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Name of Learner: ________________________________________________

Grade and Section: ________________________ Date: _________________

Learning Competency:

Illustrates an experiment, outcome, sample space and event. (M8GE-IVf-1)

Do you know that…?

Probability is the mathematical term for

the likelihood that something will occur, such as
drawing an ace from a deck of cards or picking
a green piece of candy from a bag of assorted
colors. We use probability in daily life to make
decisions when we don't know for sure what the
outcome will be.

Overview:

Probability is a branch of Mathematics that deals with uncertainty. It is a

measure or estimation of how likely it is an event will occur.
In understanding probability, we should be familiar with the following
terms associated with it.
1. Experiments - These are activities such as tossing or flipping a coin or
picking a card from a standard deck of cards without looking which could be
repeated over and over again and which have well-defined results.
2. Outcomes—These are the results of an experiment.

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3. Sample Space - These are the collection or a set of possible outcomes
of a random experiment
4. Event - It is any subset of a sample space. For example, when you roll a
die, there are 6 possible outcomes which are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Getting an
even number includes 3 outcomes; these are 2, 4, and 6. “Getting an even
number” is called an event.
5. Sample Point - It is an individual outcome of an experiment.
Illustrative Examples:
1. Aleen and Aleph are playing snakes and ladders.
Aleen rolls a die once.
A. How many possible outcomes Aleen would have?
Answer: 6 (A die has six faces with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
number of dots.)
B. What is the sample space of rolling a die once?
Answer: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (Since sample space is the set of all possible
outcomes, thus, we have the six faces of the die.)
C. How do you consider getting an even number in rolling a die?
Answer: Event
D. What do you call 5 which is one of the outcomes in
rolling a die?
Answer: Sample point
2. Amber flipped two coins once.
A. How many possible outcomes Amber would have?
Answer: 4 (Since each coin has two outcomes, a head
and a tail, we will have 4 combinations of outcomes: Head Tail

Head-Head, Head-Tail, Tail-Head and Tail-Tail.)

B. What is the sample space of flipping two coins once?
Answer: {HH, HT, TH, TT} (Since the sample space is the set of all
possible outcomes, thus, we have these 4 combinations.)
C. If Amber will get HH, what do you call this outcome?
Answer: Event
D. What do you call each outcome in the sample space?
Answer: Sample point

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3. Adrian rolled a coin and a die at the same time.
A. How many possible outcomes Adrian would have?
Answer: 12 (Since a coin has two possible outcomes:
head and tail; a die has six possible outcomes: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 6, we have twelve combinations: Head-One,
Head-Two, Head-Three, Head-Four, Head-Five,
Head-Six, Tail-One, Tail-Two, Tail-Three, Tail-Four, Tail-Five and Tail-Six)
B. What is the sample space of this experiment?
Answer: {H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6}
C. How do you consider getting H1 in rolling a coin and a die
simultaneously?
Answer: Event
D. What do you call each outcome in the sample space of Adrian?
Answer: Sample point

4. Jersie has 1 peso coin in his pocket. He tosses the coin twice.
A. How many possible outcomes are there?
Answer: 4 (Since each coin has two possible outcome: head and tail, we
have four combinations: Head-Head, Head-Tail, Tail-Head and Tail-Tail)
B. What are those possible outcomes?
Answer: { HH, HT, TH, TT } (Since Aleph tossed the coin twice, we have
these combinations.)
C. What do you call this set of possible outcomes?
Answer: Sample Space
D. What do you call each outcome?
Answer: Sample Point
E. Did he do an experiment? Why?
Answer: Yes, because experiment has well-defined results.

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 Look at the table below for better understanding of the terms mentioned
previously.
Experiment Sample Space Sample Point
Rolling a die 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 5
Flipping two coins HH, HT, TH, TT HH
Rolling a coin and a die H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H1
simultaneously T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6
Tossing a coin twice HH, HT, TH, TT HT

ACTIVITY A

Directions: Read and analyze each item. Choose the letter of the correct
answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is a measure of how likely an event is to happen.

A. Outcome B. Probability C. Sample Space D. Sample Point
2. It is an activity with well-defined results.
A. Experiment B. Outcome C. Probability D. Event
3. It is a set of possible outcomes of an experiment.
A. Sample Point B. Sample Space C. Event D. Probability
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Experiment has results called outcome.
B. Flipping a coin is an example of an event.
C. Getting doubles in rolling two dice is a sample space.
D. Sample point is a set of possible outcomes in an experiment.
5. The following statements are true EXCEPT
A. Event is any subset of a probability.
B. Getting an odd number in rolling a die is an event.
C. Sample space is a set of all possible outcomes in an experiment.
D. Tossing a coin has two possible outcomes.

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 ACTIVITY B

Directions: Read and analyze each item then answer the questions that
follow. Choose your answer inside the box below. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Andrei tosses a coin thrice.

A. How many outcomes are there?
B. What are the possible outcomes?
C. What do you call HHH?
2. Arnel rolled two dice.
A. How many outcomes are there?
B. What do you call this set of outcomes?
C. What are the possible outcomes?
D. What do you call getting doubles in rolling two dice?

36 8 Event Sample Space

Sample Point {HHH, HTH, THT, HHT, THH, TTH, HTT, TTT}
{ (1,1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5),
(2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4),
(4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3),
(6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}

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 ACTIVITY C

Directions: Answer the problem below. Write your answers on a separate

sheet of paper.

1. Alijah picked a card from a deck of cards.

A. How many possible outcomes are there?
B. If she will pick an ace of heart, what do you call it?
C. What do you call the set of all the possible outcomes?
D. What do you call getting a king of diamond?

References:

philmoney.blogspot.com
https://www.cuemath.com
Mathematics 8 Learner’s Module
clipart-library.com
123rf.com
milefoot.com

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Activity A
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. A
Activity B
1. A. 8
B. {HHH, HTH, THT, HHT, THH, TTH, HTT, TTT}
C. Sample Point
2. A. 36
B. Sample Space
C. { (1,1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5),
(2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5),
(4, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5),
(6, 6)}
D. Event
Activity C
A. 52
B. Sample Point
C. Sample Space
D. Event
Answer Guide: