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Probability

The document consists of two main tasks related to probability involving various scenarios with dice, dates, and letters. Task 1 focuses on calculating probabilities for specific outcomes, while Task 2 involves listing possible outcomes and determining probabilities based on those outcomes. Each task includes multiple questions requiring calculations and completion of tables.

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Probability

The document consists of two main tasks related to probability involving various scenarios with dice, dates, and letters. Task 1 focuses on calculating probabilities for specific outcomes, while Task 2 involves listing possible outcomes and determining probabilities based on those outcomes. Each task includes multiple questions requiring calculations and completion of tables.

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PROBABILITY

TASK 1 Equally likely outcomes

1 Klein rolls a fair 6-sided dice. What is the probability that the score is:

a) a 5 b) a multiple of 3 c) a prime number?

2 Muna picks, at random, a date in June to hold a party. What is the probability that the date she
picks is:

a) a multiple of 10 b) a number less than 20 c) a number bigger than 30?

3 Sayid uses a random number generator to produce a number from 00 to 99. What is the
probability that a randomly generated number:

a) has a 5 in it b) does not have a 0 in it c) is bigger than 60?

4 Huan writes the letters of the word PROBABILITY on separate cards. He picks one card at
random. What is the probability that the card Huan selects is:

a) the letter B b) a vowel c) a letter before M in the alphabet?

TASK 2 Listing all possible outcomes

1 Two fair 6-sided dice are rolled and the scores added.

a) Copy and complete the table below to show the possible outcomes.

Second dice

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5

First dice 3

b) How many possible outcomes are there?


c) What is the probability of getting a total score that is a multiple of 5?

d) What is the probability that the total score is bigger than 7? Give your answer as a
fraction in its simplest form.

2 Two fair 6-sided dice are rolled and the scores are recorded.

a) Copy and complete the table below to show the possible outcomes.

Second dice

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 1,1 1,2 1,3

2 2,1

First dice 3

b) How many possible outcomes are there?

c) What is the probability of the score on the first dice being more than the score on the
second dice?

d) What is the probability that the scores on both dice are odd?

3 A fair 6-sided dice is rolled and a fair 3-sided spinner is spun. The scores are added
together.

a) Copy and complete the table below to show the possible outcomes.

Dice

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3

Spinner 2

4
b) How many possible outcomes are there?

c) What is the probability of getting a total score that is a multiple of 4?

d) What is the probability that the total score is less than 6?

4 Two fair 8-sided dice are rolled and the scores are multiplied together.

a) Copy and complete the table below to show the possible outcomes.

Second dice

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 1 2 3 4

2 2 4 6

First dice 4

b) How many possible outcomes are there?

c) What is the probability that the result is a multiple of 4?

d) What is the probability that the result is a square number?

e) What is the probability that the result is a cube number?

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