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Grade 5 Theoretical Probability Guide

This document is a Grade 5 Probability Module that includes a 20-item quiz focused on calculating the theoretical probability of simple events. It provides instructions, definitions of key terms, and examples to guide students in solving probability problems. The quiz covers various scenarios involving dice, coins, spinners, and marbles.

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Grade 5 Theoretical Probability Guide

This document is a Grade 5 Probability Module that includes a 20-item quiz focused on calculating the theoretical probability of simple events. It provides instructions, definitions of key terms, and examples to guide students in solving probability problems. The quiz covers various scenarios involving dice, coins, spinners, and marbles.

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Grade 5 Probability Module III.

20-Item Quiz

THEORETICAL PROBABILITY OF A SIMPLE


EVENT
Instructions: Calculate the theoretical probability of
Learning Objective: Calculate the theoretical each event. Express your answer as a fraction.
probability of a simple event.
1. A die is rolled. What is the probability of
rolling a 5?
2. A die is rolled. What is the probability of
I. Introduction rolling an even number?
3. A coin is tossed. What is the probability of
Probability tells us how likely an event is to happen. getting tails?
The theoretical probability of an event is given by: 4. A spinner has 4 equal parts labeled A, B, C,
D. What is the probability of landing on C?
P(E) = Number of favorable outcomes / Total 5. A deck has cards numbered 1 to 10. What is
number of possible outcomes the probability of drawing a 7?
6. A die is rolled. What is the probability of
 Event (E): The outcome we are interested in. getting a number less than 4?
 Favorable outcomes: Outcomes that make the 7. A coin is tossed twice. What is the
event happen. probability of getting two heads?
 Total outcomes: All possible outcomes. 8. A bag has 5 red and 3 blue marbles. What is
the probability of picking a red marble?
Example 1: 9. A bag has 2 green, 3 yellow, and 5 blue
If we roll a fair 6-sided die, what is the probability of marbles. Probability of picking yellow?
getting a 4? 10. A die is rolled. Probability of rolling a
Favorable outcomes = 1 (just the 4) number greater than 4?
Total outcomes = 6 (1,2,3,4,5,6) 11. A spinner has 6 equal parts labeled 1–6.
P(4) = 1/6 Probability of landing on an odd number?
12. A coin is tossed. Probability of not getting
Example 2: heads?
If we toss a coin, what is the probability of getting 13. A die is rolled. Probability of rolling a 2 or 3?
heads? 14. A bag has 4 black, 6 white marbles.
Favorable outcomes = 1 (heads) Probability of drawing a black marble?
Total outcomes = 2 (heads, tails) 15. A deck has cards 1–20. Probability of
P(heads) = 1/2 drawing a number divisible by 5?
16. A spinner has 5 sections. Probability of
landing on a section labeled “star”?
17. A die is rolled. Probability of rolling an even
II. Steps to Solve number?
18. A coin is tossed three times. Probability of
1. Identify the total number of possible getting exactly one tail?
outcomes. 19. A bag has 3 red, 2 green, 1 blue marble.
2. Determine the number of favorable outcomes. Probability of drawing green?
3. Divide the favorable outcomes by total 20. A die is rolled. Probability of rolling a
outcomes. number that is a multiple of 3?

Formula: P(E) = Favorable outcomes / Total


outcomes

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