Name:_________________________ CH6.

Class:_______________( )

1. A letter is chosen randomly from the word ‘EXPERIENCE’. Find the probability of choosing each of the
following letters.
(a) ‘I’ (b) ‘E’

2. Benny selects a digit from his staff number ‘39769’ at random. Find the probability that the digit
selected is an odd number.

3. A fair dice is thrown. Find the probability of getting

(a) a ‘4’, (b) a number less than 4.

4. ☆9 is a 2-digit number, where ☆ is an integer from 1 to 9 inclusive. Find the probability that the 2-
digit number is
(a) greater than 70, (b) a prime number, (c) an even number.

5. The scores of eight students in a test are 49, 25, 74, 36, 58, 43, 65 and 85 respectively. If a student is
chosen at random, find the probability that the score of the student chosen
(a) is a square number, (b) has the tens digit 3 greater than the units digit.

6. A card is selected at random from the playing cards shown in the figure.
What is the probability of selecting each of the following cards?
(Note: A face card is a ‘J’, a ‘Q’ or a ‘K’.)
(a) a ‘5’ (b) a face card (c) a diamond

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7. There are 10 boys in a group of 16 students. If a student is chosen at random from the group, find the
probability that the student chosen is a girl.

8. An inspector visits a restaurant on a day at random in April. Suppose there are 9 public holidays in
April. Find the probability that the visit is not on a public holiday.

9. An integer is randomly selected from the 90 integers 1 to 90. What is the probability that the integer
selected is
(a) a multiple of 9? (b) not a multiple of 9?

10. A box contains 15 white chocolates and 25 dark chocolates. If a chocolate is chosen at random from
the box, find the probability of each of the following events.
(a) A dark chocolate is chosen. (b) A white chocolate is chosen.

11. There are 5 oranges, 3 apples and 4 pears in a refrigerator. Kenneth takes out a piece of fruit at
random. Find the probability that the fruit taken out is
(a) an apple, (b) not a pear, (c) a lemon.

12. Sam has n books, and 24 of them are storybooks. If he selects a book at random, the probability of
selecting a storybook is 0.3. Find the value of n.

13. A card is drawn randomly from a pack of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of drawing
(a) a ‘10’, (b) a black ‘J’,

(c) a diamond or a club, (d) any card with number from ‘3’ to ‘7’ inclusive.

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14. There are 5 green stone marbles, 4 blue stone marbles, 2 blue glass marbles and 4 yellow glass marbles
in a bag. If a marble is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability of drawing
(a) a green stone marble, (b) a blue marble,

(c) a yellow marble or a stone marble, (d) a stone marble or a glass marble.

15. A number is randomly selected from the 40 integers 1 to 40. What is the probability that the number
selected is
(a) an even square number? (b) a multiple of 7 or a multiple of 8?

16. The figure shows the distribution of the favourite fruit of a group of students.

If a student is selected at random from the group, what is the probability that the favourite fruit of the
student is Favourite fruit of a group of students
15
Number of students

(a) orange?
10

(b) apple or peach? 5

0
Apple Orange Mango Peach
Fruit
(c) not apple?

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17. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the ages of the employees in a company.
Ages of the employees in a company
Stem(10) Leaf (1)
2 3 4 5 6 7 9
3 1 2 3 3 4 7 8
4 1 5 8 9 9
5 6 8
If an employee is randomly selected from the company, find the probability that the employee
(a) is younger than 28, (b) is older than 43,

(c) is aged between 35 and 57.

18. Janet has 120 books, in which 30 are cookery books, 36 are comic books, 42 are textbooks and the rest
are travel books. She takes a book at random. What is the probability that the book taken is
(a) a comic book? (b) a travel book? (c) neither a comic book nor a textbook?