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Name:_______________________________Class:_____________________Date:________

Probability - Special Homework


Answer all questions in the space provided. All necessary working must be shown. This
special homework carries 34 marks.

1. Two dice are tossed and the outcomes are recorded in a possibility space.

Fill in the possibility space below and use it to find the probability

1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
(6)

a) total score is 9 b) both outcomes are odd

Answer: _________ Answer: _________(2)

c) both outcomes are even d) both outcomes are prime.

Answer: _________ Answer: _________(2)

2. In a group of young people, there are 5 girls and 6 boys. Three girls have fair hair and two have
dark hair. Two of the boys have fair hair and four have dark hair. One girl and one boy are chosen
at random.

Draw a possibility space in the table provided and use it to find the following probabilities:

Girls
Fair (F) Fair (F) Fair (F) Dark (D) Dark (D)
Fair (F)
Boys
Fair (F)
Dark (D)
Dark (D)
Dark (D)
Dark (D)
(6)

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a) both have dark hair b) one has fair hair and one has dark hair

Answer: _________ Answer: _________(2)

3. What is the probability of choosing a prime number between 4 and 25?

Answer: _________(1)

4. A card is drawn from an ordinary pack of playing cards. Find the probability that the card chosen
is:
a) a black card b) a spade

Answer: _________ Answer: _________

c) a picture card d) not a black card

Answer: _________ Answer: _________

e) not an Ace f) a club

Answer: _________ Answer: _________(6)

5. On a bus, there are 48 passengers, 12 are men, 16 are women and 6 are girls. The rest are boys.
A passenger is chosen at random. What is the probability that the passenger is

a) a girl b) male

Answer: _________ Answer: _________(2)

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6. A bag contains four pink marbles, three blue marbles and two green ones. One marble is drawn at
random from the bag. Find the probability that the bead is:

a) pink b) blue

Answer: _________ Answer: _________

c) green d) white?

Answer: _________ Answer: _________(4)

7. A letter is picked at random from the English alphabet. Find the probability that the letter
a) is a consonant Answer: _________

b) comes from the part of the alphabet from G to N both inclusive Answer: _________

c) appears in the word PERPENDICULAR? Answer: _______(3)

Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcomes Framework

Mark %
I can deduce that the probability of all mutually exclusive events adds up
to 1.
I can construct a possibility space of two independent events and use it to
work out the probability of an outcome.

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