GZ PROBABILITY I ) Se? Sample space } ‘Aset ofall the possible outcomes of an experiment. ‘Te process of carrying out an activity and observing its outcome, Possible event jer exists an element irom a sample space that satisfies If there is no element from a sample space that satisfies certain =n given conditions, then the event is a possible event given conditions, then the events an impossible event. Probability of an event ; __ Number of times an event oocurs Probeity of nent = Te Probability of an event = 0 Probability of an event = 1 The eventis an impossible event. The events sue to happen in every tal. Bilingual Vocabulary Li: ienole space - rang sampel element - unsur fecome -kesudahan subset ~ subset periment — 1 kaj empty set - set kosong fessble outcome - kesudahan yang munngkin impossible event -peristiwa yang tak mungkin fest -peristiwa probability -kebarangkalianCloned SPM Question ) siti * Consider the total number of mars A box contains 280 marbles of which 120 are red, and the rest are green or __a8 the numberof tals in selecsse wit. I'2 marble Is picked at random from the bos, the probability of faetiiiee te aces picking a green marble is 1. How many white marbles are there? = probebily of selecting a gresn A marble x total number of trials A 60 B70 Cc 80 D 90 + Number of white marbles foal number of marbles Solution “number of ed marbles 1 = number of green marbles The expected number of green marbles = + x 280 =70 Thus, the number of white marbles = 280 - 120-70 Answer. D Cloned SPM Question Op ____ vrai Ganesh has a collection of stamps from Selangor, Kedah and Sabah. He picks ‘The expected number of stamps) each state = probability of selecting a stame a stamp at random. The probability of picking a Kedah stamp is < and the from that state x total number stamps probability of picking a Sabah stamp is 2. Ganesh has 12 Selangor stamps.” Number ol Selanant samps Calculate the total number of stamps in his collection. number of Kedah stamps A 40 B 60 Cc 90 D 100 pnb of Sebahiginmesy Solution Let x be the number of stamps in Ganesh collection. ‘The expected number of Kedah stamps = x The expected number of Sabah stamps = 2x ‘The number of Selangor stamps a Thus, 2x= 129 x= 12x 2 =90 Answer. CPAPER 1 % A.box contains all the letters of she word RESPECT. Two letters 2re selected randomly from the 50x. Which of the following is mot an outcome of this experiment? A(R, S) ¢ (8,7) 8 (EE) D (P,P) | 50x X contains all the letters of the word BEGIN. Box Y contains all the letters of the word END. A letter is picked randomly from each box. Which of the following is not an cutcome of the experiment? A (I, D) c (8B) B (N,N) DEE) 4 boy js allowed to choose sther tea, coffee or fruit juice or his breakfast. The total sumber of possible outcomes for his choices in any two consecutive days is A6é C12 B9 D 18 M[A][e]fal[y)[s] a) Ml[a][s][u Cards with the above letters are put in a box. A card is picked sendomly from the box. The ‘tal number of elements in the sample space is As c 10 89 D12 — Two dice are thrown. Which of = following is an impossible event of this experiment? A The difference of the two numbers is 8. 3 One number is twice the other. © One number is the square of the other. One number is the multiple of the other. SPM FORMAT PRACTICE A bag contains alll the letters of the word TOTAL. Two letters are picked randomly from the bag. Which of the following are possible events of this experiment? | Both are the same vowel. Il Both are the ‘consonant I One is a consonant and one is a vowel. A I, Honly B Il, only C |, Ill only D I, tand ti The sample space of an experiment is given as S={(1, 1), (1,2), (1, 3), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3)} Which of the following are possible events of the experiment? | Both numbers are prime numbers. Il The sum of both numbers is 12, NI Both numbers are even numbers. A |, Monly B Il, ltonly 1, Il only D i tland i ‘A cube has each of its faces marked with a letter from Ato F. It is thrown repeatedly for a large number of times. The total number of times each letter appears in the throws is summarised as shown in the table below. geen ssa | better Number of times. A 45 _ B 108 c 86 D 84 E 55 F 72 same, 10. The probability of obtaining a vowel in any throw is 2 2 Ao cs 1 7 ea Pio 15 8 a A circular cardboard as shown in the diagram above can turn about its centre. The outcome of each rotation is the number indicated by the needle. A boy turns the cardboard many times and the number of times that each outcome occurs is summarised in the table below. 134 125 1 92 13 94 15 115 Find the probability. of obtaining @ prime number at each turn. 67 87 O 280 cc 2 na 4 eI 280 Ce 7 ‘A box has m red cards, 115 white cards and 225 blue cards. A.catd is picked at random from the box. The probability of getting a blue card is S. Find the value of m. A385 B 69 c 95 D 135800 people registered for a =eving test. Among them, some Sc not tum up for the test. Those who did, either passed er'ailed the test. The probability sf choosing a candidate who gassed the test is <2. if 160 candidates failed the test, find Pe number of people who did sot turn up for the test. i) cc 220 5 120 D 240 has a colecton of stamps on United Sats, Banana SSpan.She pice’ ono stamp random: Tro probabiy zeking a Britain stamp Is & 2rd te probably of pling a seoan stamp is ©. i has 52 United States stamps. Calculate the total number of stamps in her collection, A 450 ¢ 540 5 480 D 630 im throwing a slightly biased sce, Lim finds that the erobability of getting an even sumber is 2. If he expects to ebtain an even number 180 smes, what is the number of srows he is expected to carry out? A 320 8 480 520 D 560 @ quiz contest, the organizer provides 420 questions, among which 120 questions are related f2 Science, while the rest are related to History and Mathematics. If a question is picked at random from the questions, the probability of selecting a question on Matnemats is 4, calculate the number of questions that are related to History. A 60 B70 c 80 D 90 27. 28. 29. a 30. In @ schoo, 180 students are wang spectactes. a sent is soloteg randomly fom te school, the povably oa student weering spectaces being chosen is -&. Find the numberof students who do ret war spectacles n the schoo A 153 c 1020 B20 ©1200 A box contains 540 balls which are made up of blue balls and red balls. If a ball is picked at random from the box, the probability of a blue ball being selects is Then, 60 ved balsa ste the box and a bal sickest encom om the box.Find the probability that the ball selected is red 5 2 Ane es z 3 Dei oF In an annual sale, a company organizes a lucky drawin whic each customer i askod to dra a card from a_ bo; contains the cars [5] ta customer obtains a vowel, a FMS voucher fo awarded. The table below shows th results of the draw in aay E 95, If the company receives 2 000 customers over a period of a week, calculate the expected amount of vouchers, to be given out, A RM2 400 C RM4 400 B RM3 400 D RM4 800 There are 120 T-shirts of brand P and 140 T-shirts of brand Q on sale. Of these, 45 T-shirts of brand P are of size L and 75 of brand Qare of size L. Ifa T-shirt Is picked at random from the T-shirts on sale, what is the probability of obtaining a T-shirt of size L? 9 Aw 15 52 6 C48 7 Pas 31. The table below shows the number of balls of different colours and types, found in a If @ ball is picked at random from the box, find the probability that a blue rubber ball is picked 27, Aa 27 8 50 32. The table below shows the distribution of a group of 90 students from rural and town & areas. A student is chosen at random from the group. What is the probability that a female student from rural area is chosen? 2 s 3 ee 5 Sie 2 Des 33. A container holds 56 green marbles and a number of red marbles. A marble is picked at random from the container. The Probability of picking a green How many red od ae marble is 4 marbles are container? A 24 B 32 c 38 D 42 there in the