26TH JUNE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROBABILITY ASSIGNMENT MAY 2022

26TH JUNE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Form Four
Mathematics
Assignment: 6
Chapter
Probability
2021−2022

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PART 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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1. If the probability of a spinner landing on red in a game is 𝟓. What is the probability
of it not landing on red?
(A) 2 0 %
(B) 50%
(C) 25%
(D) 8 0 %
2. The probability of getting a sum of 9 with one throw of two dice is:
(A) 5/36
(B) 1/36
(C) 4/36
(D) 9/36

3. A bag contains eight green marbles, five white marbles, and two red marbles. What is
the probability of drawing a red marble from the bag?
1
(A)
15
(B) 2
15
(C) 2
13
(D) 13
15

4. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event occurring?

(A) ½
(B) 0.7
(C) 1
(D) 2

5. The following are the probabilities of certain events happening. There must be an
error in one of the probabilities. Which?
(A) – 0.5
(B) 0
(C) 0.6
(D) 1
6. If P is a probability one of the following is necessarily true, which?
(A) P is negative
(B) P is positive
(C) P is greater than 1
(D) P lies between 0.5 and 1
7. If two dice are thrown together, what is the probability of getting a total of exactly 5?
5
(A) 36
1
(B) 18

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(C) 9
1
(D) 6
8. If a fair coin is tossed and then a card dealt from a pack of 52 playing cards. What is
the probability of a tail and a queen resulting?
2
(A) 52
1
(B) 26
1
(C) 2
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(D) 𝟐𝟔
9. A coin is tossed twice and a head results each time. The coin is tossed a third time,
what is the probability that a head will again result?
(A) 1
1
(B) 2
1
(C) 4
1
(D) 8
10. A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 white balls. A ball is taken at random twice from
the bag and replaced each time. What is the probability that each ball is white?
3
(A) 28
9
(B) 64
5
(C) 64
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(D) 𝟒
11. A ball contains 30 balls of which 6 are red, 8 are blue and 9 are black. Each time a
ball is drawn from the bag its colour is recorded and the ball is then replaced. The
probability that the fourth ball drawn is black is
1
(A) 15
1
(B) 5
3
(C) 10
7
(D) 15
12. A bag contains 5 red balls and 7 blue balls, another bag contains 6 red balls and
9 blue balls. If a ball is drawn at random from each bag, what is the probability that
each ball will be red?
1
(A) 6
11
(B) 27
11
(C) 16
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(D) 60

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13. The spinner below is divided into eight equal regions and spun once what is the
probability of not getting a red?
3
(A) 5
3
(B) 8
5
(C) 8
7
(D) 8
10
14. C3 is equal to :
(A) 720
(B) 120
(C) 90
(D) 240
15. In how many ways you can arrange 5 different book on a shelf taken at a time 3
books
(A) 8 ways
(B) 15 ways
(C) 20 ways
(D) 10 ways
16. Two discs are randomly taken from a bag containing 3 red discs and 2 blue discs.
What is the probability of taking 2 red discs?
9
(A) 25
1
(B) 10
3
(C) 10
2
(D) 5
17. If a letter is selected from the word MISSISSIPPI’ find the probability that it is ‘S’?
1
(A) 8
1
(B) 2
3
(C) 11
4
(D) 11
7 9 3
18. If p (A) = 10 , p (AUB) = 10 and P(A ∩ B) = 20 , Find p (B)?
(A) 7/20
(B) 3/5
(C) 1/5
(D) 7/10
19. Two dice are thrown at the same time, what the probability of getting a 5 on the first
and a 3 on the second die?
(A) 1/36
(B) 1/6
(C) 5/12
(D) 5/3

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20. In a group of 20 girls, 5 cannot swim. If two girls are selected at random, what is the
probability that both of them cannot swim?
(A) 5  15
20 19
15 14
(B) 
20 19
(C) 15  5
20 19
5 4
(D) 
20 19
21. In how many ways can 7 boys be seated around a circular table?
(A) 7!
(B) 6!
(C) 5!
(D) 8!
22. Six students are participating in a fitness program. They are required to work out in
pairs. How many different combinations of pair of students are possible?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 15
(D) 30
23. In how many different ways can a chairperson and secretary be selected from a
committee of 9 people?
(A) 36
(B) 24
(C) 72
(D) 12
24. There are four bus routes between A and B; and three bus routes between B and
C. A man can travel round-trip in number of ways by bus from A to C via B. If he does
not want to use a bus route more than once, in how many ways can he make round
trip?
(A) 72
(B) 144
(C) 14
(D) 19
25. Evaluate 3! × 5c2
(A) 6
(B) 10
(C) 60
(D) 1
9
26. P2 is equal to
(A) 36
(B) 48
(C) 72
(D) 84

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12!
27. Evaluate 10!2!
(A) 66
(B) 132
(C) 33
(D) 24
28. How many permutations can be formed from the letters in the word SUCCESS?
(A) 5040 ways
(B) 420 ways
(C) 840 ways
(D) 210 ways
29. Two dice numbered 1 to 6 are thrown together and their scores are added. The
probability that the sum will be 12
1
(A) 6
1
(B) 12
1
(C) 18
1
(D) 36
30. In how many ways a committee consisting of 3 men and 2 women, can be chosen
from 7 men and 5 women?
(A) 45
(B) 350
(C) 4200
(D) 230
31. Abdi has the following cards with numbers written on them.

3 4 1 6 5 2

What is the probability of picking a card with an odd number?

1
(A)
6
1
(B)
2
(C) 5
6
(D) 1
3
32. The coefficient of 𝐱 𝟑 in an expansion (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟓 is equal to
(A) 80
(B) – 80
(C) - 20
(D) 10

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33. Abdi has the following card with numbers written on them

What is the probability of picking a card whit an even number?

(A) 1/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 1/3
(D) 1/6
34. A bag contains 3 blue, 4 red, and 2 white marbles. Safia is going to draw out a
Marble without looking in the bag. What is the probability that she will not draw a
Red marble?
(A) 1/3
(B) 4/9
(C) 2/3
(D) 5/9
35. What is the third term in the expansion of (3x − 2)5?
(A) 1,080x2
(B) 540x3
(C) 270x3
(D) 1,080x
36. How many different two-letter arrangements can be formed using the letters in the
word “BROWN”?
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 12
(D) 25
37. In an examination there are three multiple choice questions and each question has
4 choices. Number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answer correct is
(A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 27
(D) 63
38. A basketball squad has ten players. Which expression represents the number of
five-player teams that can be made if John, the team captain, must be on every team?
(A) 10C5
(B) 9P4
(C) 9C4
(D) 10P5
39. What is the coefficient of the fifth term in the expansion of (x + 1)8?
(A) 8
(B) 56
(C) 28
(D) 70

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40. A certain form IV class has 18 girls. If the probability that a child selected at random
𝟐
from this class is 𝟓 , how many students are there in the class?
(A) 45
(B) 18
(C) 27
(D) 9
41. An expression equivalent to 3! is
(A) 3 ×3
(B) 3 ×3 ×3
(C) 3 ×2 ×1
(D) −3
42. When (2x −1)5 is expanded by the binomial series, the fourth term is:
(A) −40x2
(B) 10x2
(C) 40x2
(D) −10x2
n n
43. If cr  56 and Pr  6720 . Then the value of r is
(A) 120
(B) 5
(C) 120!
(D) 5!
44. Given that n P2  20 , then solve for n?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 20
(D) 2
45. The following shows the first five rows of Pascal's triangle.

Which of the following represents the 8th row?

A. 1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1
B. 1 7 21 35 21 7 1
C. 1 5 5 10 10 5 5 1
D. 1 5 10 10 5

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Question 1
a) There are 4 red and 6 blue pens in a drawer. Two are taken out at random.
Complete the tree diagram showing the probabilities of the different events if the 1st is
replaced before the 2nd is taken.

1st 2nd
R
R
6
10
B
4
10
R
B

B
b) Find the probability of drawing out
i) one red and one blue pen
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ii) two blue pens
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iii) same color
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Question 2
Mustafe has a chance of passing the medical checkup of p= ½. What is the probability
of his passing?
a) Exactly 3 medical check-up out of 5?
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b) At least 4 medical check-up?

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Question 3
Two dice are rolled. The sum of the dice is recorded in the following table

a) Fill in the missing values in the table.

b) Find the probability of getting
i) a sum of 7
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ii) a sum greater than 8
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iii) a sum less than or equal to 5
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iv) a sum that is an odd number.
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Question 4

Determine n if a) 2n C3 : n C3  12 : 1 b) n C3  10

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Question 5
There are 2 sets of road signals on the direct 5 kilometre route in Berbera from
University to Port of Berbera. The signals say either “GO” or “STOP”.

The probabilities that the signals are “GO” when a car arrives are shown in the tree
diagram.

(a) Complete the tree diagram for a car driver travelling along this route.

(b) Find the probability that a car driver

(i) finds both signals are “GO”,

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(i) finds exactly one of the two signals is “GO”,

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(ii) Does not find two “STOP” signals.

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Question 6

A bag contains 3 Red and 5 Green sweets. Ali picks one sweet and eats it. Then Hawa
picks a sweet out of the same bag and eats it.

The tree diagram shows the probabilities of picking a Red or a Green sweet.

Complete the tree diagram

1st pick by Ali 2nd pick by Hawa

Red

2/7

Red

3/8 …..

Green

….. …. Red

Green

…..

Green

Calculate the probability that:

I. The two sweets eaten will not be Red.

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II. The two sweets eaten will both be of the same colour
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iii. One of each color

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Question 7

a) The probability that it rains today is 2 . If it rains today, the probability that it will
3
3
rain tomorrow is . If it does not rain today, the probability that it will rain
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tomorrow is 1 . The tree diagram below shows this information.
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i) Write down, as fractions, the values of s, t, and u.

s = …………………………………………….

t = ……………………………………………

u = …………………………………………..

ii) Calculate the probability that it rains on both days.

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iii) Calculate the probability that it will not rain tomorrow.

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Question 8
Two dice are rolled. The sum of the two numbers on both dice is recorded in the
following table.
+ 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2

3 6 9

5 10

a) Fill in the missing values in the table.

b) Find the probability of getting a sum of 7
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Question 9
(a) In how many ways can 3 boys and 2 girls be selected from a group of 5 boys
and 4 girls?
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(b) In how many possible ways can the letters of the word SUCCESS be permutated?
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(c) What is the third term in the expansion of (2 x  3) ?

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Question 10

a) Use binomial theorem and Pascal’s triangle to expand ( 2x + y)5

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b) In a box 5 red balls and 3 yellows. Yahye drawn two balls at random without replacement
i) Complete the tree diagram below

ii) What is the probability that the two balls will be red?
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iii) What is the probability that the two balls will be same colour?
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iv) What is the probability that one is red and one is yellow?
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