Mathematic Form 4

Chapter 7: Probability
Question 1:
A box contains 5 pink marbles and 21 yellow marbles. Sharon puts another 4 pink
marbles and 1 yellow marble inside the box. A marble is chosen at random from the
box. What is the probability that a pink marble is chosen?

Question 2:
In a group of 80 prefects, 25 are girls. Then 10 boys leave the group. If a prefect is
chosen at random from the group, state the probability that the prefect chosen is a boy.

Question 3:
60 people have taken part in a singing contest. If a person is chosen at random from all
the contestants, the probability of getting a male contestant is 8/15. If there are 12
males and 3 females who did not qualify to the second round, find the probability that a
male is chosen from the second round contestants.

Question 4:
John has a collection of stamps from Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. He picks one
stamp at random. The probability of picking a Thailand stamp is 1/5 and the probability
of picking an Indonesia stamp is 8/15. John has 20 Singapore stamps. Calculate the
total number of stamps in his collection.

Question 5:
A box contains 36 green erasers and a number of red erasers. If an eraser is picked
randomly from the box, the probability of picking a red eraser is 5/8 . Find the number of
red erasers.

Question 6:
A box contains blue marbles and green marbles. A marble is picked at random from the
box. The probability of picking a blue marble is 6/11. If there are 30 green marbles in the
box, how many blue marbles are there in the box?