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Probability

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the sample space when rolling a regular number cube?

a)

1

b)

2, 4, 6

c)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

d)

6

2.

What is the sample space for the jar of marbles?

a)

red

b)

red, yellow, green, blue

c)

red and yellow

d)

red and green

3.
What is sample space?
a)
All of the Outcomes
b)
What Will Happen
c)
What Can Happen
d)
What I want to Happen
4.

What is the sample space when choosing one month out of the year?

a)

Jan., Feb., Mar., April, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct., Nov., Dec.

b)

Jan., Mar., April, May, June, July, Sept, Oct., Nov., Dec.

c)

12 months

d)

52 weeks

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.
A die is rolled once.  What is the probability of rolling a 5? Your answer should be a fraction in simplest form.
a)
1/6
b)
1/3
c)
2/5
d)
5/6
7.
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

8.

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 green and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

a)

3/10

b)

3/9

c)

1/10

d)

1/9

9.

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 green and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red?

a)

3/10

b)

3/9

c)

1/10

d)

1/9

10.

The table shows the visitors to park on a Sunday. The relative frequencies for adult, girl and boy consecutively are ...

a)

70%, 90%, 40%

b)

35%, 45%, 20%

c)

7%, 9%, 4%

d)

3.5%, 4.5%, 2%

11.

The relative frequency of students who go on a vacation during term break is 80%. How many students would you expect to stay at home if there are 400 students in a school?

a)

20 students

b)

80 students

c)

320 students

d)

400 students

12.

A computer repair company keeps record of all the repairs it makes to laptop. The table shows  information about all the repairs made in 2018. Estimate the probability that the repair will cost between 100 - 300 Euros.

a)

30/120

b)

38/120

c)

68/120

d)

83/120

13.

A potter made 100 plates. 10 of them cracked. Estimate the probability  that the next plate the potter makes cracks.

a)

90%

b)

70%

c)

30%

d)

10%

14.

An ordinary 6-sided dice is rolled 250 times. How many times would you expect to get a prime number?

a)

250 times

b)

166 times

c)

125 times

d)

83 times

15.

In a video racing game, an obstacle randomly appears on the race track five times every 40 laps. Work out the probability that an obstacle appears on the track during a particular lap.

a)

1/20

b)

1/10

c)

1/8

d)

1/2

16.

In a survey of adults who set themselves some fitness targets, 5% achieved all of them and 15% achieved some of them. Another fitness survey questions 400 adults. How many would you expect to achieve all of their targets.

a)

5 people

b)

20 people

c)

60 people

d)

100 people

17.

Clayton asked the students in his class how many coins they each had in their pockets.

Estimate the probability that a student had less than 9 coins.

a)

7/32

b)

12/32

c)

6/32

d)

25/32

18.

Joe and Cecil each test the same coin to see if it is fair. Joe flips the coin 50 times and and gets 31 heads. Cecil flips the coin 100 times and gets 67 heads. Who has given the more reliable estimate of getting a head?

a)

JOE

b)

CECIL

19.

Mrs. Trevino has 3 red pens, 5 pink pens, and 8 blue pens. What is the probability that she will choose a blue pen to grade papers?

a)

1/2

b)

8

c)

3/16

d)

16/8

20.

To play a game Benny must spin the spinner shown below. 

          What is the probability that the spinner will land on a number less than 7?

a)

7/8

b)

3/4

c)

8/7

d)

0

21.

A bag contains 15 yellow cubes, 6 blue cubes, and 4 red cubes. If you select a cube at random, what is the probability the cube will NOT be yellow?

a)

25/15

b)

2/5

c)

15

d)

5/3

22.

Nerissa has 5 pink bows, 1 blue bow, and 4 purple bows in a box. She will randomly choose 1 bow from the box.

What is the probability Nerissa will choose a purple bow?

a)

1/2

b)

2/5

c)

1/10

d)

3/5

23.

What is the probability of rolling a 3 and spinning a red?

a)

1/6

b)

1/4

c)

1/10

d)

1/24

24.

What is the probability of rolling an even number and spinning green?

a)

1/8

b)

1/15

c)

4/8

d)

1/10

25.

What is the probability of flipping the coin and getting heads up, then getting a T from the group of letters.

a)

1/2

b)

1/6

c)

2/6

d)

3/12

26.

What is the probability of drawing a blue color and a number 4?

a)

2/5

b)

1/6

c)

3/15

d)

1/15

27.

A likely chance event is closer to what number?

a)

0

b)

0.5

c)

1

d)

100

28.

A bag contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. What is the probability of picking a quarter?

a)

6

b)

5/6

c)

1/3

d)

5/11

29.

310 students at a high school were surveyed on the question “Do you like watching basketball being played on TV?”. The results are shown in the two-way table.

Estimate the probability that a randomly selected student likes watching basketball on TV and is a junior student.

a)

0.28

b)

0.16

c)

0.15

d)

0.12

30.
The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter other than “A”? 
a)
2/7
b)
5/49
c)
5/7
d)
10/49
31.
A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5 strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?
a)
3
b)
1/10
c)
3/10
d)
30%
32.
The theoretical probability of rolling an even number on a dice.
a)
3/6
b)
1/2
c)
1/6
d)
5/6
33.
The probability of it raining today is 30%.  What is the probability that it will NOT rain?
a)
30%
b)
70%
c)
100%
d)
0%
34.
A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 
a)
1/12
b)
1/4
c)
1/8
d)
1/2
35.
Shannon made the last 12 out of 20 shots for the varsity basketball team.  If he made 96 shots, how many attempts did he make?
a)
96
b)
160
c)
58
d)
80