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Probability of Simple Event
Probability of Simple Event
MECHANICS:
Hint:
Activities such as tossing a coin, rolling a
die without looking which could be repeated
over and over again and which have well
defined results.
E ET V V E N TE
Hint:
It is a set of possible outcome
resulting from a particular experiment.
C O UTT CE O OM UE M
Hint:
This is the result of an experiments.
EC CH A
H N
C N
C EA
Hint:
it refers to the likelihood that something
will happen.
LP IR BO AB BAI BP IRL O
I TT Y
Hint:
A branch of mathematics that deals with
calculating the likelihood of a given events
occurrence, which is expressed as a number
between 1 and 0.
ACTIVITY: JUDGE ME
Study the following, if it is certain to happen,
if it is impossible to happen, if it has an even
chance to happen.
1. Turning head in flipping a coin.
2. Getting a number less than 7 in rolling a die.
PROBABILITY LINE:
-Is one that can only happen in one way- in other words it has single
outcome.
3. What is sample Space?
-- Is the set of all outcomes in an experiment.
Solve the following carefully, Show your solution and then write the correct answer on the
space provided before each number.
_____1. Earl Darenz is asked to choose a day from a week. What is the probability of choosing a
day which starts from S?
_____2. If a letter is chosen at random from the word PERSEVERANCE, what is the probability that
the letter chosen is E?
_____3. The sides of a cube are numbered 11 to 16. If Jan Renz rolled the cube once, what is the
probability of rolling a composite number?
_____4. Of the 45 students in a class, 25 are boys. If a student is selected at random for a field
trip, what is the probability of selecting a girl?
____5. A spinner is divided equally and numbered as follows: 1,1,2,3,3,4,1,1,2,4,1,2,3,4,1, 2. What
is the probability that the pointer will stop at a prime number?
Solve the following:
Hannah is a student and an online seller. She sells Personal Preventive Equipment (PPE)
like facemask (cloth), alcohol, and hand sanitizer to prevent the spread of the COVID-19
virus. The table below shows the sold out product in a week.
Product (PPE) Number of Product sold
out in a week
Facemask (cloth) 45
Alcohol 15
Hand Sanitizer 5
Total 60
Question:
1. What is the probability that an purchased product is an alcohol
2. What is the probability that a purchased product is a hand sanitizer?
3. What is the probability that a purchased product is a facemask?
4. What is the best selling product?
5. If you are the seller, based on the formation presented above , which product do you
prefer to sell why?
Solve the following:
Read and analyze each statement carefully . Choose the letter of the correct answer
from given options below. Write your answer on a ¼ sheet of paper.
1. Ms. Andrade, a Math teacher, draws names to see who will answer the first
problem. There are 10 boys and 16 girls in her class. What is the probability that he
will draw a girl’s name?
A. 5/18 B. 8/13 C. 5/8 D. ½
2. A set of cards includes 15 green cards, 10 red cards, and 10 blue cards. What is
the probability that the card chosen at random will be green?
A. 3/7 B. ¾ C. 2/7 D. 4/7
3. What is the probability that the card chosen in No. 2 at random will be red?
A. 2/3 B. 2/7 C. 3/7 D. 4/7
4. In scrabble, 2 of the 100 tiles are blank. Find the probability of drawing a blank tile
from an entire set of scrabble tiles?
A. 0.02 B. 2% C. 1/50 D. all of the above
5 Rex is reading a 230- page book. There are illustrations on 48 pages. If Rex opens
the book at random, what is the probability that the page will have an illustration?
A. 91/115 B. 24/115 C. 24/91 D. None of the choices.
Assignment
Directions: Answer the following and write your answer on ½ sheet of paper.
1. A box contains 7 red balls, 5 orange balls, 4 yellow balls, 6 green balls, and 3 blue balls.
What is the probability of drawing out an orange ball?
2. Choosing a month from a year, what is the probability of selecting a month with 31 days?
2. If one letter is chosen at random from the word TRUSTWORTHY, what is the probability
that the letter chosen is a consonant?