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3 Writethe probability value in fractions and percentages for the following events. Use the
2.
giveninq.no
scale
Flipping a
coin and getting heads.
a)

2.
number less than 7 on afair dice.
a
b)Rolling
6100o
a red card from adeck of 52 cards (assuming there are no red cards).
c) Drawing

yellow ball froma bag of 10 yellow balls.

d) Picking a

Drowinga red card fromadeck of cards containinglred card and 3 black cards,

probgbility that a
alng class of 20 students, 15 students like chocolate ice cream. The
cream.
randomly chosen student likes chocolate ice

20

correct event description.

4. Match each probability with the

o) 0.25 9certain
ijeven chance
b)L
c)0.5 ) unlikely
d) O ) impossible
probability of picking
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blue, and 3
5. You have a bag of 10 marbles: 4 red, 3
edch of the following events as a fraction?
a) blue marble 3
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Prior knowledge
1.Label the likelihood scale with these
words.
likely certain impossible even chnce
unlikely

Amngasibt
likaly
Immpsse

2. Maya has a bag

with only green apples in it.
Complete the sentences.
a) The likelihood of
iMaya taking agreen apple isertain
b) The likelihood of
Maya taking a red apple is _

3. Look at the shapes in this

bag.
Imagine youtake a shape out of the bag.
Write'True' or 'False' for each statement.
a) It ís likely that the shape is a
triangle.
False
b) It is impossible that the shape
will be a pentagon.

c) There is aneven
chance of takinga square.
False

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a hexagon or a circle is equally likely.

d)Taking
True
squareis more likely than taking atriangle.
e) Taking a

True
4 Monica has abag of letter tiles. She takes one tile out of the bag at atime. She writes the
letter, then puts the tile back into the bag. These are the letters she takes.

D A B A A A B D B

using
Draw a ring around the bags that Monica could be

B C

A A AB D A
DA A A

D E

A BA B DD)

Explain why Monica could not be using bag E.

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Worksheet 1

the. sentences by filling in the blanks with correct probability terms. Use the
1. Complete
followingterms: certain, likely, unlikely, equal chance, impossible, probability, outcomes,
favourable.

of getting heads or tails when flippinga coin is called its

a) The chance

6 is
h)If youroll afair die, the chance of getting a number between land
because all numbers are possible.

c)The event of rollinga 7 on astandard six-sided die is iapacelbte

because it is not a possible result.
bag with 5 red and 5 blue marbles is
d) The probability of drawing ared marble from a
2nual chahceforboth colours.
e) The event of getting heads when flipping a coin is
LaAAAIchdncbecause there are
only two outcomes: heads or tails.

f) It is A.Ma chanorollan even number on a fair die, as there are 3even numbers
out of 6 possible outcomes.

g) When you flip a coin, the two possible

outcomes (heads or tails) are -ecaal chae
because each outcome has an equal chance.
outcome because it
this is a
h) If you roll a die and want to get a 6,
has only one favourable result out
ofó possible outcomes.

i) The event of rolling alor a

2 on a six-sided dice is unlikely because there are

are not 1or 2.

more possible outcomes that

) When rolling a fair die, the possible, Lkaly - are 1,2,3, 4, 5, and 6. iTrans

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3 2 2

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2
2

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b) red marble
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c)yellow marble

6. In a bag of 20 marbles:

50% of the marbles are yellow,

of the marbles are red,
of the marbles are green.
Answer the following:
a) How many yellow marbles are in
the bag?

2yelaw tmoabg
b) Howmany red marbles are in
the bag?

c) How many green marbles are in the bag?

0 2

d) Drawapicture of the marbles nern

bog. showing the number of yellow, red, and green marbles in the

7, Arswer
theprobubilityquestions. Write your answer as a
Afair dice is 1osscd.
a) What is the
fraction and simplify it if possible.
probubility of
rolling a number 3?

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Whatisthe rolling more than 4?
b)

6 sthe probability of rolling an odd number?

Whatis
151 S=1
c)

isithe probability of f rolling a prime number?

d) What

6
3-2 an even number?
al What is the probability of rolling

the spinner pointers landing on the requested numbers.

8. Determine the probability of

2 5

2
1

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9.Look ct the cond boend onswer the foliowing uestions

cHowmoypieces of candy are in the box in total?

tstale
D) Whct is tha orobcb ty of selecing a grcpe canay?

c) Your friend wants either mango candy or grape candy. If you

picked out randomly, which
one wouldyou have the highest probability of selecting?

htan 9ardy is the highest

c What is the probability of selecting an
orange candy?

e) Which favour has the lowest

probability of being selected?

f, youate 4orange candies, 5

mango candies and 3 grape candies, which
have the highest probability of fiavour woulay
selecting next?
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glfyoupicked
1 piece of candy. out of the box which flavour would you have the highest
probabilityfselecting?

The
following Venn diagram shows the sports played by aclass of students.
1O
students are in the class?
How many
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Tennis cricket
4stidents

st4rt14-30studt
b)How many
playtennis and cricket?
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11

tennis?
c) How many play

45tudorts
dHow many play cricket?

14sbudents
e|How many students neither playtennis nor cricket?
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1. Afair six-sided die is rolled once. Mark the probability of each of the
the probablity scale. fol owing events
A: The die lands on an even number.

B: The die lands son the number 5.

C: The die lands ofanumber less than 5.

A
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Worksheet 2

Completethe sentences below using the words provided:

.
tannot happen, always happen,mutually exclusive,hot mutually exclusive

ahnt bil Same time.

a Mutually exclusive events are events that

b)Roling aJor a6on adice areYAstuali nue

c) Pickingagreen marble and a red marble at the same time are

d) Getting both headsand tails in one coin flip is

2. Write true or false for the following statements.

a) Mutually exclusive eventscannot occur at the same time.

Tre
b) Rollinganumber less than 3 and rolling a 5 on asix-sided die
are mutually exclusive.

True
mutually exclusive.
c) Pickingan apple or an orange from a basket is not

Palse mutually exclusive events.

d) Rolling a 4 on a die and flipping heads on a coin are

False
are shuffled and one card is selected
3.. The numbers 0 to 9 are written on 10 cards. The cards or not?
mutually exclusive
at random. State whether the following events are
a) getfinga 5,getting an even number.

Mitually- exdl usive

b) getting an even number, getting anumber
less than 5.
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getting an odd
mutqlly
number,getting a
exclusive
number bigger than 5.
c)

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than 5.
d) getfing anumber less than 4, getting anumber bigger
Mutu ally eXclusive
e) getting anumber less than 4,geting a number
less than 7.

Not wmutually Cxelueive

4. Read each question carefully. Write Mutually Exclusive if the events cannot happen at the
same time. Write Not Mutually Exclusive if the events can happen at the same time.
a) Aperson is either awake or asleep.

b) It is snowing, and someone is wearinga coat.

Not utualy elusVe

c) You are either in Grade5 or Grade 6.

NMutualy exelusive
d) Asoccer team wins a
match, and it rainsduring the game.

e) Youflip a coin,and it
lands on heads or tails.

f)You are
eating pizza, and your
friend is eating ice
cream.
g) A
traffic light is showing red
or green.

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studentisdoing homework while watching television.

JA

Not wlbualy exdusive

parkedinthe garage, and the same car is being driven.
JACaris

MuBa ly exdlusive
arereading abook, and you are also talking on the phone.
j)You

Not Mutuolly exclusiVe

rolling an odd number on a dice
5. Kapilsays that rolling a '4'
on an ordinary 6-sided dice and
are mutually exclusive.
answer.
Is Kapil correct? Justify your

where two events are:

from your daily life
6. Think of two examples
a) Mutually Exclusive

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b) Not Mutually

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equalI sections: 1,2,3, 4, 5, and 6. Predict thefrequency of landing on 4if you

soinnerhas 6
A

aló
times

the treqaency of 44chlanding n

b)60times

treeney ot land ng on 4ry

answer
times. Record the results and
2. Roll a six-sided dice 20

a) Which number
appeared most often?

not rolled?
b) Were any numbers

times?Why?
closer to equal if yourolled 200
c) Would the outcomes be

Kessbeacuse there b beiTran

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Lesson2
Worksheet 1

Tear10small pieces of tissue pgper. Draw a circle on the floor. Drop the
1.
tissue paper pieces
onto the fHoor. How many pieces landed inside the circle?
out of 10 pieces landed inside the circle.

Conducta probability
50 trials.
experiment to see how many pieces land inside the circle in
each of the
b) Record your results in this table.

Number of pieces inside the

circle Tally Total

H
c) Describe the
results of your experiment.

d) The
experiment
landing in the circle.showed that there was a
out of 50
chance of 0 piecess of tissue
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showedthat there was a out of 50 chance of 10 pieces of tissue

experiment.
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The circle
the
adingin

Band Conit.
sided spinner.
a6. The spinner hasthe letters A,
has
Tora
probabilitythat the spinner willland on an
Ais .
The
spinner will land on a Cis. (
The orobablitythatthe
on the spinner.
Writetheletters

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rollinga
of trials to understand the probabilityof
perform a large number
3Why is it better to happen if youroll the die only 6 times?
bona die? What might

UnoaTtandirg tne prhio

more ACCUNate 5bimate, ot the tlge
Probaitx The More taia ls. AMtan
thetimes. ca#er
Record how manytimes itands on hebds.'Do
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Explain.
4. Tossa coin 10 the same ratio ofheads to tails?
times will result in

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3. Aspinner has 16 equal sections. Leo colours the spinner using only orange,
yellow, and red.

yellow3
Red
He colours 3 sections yellow. Red
The chance of landing on red is 1/4.
a) What is the chance of landing on
Onange l6t
orange?
(!
Chance ot ÜaGnye
Yellow

The chan0
4. Here are four cups with
black and white balls inside

Cup A
D) Cup B Cup C Cup D

Maya picks two ofW 2.

of pickinga black
the cups.:
She puts all the balls BL2
from her two cups into
anèmpty bag'
ball from my bag.' Says, 'I have an even chance
a) Write the
names of the two cups that Aand
Maya picks.

Cugb: Bl:2, Tot5

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below is apicture ofaaspinner.

Given

spinner once.
JoyaspinsThe

not mutually
about the spinner are mutually exclusive or
o) Tick to show if the pair of events
exciusive.
Not mutually exclusive
Pairs of events about the Mutually exclusive
spinner
shape and it
lt lands on a gray
lands on a white shape.
shape and it
It lands on a gray
llands on astar.
green, and lyellow.
spinner with sections: 2 red, 2 blue, 1
6
6.Create your own

for 50spins.
a) Predict the outcomes

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b) Conduct the experiment and compare

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