PROBABILITY

1. Twenty-six of paper lettered A to Z are placed in the can. One letter is randomly chosen from the can and turns out to be letter G. A second letter is drawn without putting the letter G back into the can. Which is the probability that it will be the letter F?

• $\frac{1}{25}$

• $\frac{1}{26}$

• $\frac{2}{25}$

• $\frac{2}{26}$

What is the probability of picking a card with a vowel on it from a box of cards in which each letter of alphabet is written on the card?

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   $\frac{1}{26}$  
  

•  $\frac{2}{26}$  

•  $\frac{3}{26}$  

•  $\frac{5}{26}$  

What is the probability of drawing a vowel from the word MATHEMATICS?

• 
  

  $\frac{3}{13}$
  

• $\frac{4}{11}$

• $\frac{2}{26}$

• $\frac{4}{26}$

There are 26 letters in the alphabet, what is the probability that a letter chosen at random in the word MATHEMATICS?

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  $\frac{11}{26}$
  

• $\frac{3}{13}$

• $\frac{4}{11}$

• $\frac{5}{26}$

If you are picking a number from 1 – 20, what is the probability that you will pick an odd number?

•  $\frac{1}{4}$  

• $\frac{1}{2}$

• $\frac{3}{4}$

• $\frac{2}{5}$

What is the probability that a month picked in random ends with letter y?

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  $\frac{3}{12}$
  

• $\frac{5}{12}$

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{2}{3}$

In a children’s party, a guest has the chance to receive a gift. Out of the 40 gifts, 22 are toy cars and 6 are fairy tale books. What is the probability that a guest will not receive a toy car or a fairy tale book?

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  $\frac{25}{40}$
  

• $\frac{10}{40}$

• $\frac{6}{10}$

• $\frac{3}{10}$

A coin is tossed 60 times. 27 times head appeared. Find the experimental probability of getting heads.

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  $\frac{3}{20}$
  

• $\frac{9}{20}$

• $\frac{1}{27}$

• $\frac{1}{60}$

In a deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability that a queen of hearts will be drawn?

• 
  

  $\frac{1}{52}$
  

• $\frac{4}{52}$

• $\frac{18}{52}$

• $\frac{26}{52}$

From a regular deck of cards, what is the probability that an ace is drawn?

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  $\frac{1}{13}$

• $\frac{4}{13}$

• $\frac{6}{52}$

• $\frac{8}{52}$