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XXX Probability: Section 6 - Probability and Statistics

This document contains 7 questions about probability and statistics concepts. Some key points: - Question 1 asks for the probability of drawing certain cards from a standard 52-card deck. - Question 2 gives the probabilities of rolling certain numbers on a six-sided die. - Question 3 involves calculating probabilities of drawing balls of different colors from a bag containing balls in set quantities. - Question 4 asks for the probability of drawing a ticket with a number ending in 7 from 100 tickets in a hat. - Question 5 provides a scenario involving spinning two different spinners divided into colored sections and calculating probabilities of various outcomes. - Question 6 estimates the number of heads expected from tossing a fair coin 50 times.

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XXX Probability: Section 6 - Probability and Statistics

This document contains 7 questions about probability and statistics concepts. Some key points: - Question 1 asks for the probability of drawing certain cards from a standard 52-card deck. - Question 2 gives the probabilities of rolling certain numbers on a six-sided die. - Question 3 involves calculating probabilities of drawing balls of different colors from a bag containing balls in set quantities. - Question 4 asks for the probability of drawing a ticket with a number ending in 7 from 100 tickets in a hat. - Question 5 provides a scenario involving spinning two different spinners divided into colored sections and calculating probabilities of various outcomes. - Question 6 estimates the number of heads expected from tossing a fair coin 50 times.

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Section 6 — Probability and Statistics 67

Probability
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Probability is one of my favourite topics — you find out all kinds of interesting things.
To find the probability of something, divide the number of ways it can happen by the
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total number of possible outcomes. Try these questions and you'll get the idea.
Q1 An ordinary pack of 52 cards is shuffled and you choose a card at random.
Give the probability that the card is:
a) red
b) a heart
c) a 3
d) a court card (Jack, Queen or King)
e) not a court card
f) an even number
g) a number less than 6 Probabilities are always bet
(assuming an Ace is higher than a 6) ween 0 and 1,
so they're sometimes given
as fractions
h) an Ace and sometimes as decimals
.
i) the Ace of Spades.
Give your answers as fractions in their simplest forms.

Q2 Write down, as a fraction, the probability of these events happening:


a) throwing a 5 with a dice
b) throwing an even number with a dice
c) throwing a prime number with a dice
d) throwing a 0 with a dice. The evil dice hoards will
never take CleaverGirl alive.

Q3 A bag contains ten balls. Five are red, three are yellow
and two are eyeballs. What is the probability of picking out:
a) a yellow ball
b) a red ball
c) an eyeball
d) a red ball or an eyeball
e) a blue ball

Q4 In a party game, tickets numbered from 1 to 100 are put in a hat and have to be
picked out blindfolded. You win a prize if you pick a ticket number ending in 7.
a) What is P(win), assuming you can only pick once?
b) What is P(not win), assuming you can only pick once?
Give your answers as fractions in their simplest forms.

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Probability
Q5 Spinner A is divided into 4 equal parts: red, black, white and pink.
Spinner B is divided into 3 equal parts: white, red and black.
a) Complete the chart below showing all possible outcomes:
Spinner B
White Red Black
Red RW
Spinner A

Black
White WB
Pink A B
You should always use a table like this to
b) How many different outcomes are there? write down all the "possible outcomes" —
you can't miss any out that way.
c) Assuming the spinners are unbiased find
the probabilities of the following:
i) both spinners show red
ii) both spinners show the same colour
iii) at least one spinner shows black
iv) neither spinner shows white
v) the outcome doesn't include pink.
Give all your answers as fractions in their simplest forms.
d) If the experiment with the two spinners is repeated 60 times,
estimate the number of times the outcome RR will turn up.
Can you be certain that this outcome will turn up?
e) If the experiment is done more times, No. of times RR turns up
what can you say about the fraction: ?
No. of times experiment is done

Q6 Bert tosses a fair coin 50 times.


a) Estimate how many heads he will get.
b) Will he get exactly that number?

Q7 Here are the results of some experimental tossing of a moose.

Number of tosses 20 50 100 200 500


Number of heads 11 28 58 121 305
Number of tails 9 22 42 79 195
a) Work out the relative frequency of getting
a head at each stage of the experiment.
b) Is there a running trend in your answers to part a)?
c) Do you think the moose is fair?

Section 6 — Probability and Statistics

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