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The document outlines important mathematics questions for Class 10 board exams, focusing on statistics and probability, with a total weightage of 11 marks. It includes various problems related to probability calculations involving marbles, dice, cards, and income distributions, as well as questions on finding mean, median, and mode from given data sets. Additionally, it presents scenarios for calculating probabilities based on specific conditions and distributions.

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Important Questions - Stat and Prob

The document outlines important mathematics questions for Class 10 board exams, focusing on statistics and probability, with a total weightage of 11 marks. It includes various problems related to probability calculations involving marbles, dice, cards, and income distributions, as well as questions on finding mean, median, and mode from given data sets. Additionally, it presents scenarios for calculating probabilities based on specific conditions and distributions.

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CLASS 10 MATHEMATICS

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR BOARD EXAM


TOTAL WEIGHTAGE COVERING 11 MARKS

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY( 11 MARKS )


• Statistics
• Probability

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING:


1. The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only
blue, black and green marbles is 1/5. The probability of selecting a black marble at
random from the same jar is 1/4. If the jar contains 11 green marbles, find the total
number of marbles in the jar.
2. Two dice are thrown at the same time. Write the sample space. What is the probability
that the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is (i) 5? (ii) 10? (iii)
at least 9?
3. Cards marked with number 3, 4, 5, …, 50 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. A
card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the selected card bears
(i) a perfect square number (ii) a single digit number.
4. From a pack of 52 playing cards, jacks, queens, kings and aces of red colour are
removed. From the remaining a card is drawn at random. Find the probability that the
card drawn is (i) a black queen (ii) a red card (iii) a face card.
5. All the black face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The reaming
cards are well shuffled and then a card is drawn at random. Find the probability of
getting (i) face card (ii) red card (iii) black card.
6. One card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the
probability that the card drawn is (i) either a red card or a king, (ii) neither a red card
nor a queen.
7. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting (i) At least one
head? (ii) At most one tail? (iii) A head and a tail?
8. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays
and 53 Mondays.
9. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53
Tuesdays.
10. Find the probability that a non-leap year selected at random will contain 53
Fridays.
11.A bag contains 15 white balls and some black balls. If the probability of drawing
a black ball from the bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, find the number
of black balls in the bag.
12.An integer is chosen at random between 1 and 100. Find the probability
that it is: (i) divisible by 8 (ii) a prime number
13. Three coins are tossed once Find the probability of getting (i) 3 heads (ii) 2 heads
(iii) at least 2 heads (iv) at most 2 heads (v) no head (vi) 3 tails (vii) exactly two
tails (viii) no tail (ix) at most two tails.
14. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Another
number y is selected at random from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the
probability that the product of x and y is less than 16.
15. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. What is the probability that it is
a letter of the word MATHEMATICS?
16. Two customers Shyam and Ekta are visiting a particular shop in the same week
(Tuesday to Saturday) Each is equally likely to visit the shop on any day as on
another day.
• What are the total numbers of possible outcomes?
• What is the probability that both will visit the shop on same day?
• What is the probability that both will visit the shop on consecutive
days?
• What is the probability that both will visit the shop on different
days?
17. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all
the frequencies is 50. Compute the missing frequencies f1 and f2.

18. The distribution below gives marks of 100 students of a class. If the median
marks are 24, find the frequencies f1 and f2

19. The following table gives the daily income of 50 workers in a factory. Find the mean,
median and mode of the data.
Daily income 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
No. of 12 14 8 6 10
workers
20. A car assembly unit assembles a limited number of cars daily, depending on the
prevailing demand. The following table presents an analysis of the number of cars
assembled by the unit over three consecutive months:

Cars assembled 0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16 16-20


per day
No. of days 33 18 21 11 7

21. The marks obtained by 80 students of class X in a mock test of Mathematics are given
below. Find the mean, median and mode.
22. The mean of the following distribution is 18. Find the frequency f of the class 19-21.
CLASS FREQUENCY
11-13 3
13-15 6
15-17 9
17-19 13
19-21 F
21-23 5
23-25 4

23. Find the missing frequency (x) of the following distribution, if mode is 24.5.

Marks No. of students


0-10 4
10-20 8
20-30 10
30-40 x
40-50 8

24. For the following distribution find the modal class

Marks No. of students


Below 10 3
Below 20 12
Below 30 27
Below 40 57
Below 50 75
Below 60 80
25. Consider the following frequency distribution
CLASS FREQUENCY
0-5 13
6-11 10
12-17 15
18-23 8
24-29 11

The upper limit of the median class is


(a) 7 (b) 17.5 (c) 18 (d) 18.5
26. Consider the following distribution:
Marks No. of students
More than or equal to 0 63
More than or equal to 10 58
More than or equal to 20 55
More than or equal to 30 51
More than or equal to 40 48
More than or equal to 50 42

The frequency of the class 30-40 is


(a) 4 (b) 48 (c) 51 (d) 3

27. If the mode of the following distribution is 24, find the missing frequencies:
Expenditure 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 Total
No. of 14 x 27 y 15 100
families

28. Find the median of the data, using empirical relation when it is given that Mode =
12.4 and Mean = 10.5

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