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8 Theoretical Probability

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

10 M&Ms are in a bag, 4 red, 2 blue, 1 green and 3 brown. What is the probability of pulling out a blue candy?

a)

1

b)

2/10

c)

1/5

d)

3/10

2.

10 M&Ms are in a bag, 4 red, 2 blue, 1 green and 3 brown. What is the probability of pulling out a red candy?

a)

2/5

b)

2/10

c)

1/5

d)

4/10

3.

Alphabet(26 letters in the alphabet) magnets are placed in a bag(one of each letter). What is the probability of pulling out a vowel?

a)

21/26

b)

5/26

c)

6/26

d)

3/13

4.

Alphabet magnets are placed in a bag(one of each letter). What is the probability of pulling out the letter z?

a)

25/26

b)

5/26

c)

1/13

d)

1/26

5.
What is the probability of landing on the color blue on the spinner?
a)
3/3
b)

1

c)
3/12 or 1/4
d)

3/9 or 1/3

6.
What is the probability of the spinner landing on red?
a)
5/12
b)

7/12

c)
5/5
d)

5/10 or 1/2

7.

A box contains 4 red pencils, 6 blue pencils, 5 black pencils, and 3 green pencils. The best description of the likelihood of selecting a blue pencil at random from the box is ​​​ (a)   . ​ ​

Choose from the below words
unlikely
impossible
equally likely
likely
certain
8.
Theoretical Probability is?
a)
What Should happen
b)
What does happen
c)
What Will Happen
d)
What I want to Happen
9.
A die is rolled. What is the probability that the result is less than 3 ?
a)
1/2
b)
1/3
c)
1/4
d)
1/6
10.

Marvin has a standard deck of cards.

(52 in a deck, 4 suits)


P (Ace or a 5)

a)

1/13

b)

2/13

c)

1/26

d)

8/50

11.

Match the following probabilities:

a)

0

1.

Certain

b)

1

2.

Unlikely

c)

12\frac{1}{2}  

3.

As Likely as Not

d)

between 0 and 12\frac{1}{2}  

4.

Likely

e)

between 12\frac{1}{2}  and 1

5.

Impossible

12.

Find P(A') if P(A) is 0.7

(a)  

13.

If the probability of an event is 2/7, the complementary of this event is

a)

1/7

b)

7/7

c)

5/7

d)

0.27

14.

A standard 6-sided die is rolled, what is the complementary event of rolling a number less than 5

a)

rolling at least a 4

b)

rolling a 5 or above

c)

rolling at most a 5

d)

rolling at most a 4

15.

Find P(A') if P(A) is 4/5

(a)