7.

PROBABILITY
7.4 Past Years’ Actual SPM Questions
Task : Answer all the questions below.
1. SPM 2004 (No.24 / Paper 1) 2. SPM 2005 (No. 24 / Paper 1)
A box contains 6 white marbles and k black The following table shows the number of coloured
marbles. If a marble is picked randomly from the cards in a box
box, the probability of getting a black marble is Colour Number of Cards
3 Black 5
. Find the value of k. [3 marks]
5 Blue 4
Yellow 3

Two cards are drawn at random from the box. Find

the probability that both cards are of the same
colour. [3 marks]

19
k=9 66
3. SPM 2006 (No. 23 / Paper 1) 4. SPM 2008 (No. 24 / Paper 1)
The probability that Hamid qualifies for the final of a The probability of Sarah being chosen as a
2 3
track event is while the probability that Mohan school prefect is while the probability of Aini
5 5
1 7
qualifies is . Find the probability that being chosen is . Find the probability that
3 12
(a) both of them qualify for the final, (a) neither of them is chosen as a school
(b) only one of them qualifies for the final. prefect,
[ 3 marks] (b) only one of them is chosen as a school
prefect. [4 marks]

2 7 29
(a) 15 (b) 15 (a) 16 (b) 60

Probability 1
5. SPM 2010 (No. 25 / Paper 1) 6. SPM 2011 (No. 23 / Paper 1)
A box contains 40 marbles. Some are green and Bag I contains 2 blue marbles and 6 black marbles
some are red. If a marble is drawn at random from while bag II contains 3 blue marbles and 4 black
the box, the probability that a green marble drawn marbles. If a marble is chosen at random from each
2 bag, calculate the probability that
is . Calculate (a) both the marbles are black,
5
(b) the marble from bag I is blue and the marble
(a) the number of red marbles in the box,
(b) the number of red marbles that have to be from bag II is black.
(c) At least one of the marbles chosen is black.
added to the box such that the probability to
15
draw a red marble becomes .
23

(a) 24 (b) 6 (a) 3

(b) 1
(c) 25
7 7 28
7. SPM 2012 (No. 22 / Paper 1) 8. SPM 2013 (No. 24 / Paper 1)
Two six-faced unbiased dice are rolled together. In a soccer match between team A and team B, the
Calculate the probability that result can be a draw or a win for team A or a win for
(a) the sum of two numbers is 8. team B. The probability that team A and team B will
(b) The difference of two numbers is 5, 1 1
(c) The sum of two numbers is 8 or The win are and respectively. In two matches,
3 2
difference of two numbers is 5. calculates the probability that team A will win once
and draw once.

5 1 7
(a) 36
(b) 18
(c) 36 1
18

Probability 2