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The document discusses probability concepts, including the probability scale from 0 to 1 and how to calculate probabilities based on equally likely outcomes. It provides examples of calculating probabilities for drawing cards from a standard deck. The document also includes a question about the likelihood of choosing a prime number versus an even number from a set of positive integers less than 20.

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Year 7 and 8 Textbook - 2

The document discusses probability concepts, including the probability scale from 0 to 1 and how to calculate probabilities based on equally likely outcomes. It provides examples of calculating probabilities for drawing cards from a standard deck. The document also includes a question about the likelihood of choosing a prime number versus an even number from a set of positive integers less than 20.

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13.

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18 Joe chooses a positive integer less than 20. Which is he more likely to have chosen; a
prime number or an even number?

13.2 Probability scales


● I know about and can use probability scales from 0 to 1
● I can work out probabilities based on equally likely outcomes

Develop fluency
Probability can be shown on a probability scale from 0 to 1.

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1


Impossible Certain

The probability of an outcome is written as


P(outcome) = number of ways the outcome can occur
total number of possible outcomes
where P stands for ‘the probability of’ and the outcome is written inside the brackets.
For a fair coin, each outcome is equally likely to happen so P(H) = 1 and P(T) = 1 .
2 2
This is the probability fraction for the event.
The probability can also be given as P(H) = 0.5 or P(H) = 50%.
Probability fractions can be simplified, but sometimes it can be better to leave them
unsimplified, especially if you are comparing them.
Faith picks a card at random from a normal pack of 52 cards.
Find:
a P(king) b P(spade) c P(picture card)
d P(queen of hearts) e P(diamond picture) f P(red card).

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a Each of the four suits has a king, so P(king) = .
52
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b Each suit has 13 cards, so P(spade) = .
52
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c Each suit has three picture cards, jack, queen and king, so P(picture card) = .
52
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d There is only one queen of hearts in the pack, so P(queen of hearts) = .
52
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e There are three picture cards in each suit, so P(diamond picture ) = .
52
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f The hearts and diamonds are both red suits, 13 in each suit, so P(red card) = .
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