NORTHERN GREEN SCHOOL

SH1 QUIZ MATHEMATICS

PROBABILITY
Name: _______________ Score: ______________

1. A letter is chosen at random from the word ‘PROBABILITY’. Find the probability that the letter
chosen is a vowel.

Answer: ______________

2. Twelve cards numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 12 are placed in a box. A card is removed at random from
the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is odd.

Answer: ______________

3. Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that both dice show the same number?

Answer: ______________

4. There are 5 blue marbles and 3 yellow marbles in a box. The marbles are identical except for
their colour. A marble is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the marble
drawn is not yellow.

Answer: ______________

5. A bag contains 9 white balls, 6 black balls and 3 brown balls. A ball is selected at random from
the bag. Find the probability of selecting either a white or a black ball.

Answer: ______________

6. The probabilities of three teams, K, L and M, winning the National Basketball Championship are
1 1 1
, , respectively. Only one team can win the championship. Find the probability that either K
4 6 7
or M wins.

Answer: ______________

7. There are 15 boys and 20 girls in a class. 5 of the boys and 10 of the girls wear spectacles. A
class monitor and a class monitress are selected at random from the 15 boys and the 20 girls
respectively. Find the probability that both the class monitor and class monitress wear
spectacles?

Answer: ______________
8. A card is drawn at random from a standard pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability the
card is an ace or a spade.

Answer: ______________

9. It is given that 𝐴 = {3, 5, 7} and 𝐵 = {6, 8,10}. An element 𝑎 is selected at random form 𝐴 and an
element 𝑏 is selected at random from 𝐵. The possibility diagram below displays some of the
values of 𝑎𝑏.
𝑎
× 3 5 7

𝑏 6
8
10

Complete the possibility diagram and find the probability that the product 𝑎𝑏 is greater than 40.

Answer: ______________

10. Workers from a company work in either the ‘Administrative’ department or the ‘Technical’
department. There are 32 men and 46 women in the company. 20 men and 18 women are from
the ‘Technical’ department. A chairman and a chairwoman are selected at random from the 32
men and 46 women respectively. Find the probability that the chairman is from the
‘Administrative’ department and the chairwoman is from the ‘Technical’ department.

Answer: ______________