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L5 Calculating Probabilities (B)

Grade E
Progression: Medium ANSWERS

1) The letters which make up the word MATHEMATICS are put into
a bag.

M A T H E M A T I C S
A letter is taken out of the bag.
Write down, as a fraction, the probability of choosing:
a. A 2/11
b. T or M 4/11
c. a vowel 4/11

2) Bradley takes out a ball at random from this bag.

Work out, as a fraction, the


probability that the ball is:
a. Blue 3/10
b. Red or Yellow 7/10
c. Green 0/10

3) How many more red balls must be added to the bag so that the
chance of Bradley choosing red is even? 6

4) Hassan spins this fair spinner.

Find the probability that the spinner lands on:


a. 2 3/8 2 0 2
b. 1 0/8 91 0
c. A number greater than 4 2/8
5
d. A red section 3/8 3 2
e. 2 in a blue section. 5/8

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5) Elijah rolls a fair dice. Find each of the following probabilities.
a. P(6) 1/6
b. P(2 or 3) 2/6
c. P(greater than 1) 5/6

6) Layla rolls an 8-sided fair dice numbered 20 to 27.


Work out each of the following.
a. P(26) 1/8
b. P(multiple of 3) 3/8
c. P(prime number) 1/8

7) Finley picks a card at random from a normal pack of 52 playing


cards.

Write down the following probabilities.


a. P(a diamond) 13/52
b. P(a queen) 4/52
c. P(a red jack) 2/52

8) Ava has eight cards


numbered 1 to 8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
She shuffles the cards
and places them face down.

Ava turns over a card at random.

a. What is the probability that the first card she turns over is 7? 1/8
b. If the first card is 5 what is the probability that the next card she
turns over will be 6? 1/7
c. If the first card is 3 what is the probability that the next card she
turns over will be higher? 5/7

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