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Year 10 Mathematics Probability Practice Test 1

This document contains 12 practice problems related to probability. The problems cover topics like probability calculations using Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, tables and counting methods. Multiple choice, short answer and calculation questions are included testing concepts like independent and mutually exclusive events, experimental and theoretical probabilities.

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Year 10 Mathematics Probability Practice Test 1

This document contains 12 practice problems related to probability. The problems cover topics like probability calculations using Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, tables and counting methods. Multiple choice, short answer and calculation questions are included testing concepts like independent and mutually exclusive events, experimental and theoretical probabilities.

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Year 10 Mathematics

Probability Practice Test 1

1 A letter is chosen randomly from the word TELEVISION.


a How many letters are there in the word TELEVISION?
b Find the probability that the letter is:
i aV ii an E iii not an E iv an E or a V
2 An experiment involves tossing three coins and counting the number of heads.
Here are the results after running the experiment 100 times.

a How many times did 2 heads occur?

b How many times did fewer than 2 heads occur?

c Find the experimental probability of obtaining:


i 0 heads ii 2 heads iii fewer than 2 heads iv at least one head

3 Consider the given events A and B that involve numbers taken from the first 10
positive integers.
A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} B = {1, 3, 7, 8}
a Represent the two events A and B in a Venn diagram.
b List the sets: i A and B ii A or B
c If a number from the first 10 positive integers is randomly selected, find the
probability that the following events occur.
iA ii A and B iii A or B
d Are the events A and B mutually excusive? Why or why not?

4 From a class of 30 students, 12 enjoy cricket (C ), 14 enjoy netball (N ) and 6 enjoy


both cricket and netball.
a Illustrate this information in a Venn diagram.
b State the number of students who enjoy:
i netball only ii neither cricket nor netball
c Find the probability that a person chosen at random will enjoy:
i netball ii netball only iii both cricket and netball
5 The Venn diagram shows the distribution of elements in two sets, A and B .

a Transfer the information in the Venn diagram to a two-way table.

b Find the number of elements for these regions.


i) A and B ii B only iii A only iv neither A nor B v A vi not B vii A or B

c Find: i P(A and B ) ii P (not A ) iii P (A only)

6 Consider this Venn diagram, displaying the number of elements belonging


to the events A and B .

Find the following probabilities.


a P(A ) b P(A and B ) c P(A⎪B ) d P(B⎪A)

7 From a group of 15 hockey players at a game of hockey, 13 played on the field, 7 sat on
the bench and 5 both played and sat on the bench. A hockey player is chosen at random
from the team.
Let A be the event ‘the person played on the field’ and B be the event ‘the person sat on
the bench’.
a Represent the information in a two-way table.
b Find the probability that the person only sat on the bench.
c Find the probability that the person sat on the bench, given that they played on the
field.
d Find the probability that the person played on the field, given that they sat on the
bench.
8 A six-sided die is rolled twice.
a List all the outcomes, using a table.
b State the total number of outcomes.
c Find the probability of obtaining the outcome (1, 5).
d Find:
i P(double) ii P(sum of at least 10) iii P(sum not equal to 7)
9 Two letters are chosen from the word KICK, without replacement.
a Construct a table to list the sample space.

b Find the probability of:


i obtaining the outcome (K, C)
ii selecting two Ks
iii selecting a K and a C

10 Boxes A and B contain 4 counters each. Box A contains 2 red and 2 green counters and
box B contains 1 red and 3 green counters. A box is chosen at random and then a single
counter is selected.

a What is the probability of selecting a red counter from box A?


b What is the probability of selecting a red counter from box B?
c Represent the options available as a tree diagram that shows all possible outcomes
and related probabilities.
d What is the probability of selecting box B and a red counter?
e What is the probability of selecting a red counter?

11 A bag contains 5 blue (B) and 3 white (W) marbles and two marbles are selected without
replacement.
a Draw a tree diagram showing all outcomes and probabilities.
b Find the probability of selecting:
i a blue marble followed by a white marble (B, W)

ii 2 blue marbles iii exactly one blue marble


c If the experiment was repeated with replacement, fi nd the answers to each question in part b .

12 Decide whether the following events A and B are independent.


a A die is rolled twice. Let A be the event ‘rolling a 6 on the first roll’ and let B be the
event ‘rolling a 3 on the second roll’.

b Two playing cards are randomly selected from a standard deck, without
replacement. Let A be the event ‘the first card is a heart’ and let B be the event ‘the
second card is a heart’.
ANSWERS
1 a) 10 b) P(E) = 1/5 c) P(Not an E) = 4/5 d) P(E or a V) = 3/10

2 a) 36 b) 51

c) i) P(No heads) = 11/100 ii) P(2 heads) = 36/100

iii) P(fewer than 2 heads) = 51/100 iv) P(at least one head) = 89/100
.
3 a)

b) i A and B = {1, 3} ii A or B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}

c) i P (A) = 3/5 ii P (A and B) = 1/5 iii P (A or B) = 4/5

d) The sets A and B are not mutually exclusive since there are numbers
inside A and B

4 a)

b) i 8 ii 10 c) i P (N ) = 7/15 ii P (N only) = 4/15 iii P (C and N ) = 1/5

5 a)

b) i 1 ii 6 iii 2 iv 3 v 3 vi 5 vii 2 + 1 + 6 = 9

i P(A and B) = 1/12 ii P (not A) = ¾ iii P (A only) = 1/6

6 a) P(A) = 5/9 b) P(A and B) = 2/9 c) P(A⎪B) = 1/3 d) P(B⎪A) = 2/5


7 a)

b) P (bench only) = 2/15

c) P(B⎪A) = 5/13

d) P (A⎪B) = 5/7

8 a)

b) 36 outcomes c) P (1, 5) = 1/36

d) i P(double) = 6/36 ii P(sum of at least 10) = 1/6 iii P (sum not equal to 7) = 5/6

9 a)

b) i P(K,C) = 1/6 ii P (K,K) = 1/6 iii P (K and C) = 1/3


10 a) P (red from box A) = ½ b P (red from box B) = ¼

c)

d) P(B, red) = 1/8

e) P(1 red) = 3/8

11 a)

b) i) P (B,W) = 15/56 ii) P (B,B) = 5/14 iii) P (1 blue) = 15/28


c) i) P (B,W) = 15/64 ii) P (B,B) = 25/64 iii) P (1 blue) = 15/32

12 a Yes, events A and B are independent.


b No, events A and B are not independent.

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