Math 7th Grade Exercise – Probability and Sets

1. Cards with numbers 10 to 22 are placed in a box. A card is picked at random from the box. Find the
probability of picking :
a. An odd number
b. A number between 12 and 20
c. A number bigger than 25
d. A prime number less than 18
e. A number smaller than 14
f. A number divisible by 4
2. Each letter of the word MISUNDERSTANDING is written on a card. All the card are well-shuffled
and placed down at the table. If a card is turned over, what is the probability that the card bears :
a. The letter F
b. A vowel ?
c. A consonant ?
d. Either T or I ?
3. If you draw a card from a pack of 20 identical cards numbered 1,2,3,…..,20, what is the probability
of drawing :
a. A prime number
b. A composite number ?
c. A factor of 60 ?
4. There are 3 red balls, 4 blue balls, and 5 yellow balls in a box. What is the probability of drawing :
a. A yellow ball ?
b. A ball that is not yellow in colour ?
c. A red ball ?
d. A blue ball or yellow ball ?
5. The numbers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are written on 4 cards. Two of these cards are selected at random to form
a two-digit number. List the sample space and find the probability that the number formed is :
a. Even number
b. Number that divisible by 4
c. Prime number
d. Number greater than 55
6. Given that ↋ = {number from 1 to 15}, A = {factor of 80}, B = {multiples of 4}, list :
a. A ∩ B
b. A U B
c. A’ U B’
d. A’ ∩ B’
e. A’ ∩ B
7. In a class of 30, 12 students like soccer, 18 students like basketball and 9 of the students like both
soccer and basketball. How many students neither like soccer nor basketball ?
8. Survey is conducted to some people at an office about the vehicle they have. 82 people have car, 122
people have motorcycle and 46 have both of them. If 18 people have none both of them, how many
people were surveyed ?
9. In a class of 40, 14 students like math, 30 students like science and 4 students don’t like both. How
many students like :
a. Both math and science
b. Math only
10. Given that P = {words from MATHEMATICS} and Q = {words from STATISTICS}, find :
a. P ∩ Q
b. P U Q
11. 100 person are surveyed about their favorite food. 37 of them like hot dog, 49 of them like
hamburgers and 29 of them like neither hot dog nor hamburgers. How many person like both of them
?