Math 2 Unit 6 – Probability

Sample Spaces, Tree Diagrams and the Fundamental Counting Principle

List the sample space for each situation:

1. Rolling a die.
2. Having three children.
3. There are 2 entry doors and 3 staircases in your school. How many ways are there to enter the
building and go to the second floor?
4. Ordering a sandwich with the following choices: wheat or rye bread, ham or turkey, swiss or
cheddar cheese.
5. The months in which your birthday could fall.
6. A spinner has 4 equally likely regions numbered 1 to 4. The arrow is spun twice. What is the
sample space in this experiment?

Andy has asked his girlfriend to make all the decisions for their date on her birthday. She will
pick a restaurant and an activity for the date. Andy will choose a gift for her. The local
restaurants include Mexican, Chinese, Seafood, and Italian. The activities she can choose
from are Putt-Putt, bowling, and movies. Andy will buy her either candy or flowers.

7. How many outcomes are there for these three decisions?

8. Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the choices.

A travel agent plans trips for tourists from Chicago to Miami. He gives them three ways to get
from town to town: airplane, bus, train. Once the tourists arrive, there are two ways to get to
the hotel: hotel van or taxi. The cost of each type of transportation is given in the table below.
Transportation Type Cost
Airplane $350
Bus $150
Train $225
Hotel Van $60
Taxi $40

9. Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the possible choices for the tourists. Determine the cost for
each outcome.

10. If the tourists were flying to New York, the subway would be a third way to get to the hotel.
How would this change the number of outcomes? Use the Fundamental Counting Principle to
explain your answer.

11. Tanya went shopping and bought the following items: one red t-shirt, one blue blouse, one
white t-shirt, one floral blouse, one pair of khaki capri pants, one pair of black pants, one pair of
white capri pants, and one pair of denim shorts. Make a tree diagram to show the choices she
has to wear.
12. At the after school Tiger Club meeting, there were four drinks you could choose from:
orange juice, Coke, Dr. Pepper, and water. There were three snacks you could choose from:
peanuts, fruit, and cookies. Each student may only have one drink and one snack.

a) Create a tree diagram showing all possible choices available.

b) Find the number of possible choices available.

13. There are 3 trails leading to Camp A from your starting position. There are 3 trails from
Camp A to Camp B. How many different routes are there from the starting position to Camp
B?

14. A jar contains 2 red, 2 green and 1 blue beads. Two beads are drawn with replacement. Use a
tree diagram to illustrate the outcomes and figure out the probability of drawing at least one
red bead.

15. Create your own 3 event tree diagram problem that has 12 outcomes in the sample space. Be
creative with your problem description!
A. Write the multiplication problem you could use to find the number of possible choices
available.