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Mary’s Academy Pasay

Basic Education
Mathematics 8
Individual Performance Task

Word Problems for

Probability in
Mathematics 8
Submitted by:
Dylan Paul J. Lacanlale
Grade 8 – Our Lady of La Naval

Submitted to:
Ms. Arianne G. Mansueto

Date of Submission:
March 6, 2020
 Q#1

A die is rolled and a coin is

tossed, find the probability that
the die shows an odd number
and the coin lands on heads.

S= {(1,H), (2,H), (3,H), (4,H), (5,H), (6,H)

(1,T), (2,T), (3,T), (4,T), (5,T), (6,T)}

E= {(1,H), (3,H), (5,H)}

=3/12 =1/4
 Q#2

A die is rolled, find the

probability that the number
obtained is greater than 4.

“Greater than 4”

=2/6 or 1/3
 Q#3

What’s the probability of

landing on the blue spot of the
graph?

Graph

Yellow Blue

Gray Orange

We’re looking at the probability of

landing on blue.
Blue is one out of four options.
=1/4
 Q#4

A die is rolled, find the

probability that an even
number is obtained.

S= {1,2,3,4,5,6}

“An even number is obtained”

E= {2,4,6}

=3/6 or ½
 Q#5

A card is drawn at random from

a deck of cards. Find the
probability of getting the 3 of
diamonds.

S= “Getting the 3 of diamonds” which

means there is only 1 card out of 52
cards.

E= 1

=1/52
 Q#6

The blood groups of 200 people is given

as follows: 50 – type A blood, 65 – type B
blood, 70 – type O blood, 15 – type AB
blood. If an individual is selected at
random, what’s the probability that
he/she has type O blood.

S=
Group
Frequency
A-50, B-65, O-70, AB-15
Formula of probability

Frequency for type O blood

Total Frequencies
=70/200 or 0.35
 Q#7

A jar has 3 blue marbles, 7 red marbles,

and 10 yellow marbles. If a marble is
drawn from the jar at random, what’s
the probability that this marble is white?

Color frequency
Blue = 3
Red = 7
Yellow = 10

Formula of the probability

Frequency for white color

Total frequencies at the table above

=10/20 or ½
 Q#8

What is the probability of

getting a sum of 9 from 2
throws of dice?

S= (6 x 6) = 36

E= The event of getting a sum= {(3,6),

(4,5), (5,4), (6,3)}

=4/36 or 1/9
 Q#9

In a box there are 8 blue, 7 red,

and 6 yellow balls. One ball is
picked up randomly. What is
the probability that it is neither
red nor yellow.

Summation of balls= 21

E= Event that the ball that’s drawn is

neither red nor green.
= Event that the ball is drawn blue.

E=7
=7/21 or 1/3
 Q#10

Tickets numbered 1 -20 are mixed up

and then a ticket is drawn at random.
What is the probability that the ticket
drawn has a number which is a multiple
of 3 or 5?

S=
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,1,6,17,
18,19,20}.

E= Event of getting a multiple of 3 or

5={3,6,9,12,15,18,5,10,20}.

=9/20