15 Probability 1
15 Probability 1
CLASS X
Generally in our daily life we have 3 types of situations
1. Certainly happen
2. Impossible
1. Tossing a coin
2. Throwing a dice
3. Pick out a card from a well shuffled deck of playing cards
4. Taking a ball from group of balls
5. Choosing a number from spinning an arrow
The outcomes of an experiment
are the ways it can happen.
2 6 10 52
P(Ē) = 1-P(E)
Probability of tossing a coin
Probability of Head = ½
Probability of Tail = ½
All possible outcomes of Two coins
?
H HH TT HT T
Probability (Two heads) =¼
Probability (Two tails) =¼
Probability (one tail and one head) =2/4
= 1/2
3 Coins tossed at a time
Probability of a die
A die
2 Dice thrown at once
1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6
2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6
3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6
B B B
1 1 1
4 4 2
Answer is Any number less than 1 or greater than
6.
Answer is White, because there are more white marbles than any other colour.
Can you tell me what the probability is
as a fraction?
1. What is the probability of rolling a 4 with a dice?
2. What is the probability of rolling an odd number with a
dice?
3. A bag contains 7 buttons. 3 of them are green. What is
the probability of picking a green button from the bag?
4. A bag contains 3 red and 5 green marbles. What is the
probability of picking a red.
Can you tell me what the probability is
as a fraction?
1. What is the probability of rolling a 4 with a dice? – 1/6
2. What is the probability of rolling an odd number with a
dice? – 3/6 or 1/2
3. A bag contains 7 buttons. 3 of them are green. What is
the probability of picking a green button from the bag?
– 3/7
4. A bag contains 3 red and 5 green marbles. What is the
probability of picking a red. – 3/8
Can you tell me what the probability is?
1. What is the probability, as a decimal, of getting 'heads' when you
toss a coin?
2. Something that has an even chance of happening has a probability
of what percentage?
3. A bag contains just 5 buttons, all of which are blue. What is the
probability of picking a red button from the bag?
4. A bag contains 4 white buttons. How many black buttons must be
added so there is an even chance of picking a white button?
Can you tell me what the probability is?
1. What is the probability, as a decimal, of getting 'heads' when you
toss a coin? 0.5
2. Something that has an even chance of happening has a probability
of what percentage? 50%
3. A bag contains just 5 buttons, all of which are blue. What is the
probability of picking a red button from the bag? 0
4. A bag contains 4 white buttons. How many black buttons must be
added so there is an even chance of picking a white button? 4
Write whether each event is certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible.