PROBABILITY
Name: ______________________________ Class: _______ Date: ___________
1. A bag contains 9 green, 6 yellow and 5 blue balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that
the ball drawn is:
(a) green
(b) not blue
(c) yellow or green
2. Slips numbered 5 to 40 are placed in a box and one is drawn at random. Find the probability that the
number on the slip is:
(a) a prime number
(b) divisible by 6
(c) a perfect square
3. The letters of the word REVOLUTION are written on separate cards and placed in a bag. A card is
drawn at random. Find the probability that the letter is:
(a) a vowel
(b) the letter O
(c) a consonant
4. A bag contains x red balls and (x + 4) blue balls. If the probability of drawing a red ball is 1/3, find:
(a) the value of x
(b) the total number of balls in the bag
5. An integer is chosen at random from 1 to 50. Find the probability that it is:
(a) divisible by 3 or 7
(b) divisible by 3 but not by 7
6. The probability that a student passes a test is 5/13. Find the probability that the student does not
pass the test. Also state which type of event 'not passing' is, relative to 'passing'.
7. In a survey of 150 office workers, 60 said they commute by bus, 45 by train, 30 by walking, and the
rest by bicycle. If one worker is selected at random, find the probability that the worker commutes:
(a) by bicycle
(b) not by bus
8. A two-digit number is chosen at random. Find the probability that it is divisible by both 8 and 12.
9. A box contains red, white and blue balls in the ratio 2 : 3 : 1. A ball is drawn at random. Find the
probability that it is:
(a) white
(b) not red
10. The letters of the word PERSISTENCE are written on identical cards and shuffled. One card is
drawn at random. Find the probability that the letter on the card is:
(a) a vowel
(b) the letter E
(c) a letter that appears more than once in the word
11. Slips numbered 1 to 40 are put in a bag. A slip is drawn at random. Find the probability that the
number on the slip is:
(a) a prime number
(b) a composite number
12. A spinner has 8 equal sectors labelled 1 to 8. When spun, it is equally likely to stop on any sector.
Find the probability that it stops on:
(a) a prime number
(b) a number greater than 5
13. A bag contains balls numbered 11 to 35. One ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that the
number on the ball is:
(a) divisible by 5
(b) a perfect square
(c) an even number
14. In a game, two events E and F are mutually exclusive. P(E) = 0.42 and P(F) = 0.35. Find the
probability that:
(a) neither E nor F occurs
(b) at least one of them occurs
15. A month has 30 days and the first day of the month is equally likely to be any day of the week. Find
the probability that the month contains exactly 5 Saturdays.
16. A bag contains red and blue balls in the ratio 3 : 5, and the total number of balls is 40. A ball is
drawn at random. Find:
(a) the number of red balls and blue balls
(b) P(red ball) and P(blue ball)
17. A number is chosen at random from integers 2 to 25 inclusive. Find the probability that the number
is divisible by 2 or 3.
18. The letters of the word EXAMINATION are written on separate cards and placed in a bag. A card is
drawn at random. Find the probability that it is:
(a) a vowel
(b) a letter that appears exactly twice in the word
19. A bag contains red, white and black balls such that the number of red, white and black balls are in
the ratio 4 : 3 : 2. A ball is drawn at random. Find:
(a) P(white ball)
(b) P(not a black ball)
20. A number is chosen at random from integers 50 to 100 inclusive. Find the probability that it is:
(a) a perfect square
(b) divisible by 7
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