CHAPTER 7 : PROBABILITY

(A)
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Determine The Probability Of An Event Equiprobable Sample Space

The diagram shows some number cards

13

21

27

29

33

35

A card is picked at random. State the probability that a prime number is picked.

A. B.

2 3 1 3

C. D.

1 2
1 6
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It is given that set G is { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 }. A number is chosen at random from the elements of set G. Find the probability that the number chosen is a prime number. A. B.

4 11 5 11

C.

6 11
D.

7 11
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20 coupons with serial number 21 to 40 are put in a box. One coupon is drawn at random. The probability of drawing a coupon with a number which is not a multiple of 5 is A. B.

1 5 2 5

C. D.

3 5 4 5
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The table shows the distribution of a group of 90 pupils playing a game. Form Four 33 18 Form Five 15 24

Girls Boys

A pupil is chosen at random from the group to start the game. What is the probability that a girl from Form Four will be chosen ? A. B.

11 30 7 15
D.

C.

8 15

11 17
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In a class of 32 students, 12 are boys, and 6 of the girls are wearing spectacles. If a student is chosen randomly from the girls, find the probability that the student chosen is wearing spectacles. A. B.

7 16 3 16

C. D.

3 10 9 10

In a group of 90 students, 70 are girls. A further 10 boys then joined the group. If a student chosen at random from the group, state the probability that the student chosen is a boy. A. B.

2 9 7 9

C. D.

1 10 3 10
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Solve Problems Involving Probability Of An Event / Probability Of The Complement Of An Event ~ 1 Two teams, G and H, are competing in a football game. The probability of team G winning the game is and the probability of team H winning the game is A. B. 0 C. D.

5 9

1 9

1 . Find the probability that result of the game is draw. 3 4 9 2 3

There are 8 prefects in a class. If a student is selected randomly from the class, the probability of not a prefect 7 being selected is . If 4 students who are not a prefect leave the class and a student is selected at random, 9 find the probability of selecting a prefect. A. B.

1 5

C. D.

1 3 2 5

1 4

A box contains 4 red marbles, 2 white marbles and a number of blue marbles. A marble is chosen at random 1 from a box. The probability of choosing a white marble is . Find the probability of choosing a blue 8 marble. A.

1 4

C.

5 8

B.

3 8

D.

3 4
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(C)

Solve Problems Involving Probability Of An Event / Probability Of The Complement Of An Event ~ 2

10 A container holds 28 yellow marbles and a number of green marbles. A marble is picked at random from the
container. The probability of picking a yellow marble is container ? A. B. 4 8 C. D. 21 24 [2005, No.35] 11 A basket contains x eggs of which 60 eggs are good and the rest are broken. If an egg is picked randomly 4 from the basket, the probability of picking a broken egg is . Find the value of x. 9 A. B. 40 48 C. D. 75 108

7 . How many green marbles are there in the 8

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A box consists m red cards, 14 white cards and 28 blue cards. When a card is picked at random, the probability that it is red is A. B. 25 26

5 . Find the value of m. 12

C. D. 28 30

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A box contains 40 marbles of red, blue and green colour. The probability of picking a blue marble is

3 . 10 If the ratio of the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles is 3 : 2, find the number of red marbles in the box.
8 12 C. D. 20 22

A. B.

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A jar contains 240 sweets of orange, lychee, and coffee flavour. There are 90 orange flavoured sweets. If a 1 sweet is picked at random from the jar, the probability of picking a lychee flavoured sweet is . How 3 many coffee flavoured sweets are there ? A. B. 10 50 C. D. 70 80 [2003, No.38]

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Irma has a collection of stamps from Kelantan, Perak, and Sarawak. She picks one stamp at random. The 4 1 probability of picking a Perak stamp is and the probability of picking a Sarawak stamp is . Imran 9 3 has 10 Kelantan stamps. Calculate the total number of stamps in her collection. A. B. 20 25 C. D. 45 90 [2004, No.36]

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A box contains 24 marbles, 15 are black and the rest are red. A number of red marbles are added into the box. 4 If a marble is picked at random from the bag, the probability of picking a red marble is . Find the 9 number of red marbles which are added into the box. A. B. 3 4 C. D. 5 6

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In a bag of sweets, 20 are strawberry flavoured while the rest are orange flavoured. A sweet is chosen 4 randomly and the probability of choosing a strawberry flavoured sweets is . Calculate the number of 7 strawberry flavoured sweets that must be taken out so that the probability of choosing a strawberry flavoured 2 sweet is . 5 A. B. 9 10 C. D. 11 12