Name: _________________________________ Date: ___________________

Independent vs. Dependent Probability

1. What is independent probability?

2. What is dependent probability?

3. What is the probability that you will roll a 5 on a number cube and flip a heads on a fair
coin?

4. You have a spinner equally divided into red, orange, yellow, and green. What is the
probability that you will spin a red and then spin a red again?

5. A bag contains 5 red balls, 2 green balls, and 3 purple balls. What is the probability you
will pick out a green ball, put it back and pick a purple ball?

6. A bag contains 5 red balls, 2 green balls, and 3 purple balls. What is the probability you
will pick out a green ball, DO NOT replace it and then pick a purple ball?

7. Is there a difference in probability between question 5 and question 6? Please explain

your answer.
8. Your teacher is giving out pencils for birthdays this year. You and your classmate, Josh,
have the same birthday and will both get a pencil. Your teacher has 3 smiley face pencils,
4 flower pencils, and 3 glow in the dark pencils. Josh gets to randomly pick a pencil first
and gets a glow in the dark pencil. What is the probability you will pick a glow in the
dark pencil now?