Probability Puzzles

Probability and uncertainty-based mathematical puzzles.

Probability Puzzles Puzzles

Medium

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

Medium

A standard six-sided die is rolled once. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?

Hard

Two fair coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting exactly one head?

Hard

A bag contains 4 red balls and 6 blue balls. One ball is selected at random. What is the probability of selecting a red ball?

Expert

A standard deck has 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing an ace on one random draw?

Medium

A bag contains 5 red balls and 5 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of drawing a red ball?

Medium

A bag contains 4 red and 6 blue balls. Two balls are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that both are blue?

Medium

Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum is 7?

Medium

Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that both dice show the same number?

Hard

Three fair coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at least one head?

Hard

Four fair coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?

Hard

A card is drawn from a standard 52-card deck. What is the probability that it is either a heart or a king?

Hard

A standard deck contains 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing two aces consecutively without replacement?

Expert

Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that the first die is greater than the second die?

Hard

A bag contains 3 red, 4 blue and 5 green balls. One ball is selected at random. What is the probability that it is not blue?

Medium

A bag contains 4 red balls and 6 blue balls. Two balls are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?

Hard

Three fair coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?