Math-EXE S3 chapter 12

Probability EX1
1. A bag contains 3 yellow, 2 white and 5 blue balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at
random. Find the probability of the following.

a) blue.
b) not yellow.

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c) white or yellow.

2. You need a 4 -digit password to open the money box. However, you only remember

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the first two digits. Find the probability that you can open the money box in the
correct password.
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3. You has to key in a 5 -digit password to open the door. However, you only
remembers the first two digits and that the password is divisible by 5. Find the
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probability that you can key in the correct password to open the door.

4. 24∆ is a 3-digit number and ∆ represents any digit from 0 – 9. Find the probability
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that the number is divisible by 6.

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5. 11∆ is a 3-digit number and ∆ represents any digit from 1 – 9. Find the probability
that the number is divisible by 3.
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6. 2∆ is a 2-digit number, where ∆ is an integer from 0 to 9 inclusive. Find the

probability that the 2-digit number is a prime number.

7. 17𝑥4 is a four-digit number. Find the probability that the number is divisible by 3.

8. 3257𝑦 is a five-digit number. Find the probability that the number is divisible by 4.

9. A number is selected at random from 1 to 9. Find the probability that the number
selected is a prime odd number.

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10. A card is drawn randomly from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of
the following.

a) red.
b) “heart”.
c) “10”.
d) either a “spade” or “7”.
e) either a “heart” or “K”.
f) either a “A” or “Q”.

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11. You tossed a fair coin for 19 times. The number of tails and heads gotten were 8

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and 11 respectively. Find the probability that you will get a tail the next time.

12. Box A contains 15 cakes, 4 of which are expired. Box B contains 13 cakes, 3 of
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which are expired.

a) A cake is drawn at random from Box A. Find the probability that it is

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expired.
b) A cake is drawn at random from Box B. Find the probability that it is
not expired.
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c) A cake is drawn at random from each box. Find the probability that both
are not expired.
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13. Two balls are drawn randomly from a bag contains 3 green balls and 5 yellow balls.
Find the probability of the following.
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a) both are green.

b) both are yellow.

14. Two fair dice are thrown. Find the probability of the following.

a) The sum of the numbers is 9.

b) The sum of the numbers is 6.
c) The sum of the numbers is 11.
d) The sum of the numbers is 4 or 10.

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15. Two cards are randomly drawn at the same time from four cards numbered 2, 3,
5 and 7 respectively. Find the probability of the following.

a) The product of the numbers drawn is even.

b) The product of the numbers drawn is odd.
c) The product of the numbers drawn is a multiple of 5.

16. One letter is chosen from each of the words “ENGLISH” and “CHINESE” randomly.
Find the probability of the following.

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a) The two letters are “E”.
b) The two letters are “S”.

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c) The two letters are both vowels.

17. In the game, the probabilities that you can get $500, $300 and $100 are 0.2, 0.3
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and 0.5 respectively. If you play the game one time only, find the expected value
of the money you can get.
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18. You have two $20-note and three $50-notes in your pocket. If you randomly take a
note from your pocket, find the expected value of the total money that you get.
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19. A company sold out 700 000 lottery tickets. If there is only one prize, which is
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worth $2 400 000, find the expected value of the prize for one ticket.

20. A fair dice is thrown 100 times. Find the expected number of times of getting a
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number less than 4.

21. A fair coin is thrown 500 times. Find the expected number of times of getting a
head.

22. A fair coin is tossed 200 times. 2 marks are given for tail while 3 marks are
deducted for a head. Find the expected mark of the game.

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Answers:

1 7
1. a) 2
b) 10
1
c) 2

1 1
2. 100
3. 200

1 1
4. 5
5. 3

1 3
6. 5
7. 10

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1 1
8. 5
9. 3

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1 1
10. a) 2
b) 4
1 4
c) 13
d) 13
4 2
e) 13
f) 13

11.
1
e.
2

4 10
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12. a) 15
b) 13
22
c) 39

3 5
13. a) b)
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28 14

1 1
14. a) 9
b) 6
1 1
c) 18
d) 6
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1 1
15. a) 2
b) 2
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c) 2
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1 1
16. a) 21
b) 42
1
c) 7

17. $240 18. $38

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19. 35
20. 50

21. 250 22. − 100

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