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Chapter 7 Probability

1. The document contains 17 probability word problems involving determining probabilities of events, finding complements of probabilities, and solving for unknown values. 2. Many problems involve containers holding objects of different types in unknown quantities and calculating probabilities or determining the number of objects based on the given probabilities. 3. The problems cover a range of skills including determining probabilities from equiprobable sample spaces, finding probabilities and complements, and setting up and solving equations to determine unknown values.

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Chapter 7 Probability

1. The document contains 17 probability word problems involving determining probabilities of events, finding complements of probabilities, and solving for unknown values. 2. Many problems involve containers holding objects of different types in unknown quantities and calculating probabilities or determining the number of objects based on the given probabilities. 3. The problems cover a range of skills including determining probabilities from equiprobable sample spaces, finding probabilities and complements, and setting up and solving equations to determine unknown values.

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CHAPTER 7 : PROBABILITY

(A)
1

Determine The Probability Of An Event Equiprobable Sample Space


The diagram shows some number cards

13

21

27

29

33

35

A card is picked at random. State the probability that a prime number is picked.

A. B.

2 3 1 3

C. D.

1 2
1 6
[2004, No.35]

It is given that set G is { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 }. A number is chosen at random from the elements of set G. Find the probability that the number chosen is a prime number. A. B.

4 11 5 11

C.

6 11
D.

7 11
[2006, No.34]

20 coupons with serial number 21 to 40 are put in a box. One coupon is drawn at random. The probability of drawing a coupon with a number which is not a multiple of 5 is A. B.

1 5 2 5

C. D.

3 5 4 5
[2004, No.37]

The table shows the distribution of a group of 90 pupils playing a game. Form Four 33 18 Form Five 15 24

Girls Boys

A pupil is chosen at random from the group to start the game. What is the probability that a girl from Form Four will be chosen ? A. B.

11 30 7 15
D.

C.

8 15

11 17
[2005, No.34]

In a class of 32 students, 12 are boys, and 6 of the girls are wearing spectacles. If a student is chosen randomly from the girls, find the probability that the student chosen is wearing spectacles. A. B.

7 16 3 16

C. D.

3 10 9 10

In a group of 90 students, 70 are girls. A further 10 boys then joined the group. If a student chosen at random from the group, state the probability that the student chosen is a boy. A. B.

2 9 7 9

C. D.

1 10 3 10
[2003, No.37]

(B) 7

Solve Problems Involving Probability Of An Event / Probability Of The Complement Of An Event ~ 1 Two teams, G and H, are competing in a football game. The probability of team G winning the game is and the probability of team H winning the game is A. B. 0 C. D.

5 9

1 9

1 . Find the probability that result of the game is draw. 3 4 9 2 3

There are 8 prefects in a class. If a student is selected randomly from the class, the probability of not a prefect 7 being selected is . If 4 students who are not a prefect leave the class and a student is selected at random, 9 find the probability of selecting a prefect. A. B.

1 5

C. D.

1 3 2 5

1 4

A box contains 4 red marbles, 2 white marbles and a number of blue marbles. A marble is chosen at random 1 from a box. The probability of choosing a white marble is . Find the probability of choosing a blue 8 marble. A.

1 4

C.

5 8

B.

3 8

D.

3 4
[2006, No.35]

(C)

Solve Problems Involving Probability Of An Event / Probability Of The Complement Of An Event ~ 2

10 A container holds 28 yellow marbles and a number of green marbles. A marble is picked at random from the
container. The probability of picking a yellow marble is container ? A. B. 4 8 C. D. 21 24 [2005, No.35] 11 A basket contains x eggs of which 60 eggs are good and the rest are broken. If an egg is picked randomly 4 from the basket, the probability of picking a broken egg is . Find the value of x. 9 A. B. 40 48 C. D. 75 108

7 . How many green marbles are there in the 8

12

A box consists m red cards, 14 white cards and 28 blue cards. When a card is picked at random, the probability that it is red is A. B. 25 26

5 . Find the value of m. 12


C. D. 28 30

13

A box contains 40 marbles of red, blue and green colour. The probability of picking a blue marble is

3 . 10 If the ratio of the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles is 3 : 2, find the number of red marbles in the box.
8 12 C. D. 20 22

A. B.

14

A jar contains 240 sweets of orange, lychee, and coffee flavour. There are 90 orange flavoured sweets. If a 1 sweet is picked at random from the jar, the probability of picking a lychee flavoured sweet is . How 3 many coffee flavoured sweets are there ? A. B. 10 50 C. D. 70 80 [2003, No.38]

15

Irma has a collection of stamps from Kelantan, Perak, and Sarawak. She picks one stamp at random. The 4 1 probability of picking a Perak stamp is and the probability of picking a Sarawak stamp is . Imran 9 3 has 10 Kelantan stamps. Calculate the total number of stamps in her collection. A. B. 20 25 C. D. 45 90 [2004, No.36]

16

A box contains 24 marbles, 15 are black and the rest are red. A number of red marbles are added into the box. 4 If a marble is picked at random from the bag, the probability of picking a red marble is . Find the 9 number of red marbles which are added into the box. A. B. 3 4 C. D. 5 6

17

In a bag of sweets, 20 are strawberry flavoured while the rest are orange flavoured. A sweet is chosen 4 randomly and the probability of choosing a strawberry flavoured sweets is . Calculate the number of 7 strawberry flavoured sweets that must be taken out so that the probability of choosing a strawberry flavoured 2 sweet is . 5 A. B. 9 10 C. D. 11 12

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