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36 Cards in this Set
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The probability of selecting a blue marble is 1/3. What are the odds of selecting a blue marble?
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Odds in favor of selecting blue 1:2
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The probability of getting orange on a spinner is 2/5. What are the odds in favor of spinning orange?
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The odds in favor of spinning orange are 2:3
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The weatherman said there is a 1 in 7 chance of snow tomorrow. What are the odds of snow tomorrow?
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Odds in favor of snow 1:6
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The probability of rolling a 3 on a 6 sided number cube is 1/6. What are the odds in favor of of rolling a 3?
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The odds in favor of rolling a 3 are 1:5
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The probability of not drawing a red card is 1/2. What are the odds against drawing a red card.
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Odds against a red card 1:1
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The probability that the Bulls will lose to the Lakers is 4 out of 7. What are the against the Bulls winning?
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The odds against the Bulls winning are 4 to 3.
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The probability of drawing a heart from a deck of 52 playing cards is 1/4. What are the odds in favor of drawing a heart?
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The odds in favor of drawing a heart are 1 to 3.
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A bag of marbles contains 3 blue, 4 yellow and 1 black marble. What are the odds of selecting yellow?
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The odds in favor of selecting yellow are 4:4 or 1:1
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A bag of marbles contain 2 green, 1 blue, and 7 red. What are the odds against selecting green?
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The odds against selecting green are 8:2 or 4:1
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The probability of selecting a 4 from a deck of 52 playing cards is 1/13. What are the odds of selecting a 4?
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The odds in favor of selecting a 4 are 1:12
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The probability of not getting red on a spinner is 2/7. What are the odds of not getting red?
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The odds of not getting red on the spinner are 2/5
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The probability of drawing a red block from a bag is 20%. What are the odds of drawing a red block?
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The odds of drawing a red block are 20:80 or 1:4
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The probability of not being right handed is 10%. What are the odds against being left handed?
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The odds against being left handed are 10 to 90 or 1:9
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A fruit bowl has 3 oranges and 2 apples. What are the odds that someone will select an apple?
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The odds in favor of selecting an apple are 2/3
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The probability of rolling "snake eyes" - one on each of two dice at the same time is 1/36. What are the odds against rolling snake eyes?
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The odds against snake eyes are 35:1
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The chance that a golfer will get struck by lighting is 1 in a million. What are the odds that the golfer will get struck by lighting?
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The odds in favor of getting struck by lighting are 1:999,999
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The probability that the race horse War Admiral will win is 1/11. What are the odds in favor of War Admiral winning?
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The odds in favor of War Admiral winning are 1:10
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The probability that the race car driver Jeff Gordon will win his race is 13/16. What are the odds that Jeff Gordon will win?
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The odds in favor of Jeff Gordon winning his race are 13:3
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The probability that the Dodgers will beat the Braves is 11/21. What are the odds that the Dodgers will win?
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The odds in favor of the Dodgers winning are 11:10
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The probability that Mike Tyson would beat Evander Holyfield in a boxing match is 13/18. What are the odds that Tyson will win?
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The odds in favor of Tyson winning are 13:5
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The probability that the Jets will lose to the Dolphins is 11/23. What are the odds against the Jets winning?
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The odds against the Jets winning are 11:12
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The probability of rolling a 5 on two dice is 1/9 . What are the odds in favor of rolling a 5?
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The odds in favor of rolling a 5 are 1:8
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The probability against drawing a spade from a deck of 52 playing cards is 3/4. What are the odds against drawing a spade?
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The odds against drawing a spade are 3:1
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A 50 year old man has an 90% chance of not having a heart-attack by age 65. What are the odds that he will not have a heart attack?
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The odds against the man having a heart attack are 90:10 or 9:1
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The probability of spinning purple on a spinner is 0.3 What are the odds of spinning purple?
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The odds in favor of spinning purple are 3:7
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The probability of selecting a face card is 4/13. What are the odds of selecting a face card?
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The odds of selecting a face card are 4:9
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The probability of rain tomorrow is .3 What are the odds of rain tomorrow?
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The odds of rain are 3:7
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The probability of spinning blue on a spinner is 60%. What are the odds of spinning blue?
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The odds of spinning blue are 60:40 or 3:2
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The odds of spinning red are 3:7 What is the probability of spinning red?
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The probability of spinning red is 3/10 or 0.3 or 30%
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The odds in favor of the Vikings beating the Bears are 6:7 What is the probability ?
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The probability of the Vikings beating the Bears is 6/13
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The odds against Mai winning the race are 7:3 What is the probability?
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The probability of Mai loosing is 7/10 or 0.7 or 70%
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The odds of rolling an even sum on two dice are 50:50 What is the probability?
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The probability of rolling an even sum is 1/2 or 0.5 ro 50%
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The odds of selecting a white marble from a bag of 11 black marbles are 0:11 What is the probability?
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The probability of selecting white is 0/11, 0, or 0%
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The odds against selecting a 5 or a 6 from a deck of playing cards are 11:2 What is the probability?
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The probability against selecting a 5 or a 6 is 11/13
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The odds of selecting a blue marble from a bag are 11:7 What is the probability?
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The probability of selecting a blue marble is 11/18
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The odds of selecting a white marble from a bag of 11 white marbles are 1:0 What is the probability of selecting a white marble?
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The probability of selecting a white marble is 1, or 100%
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