diff --git a/src/Simulation/Common/Utils.cs b/src/Simulation/Common/Utils.cs
index 752c4048dcd..4be748429c7 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Common/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/Common/Utils.cs
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Core;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Common
 {
-    public class CommonUtils
+    public static class CommonUtils
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Removes PauliI terms from observable and corresponding qubits from qubits. 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ public static void PruneObservable(IQArray<Pauli> observable, IQArray<Qubit> qub
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns IEnumerable&lt;T&gt; that contains sub-sequence of <paramref name="sequenceToPrune"/>[i], such that <paramref name="sequence"/>[i] is not equal to <paramref name="value"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public static IEnumerable<T> PrunedSequence<U,T>(IQArray<U> sequence, U value, IQArray<T> sequenceToPrune )
+        public static IEnumerable<T> PrunedSequence<U,T>(IQArray<U> sequence, U value, IQArray<T> sequenceToPrune)
         {
             for (uint i = 0; i < sequence.Length; ++i)
             {
@@ -63,5 +65,65 @@ public static (long, long) Reduce(long numerator, long denominatorPower)
 
             return (numNew, denomPowerNew);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Takes an array of doubles as
+        /// input, and returns a randomly-selected index into the array 
+        /// as an `Int`. The probability of selecting a specific index
+        /// is proportional to the value of the array element at that index.
+        /// Array elements that are equal to zero are ignored and their indices
+        /// are never returned.If any array element is less than zero, or if
+        /// no array element is greater than zero, then the operation fails.
+        /// As a source of randomness uses a number uniformly distributed between 0 and 1. 
+        /// Used for Quantum.Intrinsic.Random
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="uniformZeroOneSample"> Number between Zero and one, uniformly distributed</param>
+        public static long SampleDistribution(IQArray<double> unnormalizedDistribution, double uniformZeroOneSample)
+        {
+            if (unnormalizedDistribution.Any(prob => prob < 0.0))
+            {
+                throw new ExecutionFailException("Random expects array of non-negative doubles.");
+            }
+
+            var total = unnormalizedDistribution.Sum();
+            if (total == 0)
+            {
+                throw new ExecutionFailException("Random expects array of non-negative doubles with positive sum.");
+            }
+
+            var sample = uniformZeroOneSample * total;
+
+            return unnormalizedDistribution
+                // Get the unnormalized CDF of the distribution.
+                .SelectAggregates((double acc, double x) => acc + x)
+                // Look for the first index at which the CDF is bigger
+                // than the random sample of 𝑈(0, 1) that we were given
+                // as a parameter.
+                .Select((cumulativeProb, idx) => (cumulativeProb, idx))
+                .Where(item => item.cumulativeProb >= sample)
+                // Cast that index to long, and default to returning
+                // the last item.
+                .Select(
+                    item => (long)item.idx
+                )
+                .DefaultIfEmpty(
+                    unnormalizedDistribution.Length - 1
+                )
+                .First();
+        }
+
+        internal static IEnumerable<TResult> SelectAggregates<TSource, TResult>(
+            this IEnumerable<TSource> source,
+            Func<TResult, TSource, TResult> aggregate,
+            TResult initial = default
+        )
+        {
+            var acc = initial;
+            foreach (var element in source)
+            {
+                acc = aggregate(acc, element);
+                yield return acc;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/InterfaceUtils.cs b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/InterfaceUtils.cs
index f3beba01330..b8a4c79c1d8 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/InterfaceUtils.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/InterfaceUtils.cs
@@ -74,19 +74,5 @@ public static partial class Extensions
         {
             return InterfaceType(t, typeof(IControllable<>));
         }
-        
-        internal static IEnumerable<TResult> SelectAggregates<TSource, TResult>(
-            this IEnumerable<TSource> source,
-            Func<TResult, TSource, TResult> aggregate,
-            TResult initial = default
-        )
-        {
-            var acc = initial;
-            foreach (var element in source)
-            {
-                acc = aggregate(acc, element);
-                yield return acc;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/QCTraceSimulator.Primitive.random.cs b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/QCTraceSimulator.Primitive.random.cs
index 1fea9dbfeea..2a5578ed962 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/QCTraceSimulator.Primitive.random.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/QCTraceSimulator.Primitive.random.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
+using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Common;
 using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Core;
 using System;
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public TracerRandom(QCTraceSimulatorImpl m) : base(m)
 
             public override Func<IQArray<double>, Int64> Body => (p) =>
             {
-                return SimulatorsUtils.SampleDistribution(p, core.random.NextDouble());
+                return CommonUtils.SampleDistribution(p, core.random.NextDouble());
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/Utils.cs b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/Utils.cs
index 9f991e7ed0c..ddeac1ab574 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QCTraceSimulator/Utils.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Common;
 using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Core;
 using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.QCTraceSimulatorRuntime;
 
@@ -199,53 +200,4 @@ public static class MetricsCountersNames
         /// </summary>
         public const string widthCounter = nameof(WidthCounter);
     }
-
-    static class SimulatorsUtils
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Takes an array of doubles as
-        /// input, and returns a randomly-selected index into the array 
-        /// as an `Int`. The probability of selecting a specific index
-        /// is proportional to the value of the array element at that index.
-        /// Array elements that are equal to zero are ignored and their indices
-        /// are never returned.If any array element is less than zero, or if
-        /// no array element is greater than zero, then the operation fails.
-        /// As a source of randomness uses a number uniformly distributed between 0 and 1. 
-        /// Used for Quantum.Intrinsic.Random
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="uniformZeroOneSample"> Number between Zero and one, uniformly distributed</param>
-        public static long SampleDistribution(IQArray<double> unnormalizedDistribution, double uniformZeroOneSample)
-        {
-            if (unnormalizedDistribution.Any(prob => prob < 0.0))
-            {
-                throw new ExecutionFailException("Random expects array of non-negative doubles.");
-            }
-
-            var total = unnormalizedDistribution.Sum();
-            if (total == 0)
-            {
-                throw new ExecutionFailException("Random expects array of non-negative doubles with positive sum.");
-            }
-
-            var sample = uniformZeroOneSample * total;
-
-            return unnormalizedDistribution
-                // Get the unnormalized CDF of the distribution.
-                .SelectAggregates((double acc, double x) => acc + x)
-                // Look for the first index at which the CDF is bigger
-                // than the random sample of 𝑈(0, 1) that we were given
-                // as a parameter.
-                .Select((cumulativeProb, idx) => (cumulativeProb, idx))
-                .Where(item => item.cumulativeProb >= sample)
-                // Cast that index to long, and default to returning
-                // the last item.
-                .Select(
-                    item => (long)item.idx
-                )
-                .DefaultIfEmpty(
-                    unnormalizedDistribution.Length - 1
-                )
-                .First();
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QuantumProcessor/random.cs b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QuantumProcessor/random.cs
index d9c51cfa202..0b0452c23c8 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Simulators/QuantumProcessor/random.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/Simulators/QuantumProcessor/random.cs
@@ -3,41 +3,13 @@
 
 using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Core;
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Common;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.QuantumProcessor
 {
     public partial class QuantumProcessorDispatcher
     {
-        public static long SampleDistribution(IQArray<double> unnormalizedDistribution, double uniformZeroOneSample)
-        {
-            double total = 0.0;
-            foreach (double prob in unnormalizedDistribution)
-            {
-                if (prob < 0)
-                {
-                    throw new ExecutionFailException("Random expects array of non-negative doubles.");
-                }
-                total += prob;
-            }
-
-            if (total == 0)
-            {
-                throw new ExecutionFailException("Random expects array of non-negative doubles with positive sum.");
-            }
-
-            double sample = uniformZeroOneSample * total;
-            double sum = unnormalizedDistribution[0];
-            for (int i = 0; i < unnormalizedDistribution.Length - 1; ++i)
-            {
-                if (sum >= sample)
-                {
-                    return i;
-                }
-                sum += unnormalizedDistribution[i];
-            }
-            return unnormalizedDistribution.Length;
-        }
-
         public class QuantumProcessorDispatcherRandom : Quantum.Intrinsic.Random
         {
             private QuantumProcessorDispatcher Simulator { get; }
@@ -48,7 +20,7 @@ public QuantumProcessorDispatcherRandom(QuantumProcessorDispatcher m) : base(m)
 
             public override Func<IQArray<double>, Int64> Body => (p) =>
             {
-                return SampleDistribution(p, Simulator.random.NextDouble());
+                return CommonUtils.SampleDistribution(p, Simulator.random.NextDouble());
             };            
         }
     }