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Probability Addition Rules Worksheet

This document provides 11 practice problems involving calculating probabilities of events occurring. The problems cover topics like finding the probability of students belonging to certain groups, outcomes of random events like rolling dice or choosing cards, and probabilities involving combinations of events. Students are asked to determine the probability of one event occurring, or the probability of either of two events occurring.

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Probability Addition Rules Worksheet

This document provides 11 practice problems involving calculating probabilities of events occurring. The problems cover topics like finding the probability of students belonging to certain groups, outcomes of random events like rolling dice or choosing cards, and probabilities involving combinations of events. Students are asked to determine the probability of one event occurring, or the probability of either of two events occurring.

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Addition Rules worksheet

1) In a group of 101 students 30 are freshmen and 41 are sophomores. Find the probability that a student picked
from this group at random is either a freshman or sophomore.

2) In a group of 101 students 40 are juniors, 50 are female, and 22 are female juniors. Find the probability that a
student picked from this group at random is either a junior or female.

3) Calculate the probability of getting a 2 or 5 when rolling a die.

4) A spinner has 4 equal sectors colored yellow, blue, green, and red. What is the probability of landing on red or
blue after spinning this spinner?

5) A single card is chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of choosing
a king or a club?

6) In a math class of 30 students, 17 are boys and 13 are girls. On a unit test, 4 boys and 5 girls made an A grade.
If a student is chosen at random from the class, what is the probability of choosing a girl or an A student?
7) On New Year's Eve, the probability of a person having a car accident is 0.15. The probability of a person
driving while intoxicated is 0.32 and probability of a person having a car accident while intoxicated is 0.09. What is
the probability of a person driving while intoxicated or having a car accident?

8) A day of the week is chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing a Monday or Tuesday?

9) In a pet store, there are 6 puppies, 9 kittens, 4 gerbils and 7 parakeets. If a pet is chosen at random, what is
the probability of choosing a puppy or a parakeet?

10.) The probability of a New York teenager owning a skateboard is 0.37, of owning a bicycle is 0.81 and of owning
both is 0.36. If a New York teenager is chosen at random, what is the probability that the teenager owns a
skateboard or a bicycle?

11.) A number from 1 to 10 is chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing a 5 or an even number?

12.) A single 6-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 3 or an even number?

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