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Summative Test On Introduction To Probability and The Probability of Simple Events

This document is a summative test for Grade 8 students on the topic of probability and simple events, consisting of multiple-choice questions, true or false statements, fill-in-the-blanks, short answer questions, word problems, and probability calculations. The test covers various scenarios involving dice, cards, and marbles to assess students' understanding of probability concepts. The total number of items on the test is 100.

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Summative Test On Introduction To Probability and The Probability of Simple Events

This document is a summative test for Grade 8 students on the topic of probability and simple events, consisting of multiple-choice questions, true or false statements, fill-in-the-blanks, short answer questions, word problems, and probability calculations. The test covers various scenarios involving dice, cards, and marbles to assess students' understanding of probability concepts. The total number of items on the test is 100.

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Summative Test on Introduction to Probability and the Probability of

Simple Events (Grade 8)


Name: __________________________
Date: __________________________
Total Items: 100

Part I: Multiple Choice Questions (1 point each)


Choose the correct answer.
1. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4 when rolling a fair six-
sided die?
1
a)
6
3
b)
6
2
c)
6
2
d)
3
2. What is the probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of 52 cards?
1
a)
2
13
b)
52
26
c)
52
1
d)
4
3. If you flip a fair coin, what is the probability of getting heads?
1
a)
2
1
b)
4
3
c)
4
1
d)
3
4. Which of the following represents a probability of 0?
a) The event is certain to occur.
b) The event cannot occur.
c) The event is equally likely to happen or not.
d) The event will likely happen.
5. The sum of the probabilities of all outcomes of a sample space is always:
a) 1
b) 0
c) Less than 1
d) More than 1
6. If a spinner has 4 equal sections labeled A, B, C, and D, what is the probability of
landing on section A?
1
a)
2
1
b)
4
1
c)
3
1
d)
5

7. Which of the following is a simple event?


a) Rolling a 2 or 4 on a die
b) Drawing a red card from a deck
c) Drawing a king from a deck of cards
d) All of the above
8. What is the probability of drawing a face card (jack, queen, or king) from a deck of
52 cards?
3
a)
52
12
b)
52
1
c)
13
3
d)
13

9. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a red
ball?
1
a)
8
3
b)
8
5
c)
8
1
d)
3
10. What is the probability of not rolling a 6 on a fair six-sided die?
1
a)
6
5
b)
6
1
c)
2
1
d)
3

Part II: True or False (1 point each)


Write T for True or F for False.
11. The probability of an impossible event is 1.
12. The probability of an event that is certain to happen is 0.
2
13. If a die is rolled, the probability of rolling a number less than 5 is .
6
14. A sample space contains all possible outcomes of an experiment.
15. The probability of drawing a card that is not a king from a deck of 52 cards is
48
.
52

Part III: Fill in the Blanks (1 point each)


16. The probability of any event must be between _______ and _______.
17. If a bag contains 10 marbles, and 4 are green, the probability of drawing a
green marble is _______.
18. A die is rolled. The probability of rolling a number less than 4 is _______.

Part IV: Short Answer (2 points each)


Answer the following questions.
19. What is the probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of 52 cards?

20. If you flip two fair coins, what is the probability of getting two heads?

21. A jar contains 8 red balls and 4 green balls. If a ball is selected at random,
what is the probability of selecting a green ball?
22. A spinner has 6 sections, labeled 1 through 6. What is the probability of
spinning a number greater than 3?

23. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of rolling an even number?

24. A bag contains 3 blue, 2 red, and 1 green marble. If a marble is selected at
random, what is the probability that it is either blue or red?

Part V: Word Problems (3 points each)


25. A bag contains 5 white, 3 black, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability
of drawing a white marble?

26. A spinner has 8 equal sections numbered from 1 to 8. What is the probability
of landing on a multiple of 2?

27. In a class of 30 students, 18 are girls and 12 are boys. What is the probability
that a student randomly chosen is a girl?

28. A jar has 4 orange, 6 yellow, and 10 green jellybeans. If one jellybean is
selected, what is the probability that it is yellow?

29. If a die is rolled twice, what is the probability that the sum of the two rolls is
8?

30. A class has 25 students, 10 of whom are absent. What is the probability that
a student chosen at random is present?

Part VI: Probability Calculation (5 points each)


31. A box contains 7 red balls, 5 blue balls, and 3 green balls. What is the
probability of selecting a red ball?

32. A deck of 52 playing cards has 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.
Each suit has 13 cards. What is the probability of drawing a heart?

33. A bag contains 4 blue, 5 green, and 6 yellow marbles. What is the probability
of drawing a yellow marble or a green marble?
34. A die is rolled, and a coin is tossed. What is the probability of getting an even
number on the die and tails on the coin?

35. A spinner has 5 equal sections, labeled A, B, C, D, and E. What is the


probability of landing on section B or D?

Part VII: Challenge Problems (10 points each)


36. You roll two fair dice. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers
rolled is greater than 9?

37. A bag contains 6 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. Two
marbles are drawn randomly, one after the other, without replacement. What is
the probability that both marbles drawn are red?

38. A school has 500 students. 200 students are in the football team, and 300
students are in the basketball team. If a student is randomly selected, what is the
probability that the student is in either the football or basketball team?

39. You draw two cards from a deck of 52 cards without replacement. What is
the probability that both cards drawn are face cards (jack, queen, or king)?

40. A spinner has 10 equal sections, numbered from 1 to 10. What is the
probability that a randomly selected spin will land on a prime number?

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