-sixth (1/6)

Question 20

Which of these is NOT a way to show probability?

Accepted Answer

Measurement (Meter)

Answer

Fraction

Answer

Decimal

Answer

Percentage

Question 21

Which of these is an event that's certain to happen?

Accepted Answer

Rolling a number when rolling a dice

Answer

Flipping heads when flipping a coin

Answer

Rolling a total of 7 when rolling two dice

Answer

Not rolling a 6 when rolling a dice

Question 22

Which of these is an event that cannot happen?

Accepted Answer

Rolling a total of 15 when rolling two dice

Answer

Flipping heads when flipping a coin

Answer

Rolling a number greater than 6 when rolling a dice

Answer

Picking a blue marble from a bag of red marbles

Question 23

How can you increase the probability of an event happening?

Accepted Answer

Add more favorable outcomes.

Answer

Remove all unfavorable outcomes.

Answer

Make the event impossible.

Answer

Change the context of the event

Question 24

Imagine a class with 25 students. A survey shows that 60% of the students like soccer. How many students in the class can we expect to like soccer?

Accepted Answer

15 students

Answer

10 students

Answer

20 students

Question 25

You have three coins. You flip all three coins at the same time. What is the chance that you will get two heads and one tail?

Accepted Answer

One fourth

Answer

Half

Answer

One eighth

Question 26

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a standard number cube?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Question 27

If there are 10 students in a class, and 4 of them are girls, what is the probability that a randomly selected student is a boy?

Accepted Answer

6/10

Answer

4/10

Answer

3/5

Answer

1/2

Question 28

Which of these games is fair?

Accepted Answer

Flipping a coin

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Rolling a weighted number cube

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Drawing a card from a deck that has been stacked

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Playing a game where one player has a clear advantage

Question 29

Which of these is the best way to show a probability of 50%?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Answer

3/4

Answer

0.75

Question 30

What is the fraction that represents the probability of an event happening 3 times out of 5?

Accepted Answer

3/5

Answer

3/8

Answer

6/10

Answer

5/3

Question 31

When you flip a coin, what is the probability of it landing on heads?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

0

Answer

1

Question 32

Imagine something that can never happen, like flying without wings. What is the chance of that happening?

Accepted Answer

Zero

Answer

Half

Answer

One hundred

Question 33

What is the chance of rolling a 6 on a standard number cube?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Question 34

What does a probability of 0.75 mean?

Accepted Answer

The event will probably happen

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The event will probably not happen

Answer

The event will definitely happen

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The event is equally likely to happen or not happen

Question 35

Which of these is a good guess for the chance of getting a blue marble from a bag with 5 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 2 green marbles?

Accepted Answer

2/5

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

3/4

Question 36

What is the chance of rolling a number greater than 4 on a standard number cube?

Accepted Answer

2/3

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/2

Question 37

Which of these events has a probability of 0?

Accepted Answer

Drawing a red card from a deck of cards with only blue cards

Answer

Flipping a coin and getting both heads and tails

Answer

Rolling a die and getting a number between 1 and 6

Answer

Getting a perfect score on a test

Question 38

In a survey of 100 students, 60 of them said they do not like math. What is the chance that a student picked at random will say they like math?

Accepted Answer

40%

Answer

60%

Answer

50%

Answer

25%

Question 39

Which of the following is **not** a way to represent probability?

Accepted Answer

Hours

Answer

Fraction

Answer

Decimal

Answer

Percentage

Question 40

A fair coin is flipped once. What is the probability of getting heads?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Answer

1

Answer

0

Question 41

Which of the following is **not** a good way to predict the probability of an event?

Accepted Answer

Guessing

Answer

Conducting an experiment

Answer

Using past data

Answer

Consulting an expert

Question 42

Which of the following shows a probability of 1/2? A coin has two sides, heads and tails. You flip the coin. What is the probability of getting heads?

Accepted Answer

Flipping a coin and landing on heads

Answer

Rolling a dice and getting a 6

Answer

Picking a red marble from a bag with only blue marbles

Answer

Drawing a spade from a deck of cards

Question 43

A bag has 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble?

Accepted Answer

5/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/8

Answer

1/4

Question 44

Which of the following is a possible value for probability?

Accepted Answer

0.5

Answer

-0.2

Answer

1.5

Answer

2

Question 45

You flip a coin. What is the probability of getting 'heads'?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

2/3

Question 46

Which of these activities involves an event that is certain to happen?

Accepted Answer

Flipping a coin and getting either heads or tails

Answer

Picking a card from a deck and getting a queen

Answer

Spinning a spinner with 6 sections and landing on the number 4

Answer

Rolling a dice and getting an odd number

Question 47

A standard deck of cards has 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing a face card (jack, queen, or king)?

Accepted Answer

3/13

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/13

Question 48

You flip a coin. What is a likely outcome?

Accepted Answer

Heads or tails

Answer

Getting a coin that flips over and over

Answer

Getting a coin that lands on its side

Answer

Getting both heads and tails

Question 49

What fraction represents the chance of rolling a 4 on a regular six-sided dice?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Question 50

A bag has 4 red balls, 3 blue balls, and 2 green balls. What is the chance of picking a red ball from the bag?

Accepted Answer

4/9

Answer

3/9

Answer

2/9

Answer

1/9

Question 51

Which of these is NOT a way to express probability?

Accepted Answer

Words

Answer

Percentages

Answer

Fractions

Answer

Decimals

Question 52

A spinner is divided into 6 equal sections, numbered from 1 to 6. What is the chance of spinning a number greater than 3?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Question 53

Which of these is the closest estimate for the chance of rolling an even number on a dice?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Question 54

There are 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles in a bag. If you pick one marble without looking, is it more likely to be red or blue?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Blue

Answer

Impossible to tell

Answer

Equally likely

Question 55

If you flip a coin, what is the chance of getting tails?

Accepted Answer

1 out of 2

Answer

1 out of 4

Answer

1 out of 3

Answer

2 out of 3

Question 56

A spinner has 4 equal sections: red, blue, green, and yellow. What is the probability of landing on blue?

Accepted Answer

1 out of 4

Answer

3 out of 4

Answer

4 out of 4

Answer

2 out of 4

Question 57

There are 5 apples in a basket: 2 red and 3 green. If you pick one apple without looking, what is the chance of getting a green apple?

Accepted Answer

3 out of 5

Answer

4 out of 5

Answer

2 out of 5

Answer

1 out of 5

Question 58

A bag has 4 balls: 1 red, 1 blue, 1 green, and 1 yellow. If you pick a ball without looking, is it more likely to be red or blue?

Accepted Answer

Equally likely

Answer

Red

Answer

Impossible to tell

Answer

Blue

Question 59

A dice has 6 sides. What is the probability of rolling a 3?

Accepted Answer

1 out of 6

Answer

1 out of 2

Answer

1 out of 3

Answer

1 out of 4

Question 60

If you spin a spinner and it lands on red, what is the probability it will land on red again on the next spin?

Accepted Answer

It doesn't change

Answer

Impossible

Answer

More likely

Answer

Less likely

Question 61

There are 10 cookies in a jar, 4 are chocolate chip.  What is the chance of picking a chocolate chip cookie?

Accepted Answer

4 out of 10

Answer

3 out of 10

Answer

1 out of 10

Answer

6 out of 10

Question 62

You have a box of crayons, 5 are red and 5 are blue. What is the chance of picking a red crayon?

Accepted Answer

50%

Answer

75%

Answer

25%

Answer

100%

Question 63

There are 8 candies in a bag: 3 green, 2 blue, and 3 yellow. What is the probability of picking a blue candy?

Accepted Answer

2 out of 8

Answer

5 out of 8

Answer

1 out of 8

Answer

3 out of 8