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SP5 Practice

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A player for a football team gets injured and

leaves the game. The coach says there is a 9/10

chance that the player will not play for the rest of

the game. How likely is it that the player will be

able to return to the game?

a)

unlikely

b)

likely

c)

certain

d)

impossible

2.

Marianne collects coffee mugs from places she visits when she goes on vacations. She displays her 88 coffee mugs over her cabinets in her kitchen, including 4 mugs from Texas, 7 from Georgia, 8 from South Carolina, and 11 from California.


If one of the coffee mugs accidentally falls to the ground and breaks, what is the probability that it is a California coffee mug? (Hint: Simplify)

a)

1/8

b)

1/11

c)

7/88

d)

1/22

3.

Sophie is at the market to purchase apples. She buys 4 red apples and 1 green apple.


If Sophie picks an apple at random to eat, what is the probability that she would pick a red apple?

a)

3/4

b)

4/5

c)

1/3

d)

1/5

4.

Mrs. Jameson asked all of her 115 students to list their birthdate and time on a sheet of paper and place it into a jar. One name is drawn out of the jar at random.


What is the probability that the birthdate and time that was drawn belonged to a student in her third period class, if there were 15 students in that class? (Hint: simplify)

a)

1/15

b)

20/23

c)

3/23

d)

1/115

5.

Experiment I: Ryan draws a ball from a bag that contains six balls, each of a different color. Only one of the balls is red.

Event A: Ryan draws a red ball from the bag.


Experiment II: Anna rolls a standard six-sided die.

Event B: Anna rolls a five.


Which statement about Event A and Event B is true?

a)

Event A is less likely to occur than Event B.

b)

Both events are equally likely to occur.

c)

Event A is more likely to occur than Event B.

d)

It is not possible to determine which event is more likely.

6.

Based on the experiment above, which of the following statements is true?

a)

It is more likely for the next card drawn to be a spade as opposed to a club.

b)

It is three times as likely for the next card drawn to be a spade as opposed to a heart.

c)

It is twice as likely for the next card drawn to be a diamond as opposed to a heart.

d)

It is less likely for the next card drawn to be a diamond as opposed to a club.

7.
Flavia has a bag with 8 white balls, 9 red balls, 14 green balls, and 10 orange balls. If she chooses a ball from the bag without looking, which color ball will Flavia be least likely to choose?
a)
white
b)
red
c)
green
d)
orange
8.
Emma is playing a spinning game using the spinner shown. She gets one spin and needs green to win. What's probability that she will NOT win?
a)
.25
b)
.75
c)
.70
d)
40
9.

What is the probability of flipping heads on a coin?

a)

impossible

b)

unlikely

c)

neither likely nor unlikely

d)

likely

10.

What is the probability of spinning a blue or red?

a)

unlikely

b)

equally likely

c)

likely

d)

certain