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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 6
Probability of Compound Events

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Mathematics – Grade 10
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Quarter 3 – Module 6: Probability of Compound Events

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Learning Competencies: Illustrates the probability of a union of two events.
M10SP-IIIg-1

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

• illustrate the probability of a single event;
• illustrate the probability of compound event; and
• illustrate the probability of an Independent and Dependent Events.

Lesson 1: Probability of an Event

What is it

Probability is the measure of how probable an event occurs. If each of the outcome in a sample
space has an equal chance of occurring, then the probability of an event E, which is represented by P(E)
is,
number of outcomes in the event n(E)
P(E) = number of outcomes in the sample space n(S)
Steps to find the probability:
1. List the outcomes of the experiment (Sample Space).
2. Count the number of all possible outcomes of the experiment (Sample Space).
3. Count the favorable outcomes/ (Event).
4. Use the formula.
Example 1: A numbered balls from 1 to 15 is placed in the jar.
Find the probability of getting an odd number.
Solution:
Sample Space = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15} n(S) = 15 Total possible outcomes
Event = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15} n(E) = 8 Total number of outcomes
(odd number)
n(E) 8
So, P(E) = n(S) = 15

Example 2: What is the probability of getting a number divisible by 3 when a die is rolled once?
Solution:
Sample Space ={1,2,3,4,5,6} n(S) = 6 Total possible outcomes
Event ={3,6} n(E) = 2 Total number of outcomes (divisible by 3)
n(E) 2 1
So, P(E) = n(S) = 6 or 3

What’s More

Directions: Answer the following:

A) A die is rolled once. Find the probability of obtaining:
1) a 3.
2) A number divisible by 2
B) A box contains 6 red balls, 5 yellow balls, and 4 blue balls. If a ball is picked at random from the box,
what is the probability that the ball picked is a
3) blue ball?
4) red ball?

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 Lesson 2: Probability of Compound Events

What is it
A compound event is one in which there is more than one possible outcome. Determining the
probability of compound events involves finding the probability of each event and then
determining how to combine them.

Example 1: If three coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting exactly two heads? You
need to know how many outcomes are possible. This may be done by using a tree diagram.

n(S) = 8 Total possible outcomes

n(E) = 3 Total number of outcomes (exactly two heads)
𝟑
So, 𝑷(𝑬) =
𝟖
Example 2: Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of getting a sum of 6?
S = {(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6),
(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6),
(3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6), n(S) = 36 Total possible outcomes
(4,1), (4,2), (4,3), (4,4), (4,5), (4,6),
(5,1), (5,2), (5,3), (5,4), (5,5), (5,6),
(6,1), (6,2), (6,3), (6,4), (6,5), (6,6),}
E = {(1,5), (2,4), (3,3), (4,2), (5,1)} n(E) = 5 Total number of outcomes (sum of 6)
𝟓
So, 𝑷(𝑬) = 𝟑𝟔

What’s More

Directions: Answer the following.

A) Three fair coins are tossed. What is the probability that:
1) at least two tails come up?
2) a head comes up?
B) Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of getting
3) difference of two
4) even numbers

Lesson 3: Probability of Independent and Dependent Events

What is it
Two events are independent if the occurrence of one of the events gives no information about
whether or not the other event will occur. Thus, the other event does not influence the other event.
Two events are dependent if the occurrence of one of the events affects the other event. This
happens when no replacement happens.
Probability of Independent events, P(A and B) = P(A) · P(B)
Probability of Dependent events, P(A and B) = P(A) · P(B following A)
Example 1
A box contains 3 green chips, 4 red chips, 5 white chips and 6 blue chips. What is the probability
of drawing 2 red chips and 1 white chips in succession without replacement?

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Solution:
There are 18 chips in all in a box. The two events are dependents since the problem involves
without replacement. Thus,
P(A and B) = P(A) · P(B following A)
(red) (red) (white)
4 3 5 5 𝟓
P(2 red chips, 1 white chips) = 18 ∙ 17 ∙ 16 = 6∙17∙4
= 𝟒𝟎𝟖 (The denominator is decreasing since no
6 4 replacement of chips)
Example 2
A box contains 3 green chips, 4 red chips, 5 white chips and 6 blue chips. What is the probability
of drawing 2 red chips and 1 white chips in succession with replacement?
Solution:
There are 18 chips in all in a box. The two events are independents since the problem involves
with replacement. Thus, (red) (red) (white)
P(A and B) = P(A) · P(B) 2 2
4 4 5 1 2 5 𝟏𝟎
P(2 red chips, 1 white chips) = 18 ∙ 18 ∙ 18 = Simplified into 9 ∙ 9 ∙ 9 = 𝟕𝟐𝟗 (The denominator will not
9 9 9 change since it involves replacement of chips)

What’s More
Directions: Consider the situation below and answer the questions that follow.
1. A bag contains 2 green marbles, 3 yellow marbles, 5 blue marbles and 6 black marbles. A marble is
randomly selected, replaced and a second marble is randomly selected. Find the probability of
selecting a green marble, then a blue marble.
2. A box of chocolates contains 3 dark chocolates and 6 white chocolates. Cheska randomly chooses a
chocolate, eats it, and then randomly chooses another chocolate. What is the probability that Cheska
chose a dark chocolate, and then a white chocolate?

Assessment
Directions: Read and understand the problems carefully. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided
for you. STRICTLY NO ERASURE.
1. A die is rolled once, what is the probability of getting a 2?
1 2
a. b. c. 1 d. 2
6 6
2. A box contains 3 pink balls, 2 green balls, and 5 blue balls. If a ball is picked at random from the box,
what is the probability that the ball picked is a blue ball?
1 1 1
a. 2 b. 5 c. 10 d. 1
3. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of getting a sum of 5?
1 1 4 1
a. 4 b. 9 c. 9 d. 36
4. Two coins are tossed. What is the probability that at least one tail comes up?
1 1 3
a. 4 b. 2 c. 4 d. 1
5. What is the probability of getting a heart in a deck of 52 cards?
13 13
a. 13 b. 14 c. 26 d. 52
6. A coin and a die are rolled, what is the probability of getting a head and a 3?
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
2 4 6 12
For items 7-8. A box contains 3 red chips, 2 white chips, 3 yellow chips and 4 blue chips.
7. What is the probability of drawing 1 red chip and 1 yellow chip in succession without replacement?
3 9 1 1
a. 44 b. 132 c. 2 d. 6
8. What is the probability of drawing 1 white chip and 1 blue chip in succession with replacement?
1 1
a. 2 b. 6 c. 2 d. 18
For items 9-10. Three fair coins are tossed.
9. What is the probability that at least two heads come up?
1 1 1 1
a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 12
10. What is the probability that at least one tail comes up?
7 1
a. 7 b. 8 c. 8 d. 8

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Quarter 3 – Module 6

Lesson 1
What’s More
A. 1.
2.
B. 3.
4.

Lesson 2
What’s More
A. 1.
2.
B. 3.
4.

Lesson 3
What’s More
1.
2.

Assessment
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Summative Test
1. 6. 11.
2. 7. 12.
3. 8. 13.
4. 9. 14.
5. 10. 15.

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 SUMMATIVE TESTS

Name _______________________________Yr. Sec________ Score_________

Directions: Read and understand the problems carefully. Write your answer on the
answer sheet provided for you. STRICTLY NO ERASURE

1. Which situations illusttarte permuaution

A. Forming a committee of councilors
B. Selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test
C. Choosing two literature books to buy from the variety of choices
D. Assignng rooms to conference participants
2. It is aselection of objetcs from a set
A. Combination B. Differentiation C. permutation D. distiction
3. Which of the following situations illustatres combination?
A. Arrange books in a shelf
B. Assigning telephone numbers at home
C. Choosing househols chores to do after class
D. Selecting posters to hang in the walls of your room
4. Calcuate C (20, 5)
A. 6840 B. 15504 C. 116 280 D. 1 860 480
5. Find C(18,4)
A. 2400 B. 3060 C. 4896 D. 73440
6. How many different rays can be formed from 8 distintc points on the plane, no three of
which lie on the same line?
A. 56 B. 28 C. 26 D. 4
7. If 4 mabels are picked randomly from a jar containing 8 red marbles and 7 blue marbles,
in how many possible ways can at least 2 marbles picked are red ?
A. 1638 B. 1568 C. 1176 D. 1050
8. Which of the following situation does NOT illustratre combination?
A. Selecting 2 songs from 10 choices for an audition piece
B. Fixing the schedule of a grpuoof students whomust take exactly 8 subjetcs
C. Emunrating the subsets of a set
D. Identifying the lines fromed by connecting some given points on a plane
9. In how many ways can a committee of 7 students be choosen from 9 juniors, and 9
seniors if there must be 4 seniors in the committee?
A. 10 584 B. 1764 C. 210 D. 84
10. In how many ways can 4 men and 3 women arrange themselves in a row for picture
taking if the man and women must stand in alternate positions?
A. 5040 B. 720 C. 114 D. 30
11. How many diffrents sums of money can be made using the three of these bills P1, P5,
P10, P20, and P50?
A. 20 B. 504 C. 1162 D. 6048

Refer these situation for item number 12 and 13

Six holes have been dug but only 4 trees are available
12. How many different ways can you choose holes which wll remain empty if you plant all
4 trees?
A. 40 B. 15 C. 16 D. 18
13. If you plant all trees, how many different slections holes are possible?
A. 40 B. 15 C. 16 D. 18

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 14. A bag contains 9 marbles numbered 1 to 9. If I draw 4 marbles out of the bag, how
many different set can be drawn?
A. 126 B. 145 C. 156 D. 180
15. Khristelle was able to calculate the total number of 3-digit numbers than canbe formed
from a given set to non zero digits, without repition. If ther are 60 numbers in all, how
many digits where actually given?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 6 D. 5

Performance Task (Module 5 and Module 6)

1. Draw the following:

a) a die with a 5 appeared when rolled.
b) an event when you draw an ace card from a deck of 52 cards.
2. Experiment: Toss two coins simultaneously and record the result in the table.

TRIAL COIN 1 COIN 2 RESULT (head, tail) or

(tail, head)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th