Name: _____________________________ ( ) Date: __________________

Class: Sec 2 _____

Now you are ready to work on some practice questions independently.

Print and complete this worksheet.

You will need to show your working and write probability statements as shown in the worked
example below.

Worked Example

A six sided dice is thrown. Find the probability of obtaining

(a) an even number,
(b) a number smaller than 3,
(c) a number that is not prime.

Solution

(a) P(obtaining an even number) =

(b) P(obtaining a number smaller than 3) =

(c) P(obtaining a number that is not prime) = 1 – P(obtaining a number that is prime)

= 1 ̶

Complete questions 1 to 6.

1. In a class of 40 students, there are 25 Chinese, 6 Malays, 5 Indians and the rest
are
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 Eurasians. A teacher selects a student at random to answer her question, what is the
probability that the chosen student is
(a) an Indian?
(b) a non-Chinese?

2. A letter is chosen at random from the letters in the word FANTASTIC. Find the
probability of getting
(a) the letter ‘T’,
(b) the letter ‘S’,
(c) a vowel.

3. A bag contains 3 red balls, 2 white balls and 1 blue ball. A ball is taken from the bag
at random. Find the probability that
(a) the ball is red,
(b) the ball is not white,
(c) the ball is green.

4. In a class, it is found that the probability of a student being a student councillor is 0.3.
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 How many student councillors will there be in a class which has 40 students?

5. A two-digit number is formed at random in a single event using the digits 2, 3 and 4
with repetition of digits allowed.
(a) List all the possible outcomes in the sample space.
(b) Find the probability of
(i) forming an even number,
(ii) forming a number x, such that 32 < x < 44,
(iii) not forming a prime number.

6. In a container, there are r red beads, b blue beads and g green beads. A bead is
picked at random from the container. Write down expressions for
(a) the total number of beads in the container,
(b) the probability that
(i) a red or green bead is picked,
(ii) a white bead is picked.

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You may want to try questions 7 and 8 to challenge yourself.

7. The table below shows the number of cars owned by each of the 30 families that
participated in a survey.

Number of cars 0 1 2 3

Number of families 10 16 3 1

(a) Find the

(i) mode,
(ii) median,
(iii) mean.
(b) If a family is chosen at random, find the probability that it does not own more
than 2 cars.
(c) If a car is chosen at random, find the probability that it is the only car owned by a
family.

8. A box contains 30 apples, of which 14 are red and 16 are green. An apple is
drawn at random from the box. Find
(a) the probability of drawing a green apple,
(b) the number of red apples to be removed so that the probability of drawing a
green apple from the remaining apples in the box is .

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Answer Key:

1. (a) (b)

2. (a) (b) (c)

3. (a) (b) (c) 0

4. 12

5. (a) S = {22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 34, 42, 43,44} (b) (c) (d)

6. (a) Total = r + g + b (b) (i) (ii) P (white) = 0

7. (a) (i) 1 (ii) 1 (iii) (b) (c)

8. (a) (b) x = 6