PROBABILITY

Class 10
Worksheet 1
*Problems on Numbers, balls and marbles
1. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of
the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and these are equally likely outcomes. Find the
probability that the arrow will point at any factor of 8. (2015 F)
2. Find the probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5,
6, 6, 6, 7 will be their mean. (2019)
3. A number is chosen at random from the numbers −¿3, −¿2, −¿1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What will be the
probability that square of this number is less than or equal to1? (2017 D)
4. If a number x is chosen at random from the numbers −¿3, −¿2, −¿1, 0, 1, 2, 3, then find the
probability of x 2< 4 . (2020 S)
5. A number x is chosen from the numbers −¿4, −¿3, −¿2, −¿1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. Find the
probability
that |x|<¿ 3.
6. A positive integer is selected at random and is divided by 7. What is the probability that the
remainder is (i) 1 (ii) other than 1?
7. In a game, Raju asks his friend Karan to write down a two digit number secretly. What
is the probability that Karan will write a doublet? What is the probability that Karan’s
number is divisible by 2, 3 and 5?
8. A box contains cards numbered from 1 to 20. A card is drawn at random from the box.
Find the probability that number on the drawn card is:
(i) a prime number (2018 C, 2017 N, 2015 D)
(ii) a composite number. (2018 C) (iii) a number divisible by 3. (2018 C)
(iv) an odd number. (2006) (v) divisible by 2 or 3. (2015 D, 2006)
(vi) not divisible by 10. (2006) (vii) a multiple of 3 or 7. (2016 F, 2013 F)
9. Cards, on which numbers 1, 2, 3, …., 100 are written (one number on one card and no
number is repeated) are put in a bag and are mixed thoroughly. A card is drawn at random
from the bag. Find the probability that card taken out has
(i) an even number. (2017 D-C) (ii) a perfect square number. (2017 D-C)
(iii) a number which is a multiple of 13. (2017 D-C)
(iv) a prime number less than 20. (2017 D-C)
(v) a number divisible by 9 and is a perfect square. (2016 AI)
(vi) has a prime number greater than 80. (2016 AI)
10. A box contains 70 cards numbered from 1 to 70. If one card is drawn at random from the
box, find the probability that it bears
(i) a perfect square number (ii) a number divisible by 2 and 3. (2012 AI)
11. An integer is chosen at random between 1 and 100. Find the probability that it is:
(i) divisible by 8 (ii) not divisible by 8. (2018)
12. Tickets numbered 3, 5, 7, 9, … , 29 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One ticket
is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that number on the ticket is
(i) a prime number (ii) a number less than 16 (iii) a number divisible by 3. (2007)
13. Cards bearing numbers 1, 3, 5, … , 35 are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability of getting a card bearing (2017 AI-B-C, 2010 D)
(i) a prime number less than 15 (ii) a number divisible by 3 and 5.
14. A bag contains cards marked by numbers from 5 to 104. A card is drawn at random. Find
the probability that the drawn card bears (2017 N-C)
(i) a two digit prime number greater than 79.
(ii) a number which leaves remainder 1 when divided by 6.
(iii) a composite number less than 43.
15. A box contains cards bearing numbers from 6 to 70. If one card is drawn at random
from the box, find the probability that it bears (2015 F)
(i) a one digit number. (ii) a number divisible by 5.
(iii) an odd number less than 30 (iv) a composite number between 50 and 70.
16. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 4, 9, 16. Another number y is
selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. Find the probability that the value of xy
is more than 16. (2016 AI)
a
17. The adjacent figure shows a disc on which a player spins an arrow twice. The fraction
b
is formed, where ‘a’ is the number of sectors on which the arrow stops on the first spin
and ‘b’ is the number of sectors on which the arrow stops on the second spin. On each
spin, each sector has equal chance of selection by the arrow. Find the probability that the
fraction . (2016 F)
a
>1
b

18. At a fete, cards bearing numbers 1 to 1000, one number on one card, are put in a box.
Each player selects one card at random and that card is not replaced. If the selected card
has a perfect square greater than 500, the player wins a prize. What is the probability
that (i) the first player wins a prize?
(ii) the second player wins a prize, if the first has won?
19. A bag contains 5 white balls, 7 red balls, 4 black balls and 2 blue balls. A ball is drawn
at random from the bag. Find the probability that the drawn ball is (2018 B-C)
(i) white or blue (ii) neither white nor black.
20. A box contains 100 red cards, 200 yellow cards and 50 blue cards. If a card is drawn at
 random from the box, then find the probability that it will be (2012 D)
(i) a blue card (ii) not a yellow card (iii) neither yellow nor a blue card.

21. A bag contains some balls of which x are white, 2x are black and 3x are red. A ball is
selected at random. What is the probability that it is (i) not red (ii) white? (2019 C)
22. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball
from the bag is three times that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.
(2020 B, 2018 B, 2007)
23. A bag contains 15 balls, out of which some are white and the others are black. If the
2
probability of drawing a black ball at random from the bag is , then find how many
3
white balls are there in the bag. (2019)
24. A bag contains 14 balls of which x are white. If 6 more white balls are added to the bag,
1
the probability of drawing a white ball is . Find the value of x. (2017 N-C)
2

25. A bag contains white, black and red balls only. A ball is drawn at random from the bag.
3 2
If the probability of getting a white ball is and that of a black ball is , then find the
10 5
probability of getting a red ball. If the bag contains 20 black balls, then find the
total number of balls in the bag. (2015 AI)
26. A jar contains 54 marbles of three different colours – blue, green and white. The
1 4
probability of drawing a blue marble at random is and that of a green marble is .
3 9
How many white marbles are there in the jar? (2014 AI-spl)
27. A bag contains 24 balls out of which x are white. If one ball is drawn at random, the
probability of drawing a white ball is y. 12 more white balls are added to the bag. Now,
5y
if a ball is drawn from the bag, the probability of drawing the white ball is . Find
3
the value of x.
28. A bag contains 18 balls out of which x balls are red. (2015 F)
(i) If one ball is drawn at random from the bag, what is the probability that it is not
red?
(ii) If 2 more red balls are put in the bag, the probability of drawing a red ball will be
9
8
times the probability of drawing a red ball in the first case. Find the value of x.
29. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end: (2020 S)
Diwali Fair
A game in a booth at a Diwali Fair involves using a spinner first. Then, if the spinner
stops on an even number, the player is allowed to pick a marble from a bag. The spinner
and the marbles in the bag are represented in Figure.
Prizes are given, when a black marble is picked. Shweta plays the game once.
 (i) What is the probability that she will be allowed to pick a marble from the bag?
(ii) Suppose she is allowed to pick a marble from the bag, what is the probability of
getting a prize, when it is given that the bag contains 20 marbles out of which 6
are black ?
30. If the probability of winning a game is 0.07, what is the probability of losing it? (2020 S)
31. If the probability of an event E happening is 0.023, then P ( E )=¿________. (2020 S)
32. The probability of an event that is sure to happen, is ___________. (2020 S)
33. The probability of selecting a rotten apple randomly from a heap of 900 apples is 0.18.
What is the number of rotten apples in the heap? (2017 AI)
34. One ticket is drawn from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The probability
that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 7: (2013 C)
1 1 1 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 8 5 40
35. Cards bearing numbers 2, 3, 4, … , 11 are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from
the bag. The probability of getting a card with a prime number is (2012 AI)
1 2 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 5 10 9
36. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, … ,15 is a
multiple of 4 is (2020 B)
4 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15 15 15 5
37. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. The probability that it is a
prime number is: (2014 D)
2 1 1 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 3 30
38. A bag contains cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag.
The probability that the number on this card is divisible by both 2 and 3 is (2014 F)
1 3 4 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 25 25 25
39. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from
the box, the probability that it bears a prime number less than 23, is: (2013 D)
7 10 4 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
90 90 45 89
40. If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A, then (2013 C)
(A) P(A) ¿ 0 (B) P(A) ¿ 1 (C) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1 (D) −¿1 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
41. If the probability of an event is p, then the probability of non-happening this event is
−1
(A) p – 1 (B) p (C) 1 – p (D) 1 (2013 B-C)
p
42. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event? (2011 D)
3
(A) 1.5 (B) (C) 25% (D) 0.3
5

43. The probability of an impossible event is (2020 B)

1
(A) 1 (B) (C) not defined (D) 0
2

Answer Key:
1 1 3 3 5 1 6 11 1
Q.1 2 Q.2 5 Q.3 7 Q.4 7 Q.5 9 Q.6 7 , 7 Q.7 90 , 30
2 11 3 1 13 9 2
Q.8 (i) 5 (ii) 20 (iii) 10 (iv) 2 (v) 20 (vi) 10 (vii) 5
1 1 7 2 3 3 4 11
Q.9 (i) 2 (ii) 10 (iii) 10 0 (iv) 25 (v) 10 0 (vi) 10 0 Q.10 (i) 35 (ii) 7 0
6 43 4 1 5 5 1
Q.11 (i) 49 (ii) 49 Q.12 (i) 7 (ii) 2 (iii) 1 4 Q.13 (i) 18 (ii) 18
3 17
Q.14 (i) 100 (ii) 100 (iii) 4 1 12 3 3
7 Q.15 (i) 65 (ii) 5 (iii) 65 (iv) 13 Q.16 8
25
1 3
5 9 8 7 1 Q.20 (i) 7 (ii) 7 (iii)
Q.17 12 Q.18 (i) 10 0 0 (ii) 999 Q.19 (i) 18 (ii) 2 2
7
1 1 3
Q.21 (i) 2 (ii) 6 Q.22 15 Q.23 5 Q.24 4 Q.25 10 , 50 Q.26 12 Q.27 8
5
18−x
Q.28 (i) 18 (ii) Q.29 (i) 6 (ii)
3 Q.30 0.93 Q.31 0.977 Q.32 1 Q.33 162
8 10
1 1 1 1 4 4
Q.34 (B) 8 Q.35 (A) 2 Q.36 (D) 5 Q.37 (C) 3 Q.38 (C) 25 Q.39 (C) 45

Q.40 (C) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1 Q.41 (C) 1 – p Q.42 (A) 1.5 Q.43 (D) 0