EXERCISE PROBABILITY-GRADE 8

1. A simple die is thrown 120 times and the number 4 appears 18 times. Find the experimental probability of
throwing a four, giving your answer as a fraction in its lowest term.
2. A flower enthusiast collected 279 examples of a Polynomialus mathematicus flower in deepest Peru. Just
fourteen of the flowers were green.
One flower is chosen at random. Find the probability that :
a. It is green
b. It is not green
3. A bag is contain 48 balls. The probability that a ball drawn at random is yellow is 3/8. How many balls are there
in the bag?
4. A bag contains twelve equal size balls. Three of the balls are coloured yellow and the remaining nine balls are
coloured blue. What is the probability that, when a ball is drawn from the bag :
a. It is yellow?
b. It is blue?
c. It neither yellow nor blue?
d. It is either yellow or blue?
5. An unbiased coin is thrown three times and the outcome for each is recorded as H (head) or T (tail). A possibility
diagram could be drawn as shown.
find the probabilty of :
a. The coins have three heads
b. The coins have at least one tails
c. The coins have two heads
d. The coins have no heads.

6. Two dice are thrown and the product of the two numbers is recorded.
a. Draw a suitable possibility diagram to show all possible outcome.
b. Find the probability that :
i). The product is 1
ii). The product is 6
iii). The product is less than or equal to 8
iv). The product is greater than 8
v). The product is prime number
vi). The product is square number
7. An unbiased cubical die has six faces numbered 5, 8, 12, 15, 20, 24. The die is thrown twice and the highest
common factor (HCF) of both result is recorded..
a. Draw a possible diagram to show the possible outcomes.
 b. Calculate the probability that:
i). The HCF is 4
ii). The HCF is greater than 4
iii). The HCF is not 6
iv). The HCF is not 5
v). The HCF is 3 or 5
vi). The HCF is equal to one of the numbers thrown.
8. Jonah and Martha are playing cards. Jonah draws a card, replaces it and then shuffles the pack. Martha then
draws a card. Find the probability that :
a. Both drawn are ace
b. Both draw the queen of the Spades
c. Jonah draws a Heart and Martha draws an ace
d. Exactly one of the cards drawn is a spade
e. Both cards are red or both cards are black
f. The cards are different colours.
9. Elizabeth and Peter each take a coin at random out of their pockets and add the totals together to get an amount.
Elizabeth has three $2 coins, two 50c coins and four $5 coins in his pockets. Peter has two $50 coins, four $1
coins and a 50c coin.
a. Draw up a possibility diagram to show all the possible outcomes for the sum of the two coins.
b. What is the probability that the coins will add up to $7?
c. What is the probability that the coins will add up to less than $2?
d. What is the probability that the coins will add up to $5 or more?

10.

One of the 8 letters is taken at random.

a. Write down the probability that the letter is E.
b. The letter is replaced and again a letter is taken at random. This is repeated 480 times. How many times
would you expect the letter to be E?