Republic of the Philippines

SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY

LABORATORY SCHOOL
Lucban, Quezon

Name: _______________________________ Date: _______________________

Grade & Section: _______________________ Score: ______________________

“EXPERIMENT, SAMPLE SPACE AND UNDERSTANDING PROBABILITY”

I. Directions. Read and analyze the following statements below and choose the best answer. Box the
letter of your answer.
1. Which event is certain?
a. It will rain today. c. The tree will talk to the gardener.
b. Stone will sink in water. d. A mother will give birth to a baby girl.
2. Which event is impossible?
a. December comes after November. c. A Filipino win an Olympic gold medal.
b. Easter Sunday is celebrated in March. d. Valentine’s Day falls on Friday the 13th.
3. Which is referred to as an activity involving chance that can have different results?
a. Event c. Sample Point
b. Experiment d. Sample Space
4. What do you call the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment?
a. Event c. Sample Point
b. Experiment d. Sample Space
5. Which is referred to as the results of an experiments?
a. Events c. Sample Point
b. Outcomes d. Sample Space
6. Which of the following is NOT an experiment?
a. rolling a die twice c. a queen of hearts
b. drawing a card from a decks of cards d. flipping a coin thrice
7. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Rolling a die once has 7 possible outcomes.
b. Tossing two fair coins once has 6 possible outcomes.
c. In a True or False test, there are four possible answers.
d. In a standard deck of 52 playing cards, there is one Jack of spade.
8. What do you call an event that can happen in a unique way?
a. Complementary Event c. Independent Event
b. Dependent Event d. Simple Event
9. The wheel on the right is spun. Assume that the arrow will never fall on the lines separating the
sections. What is the sample space?
a. {red, yellow, green. blue} c. {red, green, blue}
b. {red, yellow, green} d. {green, blue}
10. A drawer has 5 blue ties, 2 red ties, and 3 red ties. A tie is picked at random. What is the total number
of possible outcomes?

a. n ( S )=2 c. n ( S )=5
b. n ( S )=3 d. n ( S )=10

11. Ana flipped a coin once. Which set contains the possible outcomes?

a. S= { H , T } c. S= { ( H , H ) , ( H ,T ) ,(T , H ) }
b. S= {( H , H) ,(T , T ) } d. S= { ( H , H ) , ( H ,T ) , (T , H ) ,(T , T ) }

12. A die is rolled. What is the probability that a prime number comes up?
 5 1
a. c.
6 2
3 1
b. d.
4 3
13. What is the probability of obtaining an odd number with one throw of die?
5 1
a. c.
6 2
3 1
b. d.
4 3
14. Twelve identical cards are labeled 1 to 12. Find the probability that a card drawn at random is divisible
by 3 and 2.
1 1
a. c.
8 4
1 1
b. d.
6 3
15. A class has 15 boys and 20 girls. If a student is picked at random, what is the probability that the
student is a girl?
4 3
a. c.
7 4
3 2
b. d.
7 3
16. The table shows how many t – shirts of each color Cyril has in his closet.

Color White Blue Green Red

Number of Shirts 6 5 7 2
If Cyril chooses a shirt without looking, what is the probability that it will be blue?
a. 10% c. 30%
b. 25% d. 35%
17. Tonton has 10 green, 9 brown, and 6 white marbles in a box. What is the probability that, without
looking, Tonton will pick a green marble from the box?
a. 40% c. 24%
b. 36% d. 18%
18. The local weather forecaster said that there is 70% chance of rain tomorrow. What is the probability
that it will not rain tomorrow?
a. 0.3% c. 30%
b. 0.7% d. 70%
19. A committee has 4 female and 7 male members. If they randomly select an officer from among
themselves, what is the probability that the elected officer a female?
3 4
a. c.
11 11
4 7
b. d.
7 4
20. A fair die is rolled once. What is the probability of rolling a number that is not 0?
0 5
a. or 0 c.
6 6
1 6
b. d. or 1
6 6
21. If one letter is chosen at random from the word UNCERTAINTY, what is the probability that the letter
chosen is a vowel?
3 8
a. c.
11 11
4 d. 4
b.
11
22. Which of the following is TRUE?
 a. Flipping a coin twice has 3 possible outcomes.
b. The true/false-type question has one possible outcome.
c. The probability of getting a 0 when a die is rolled is certain.
1
d. The probability of getting a club if you draw one card from standard deck of 52 cards is
4
23. Alex asked his 40 classmates of their favorite snacks. These are the responses of his classmates; 10
students chose banana cue; 12 chose cassava cake and 18 chose pancakes. If one of his classmates
is chosen at random, what is the probability that the chosen classmate prefers cassava cake.
1 3
a. c.
4 4
3 d. 30
b.
10
24. The numbers 4 to 10 are written on separate pieces of paper, folded, and placed in a box. One number
(piece of paper) is drawn from this box. What is the probability that the number chosen is a composite
number?
1 1
a. c.
10 2
1 5
b. d.
5 7
25. The blood type of a group of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have A blood type, 65 have B
blood type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have AB blood type. If a person from this group is selected at
random, which of the following has the correct table of probabilities for all blood type?
a.

Blood Type A B O AB
1 13 2 3
Probability
5 40 5 40
b.

Blood Type A B O AB
1 3 2 7
Probability
5 40 5 40
c.

Blood Type A B O AB
1 3 7 13
Probability
4 40 20 40
d.
Blood Type A B O AB
1 13 7 3
Probability
5 40 20 40