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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF IMUS CITY
IMUS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BUKANDALA III IMUS CITY CAVITE

Grade 8 Mathematics
Fourth Quarter
Activity No. ____

Most Essential Learning Competency 50 : Finds the probability of a simple event

Name: _______________________________ Grade & Section: ___________________ Score:_______________

Teacher: _____________________________ Date Received: _____________ Date Submitted: ___________

Learners Activity Sheet on Probability of Simple Events

Many events can’t be predicted with total certainty. The best we can say is how likely they are to
happen, using the idea of probability.

PROBABILITY
- Is the measurement of the likelihood of an event to happen.

When a coin is tossed, there are two possible outcomes: a head (H) or a tail (T)
We say that the probability of the coin landing H is ½ or 50%
And the probability of the coin landing T is ½ of 50%

When a single die is thrown, there are six possible outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

We say that the probability of any one o them is 1/6

In general:
Number of ways it can happen
Probability of en event happening=
Total number of outcomes

Example 1.
There are 5 marbles in a bag: 4 are blue, and 1 is red. What is the probability that a blue
marble gets picked?
Solution:
Number of ways it can happen: 4 (since there are 4 blue marbles)
4
Total number of outcomes: 5 (since there are 5 marbles in total) So the probability= =0.8
5

Example 2:
If one letter is chosen at a random from the word TRUSTWORTHY, what is the probability
that the letter chosen is a vowel?
Solution:
Number of ways it can happen: 2 (U and O are the vowels)
Total number of outcomes: 11 (total number of letters)
2
So the probability= =0.18
11

Exercises 1:
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF IMUS CITY
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Directions: Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space provided.

_____ 1. In rolling a fair die once, what is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
1 1 1 2
A. B. C. D.
6 3 2 3

_____ 2. In rolling a die, what is the probability of getting a number less than 6?
1 1 2 5
A. B. C. D.
3 2 3 6

_____ 3. There are six ₱100 bills, one ₱500 bill, and three ₱1000 bills in a wallet. If a peso bill is drawn from
the wallet at random, what is the probability that a ₱1000 banknote is drawn?
3 1 3 1
A. B. C. D.
5 10 10 3

_____ 4. There are 4 blue pens, 6 red pens, and 2 green pens in a bag. If a pen is drawn at random from the
bag, what is the probability that a green pen is drawn?
2 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
3 3 2 6

_____ 5. A letter is chosen at random from the word FEBRUARY. What is the probability of getting a
consonant?
1 3 5 7
A. B. C. D.
8 8 8 8

_____ 6. What is the probability of drawing a red heart in a deck of 52 cards?

1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
2 4 8 10

_____ 7. If three coins are flipped at the same time, what is the probability of getting no tail?
1 1 3 5
A. B. C. D.
8 4 8 10

_____ 8. A family has three children. What is the probability of getting a last child which is a boy?
1 1 3 7
A. B. C. D.
2 4 8 8

_____ 9. In a group of 30 students, 12 of them love Geometry and 28 of them love Algebra. What is the
probability of choosing a student who loves both Geometry and Algebra?
1 2 4 8
A. B. C. D.
3 5 15 15

_____10. In a box, there are 24 balls numbered 1 through 24. If a ball is drawn from the box, what is the
probability that the ball shows a number divisible by 5?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
2 4 6 8

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Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF IMUS CITY
IMUS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BUKANDALA III IMUS CITY CAVITE

Exercises 2:
Directions: Solve each problem. Show solution (5 points each)

1. In a particular section in Grade 8, 40 students were asked about the months of their birth and the graph
below shows the result.
7
6 Number of Students
5
4
3
2
1
0

Month of Birth

Answer the following questions:

A. Find the probability that a student was born in August.
B. Find the probability that a student was born during the “Ber” months.

2. Three coins are tossed simultaneously 200 times with the following frequencies of different outcomes.
Outcome 3 heads 2 heads 1 head No head
Frequenc 23 72 77 28
y

Answer the following questions:

A. Compute the probability of two heads coming up.
B. Compute the probability that no head will come up.

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Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF IMUS CITY
IMUS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BUKANDALA III IMUS CITY CAVITE

Prepared by:

Maita A. Belandres
Teacher I, Mathematics Department Parent’s Signature over Printed Name
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REFLECTION

Directions: Answer the following guide questions, write your personal insights in 2 – 3 sentences.
1. What is the most significant part of the lesson?

2. Do you have any difficulty/ies in understanding the lesson?

3. What do you think will help you cope up with these difficulty/ies?

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