We can't do tree diagrams on here. There are C(7,2) = (7*6)/(2*1) = 21 ways the two top cards can occur. There are only 3 even numbered cards [2,4,6}, so there are only C(3,2) = (3*2)/(2*1) = 3 ways both top cards can be even. They are {2,4}, {2,6}, and (4,6}. So the probability that both will be even is 3/21 or 1/7. ---------------------------------------- To have an odd sum, one card must be even and the other odd. We can pick the odd card 4 ways {1,3,5,7} We can pick the even card 3 ways (2,4,6} That's 4*3 = 12 ways to pick them so that the sum will be odd. So the probability that the sum will be odd is 12/21 = 4/7. --------------------------------------- You'll have to ask your teacher how he wants you to draw a tree diagram to figure this out, but the answers are 1/7 and 4/7. Edwin