DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIGARH
Mathematics Revision Sheet
Class X
Name : Class & Section : Date :
Topic : Probability
1. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken
out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be i) red ii)
white iiii) not green
2. It is known that a box of 600 screws, 12 screws are defective. One screw is taken out at
random from this box. Find the probability that it is a good screw.
3. In 1000 lottery tickets there are 5 prize winning tickets. Find the probability of winning a
prize if a person buys one ticket. "
4. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 cards. Then the cards are
well shuffled. One card is drawn at random from the remaining cards. Find the probability of
getting i) a heart ii) a king iii) a club iv) a 'six' of heart
5. A die in the shape of tetrahedron has four faces on which 3,4, 6 and 8 are written. The die
is rolled once. Find the probability of getting i) a prime number ii) a number less than 6.
6. What is the probability of getting 53 Tuesdays in a year ?
7. A coin is tossed twice . What will be the probability of getting at most two heads ?
8. If a die thrown once, what will be the probability of getting a prime even number ?
9. If a die is thrown twice , what will be the probability of getting a pair of prime numbers ?
10. What is the Probability that a number selected from the numbers 1,2,3,…..15 is a multiple of
4?
11. A carton consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have
major defects. Jimmy, a trader, will only accept the shirt which are good , but Sujatha ,
another trader , will only rejects the shirts which have major defects. One shirt is drawn at
random from the carton. What is the Probability that i) It is acceptable to Jimmy ii) It is
acceptable to Sujatha
12. Two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time. Write down all the possible
outcomes. What is the Probability that the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of
the dice is a) 8? b) Less than or equal 12?
13. A bag contains 35 balls out of which x are blue. I) If one ball is drawn at random, what is
the Probability that will be a blue ball? Ii) If 7more blue balls are put in the bag, the
Probability of drawing a blue ball will be double than it, Find x.
14. A die is thrown once. What is the Probability of getting: i) An even number ii) A multiple of
3 iii) An even number or a multiple of 3 iv) An even number and a multiple of 3. v) A
number 3 or 4 vi) An odd number vii) A number less than 5 viii) A number greater than 3
ix) A number between 3 and 6
15. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the Probability of getting i) Two heads ii) One
head iii) One tail iv) At least one head v) At most one head vi) No head
16. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the Probability of getting: i) All head ii) Two
heads iii) One head iv) At least two heads
17. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word “ASSASSINATION”. Find the
probability that the letter chosen is a a) vowel, b) consonant.
18. A jar contains 54 marbles each of which is blue , green or white. The probability of selecting
a blue marble at random from the jar is 1/3 , and the probability of selecting a green marble
at random is 4/9. How many white marbles does the jar contains?
19. A number x is selected from the numbers 1,2,3 and then a secondary number y is randomly
selected from the numbers 1,4,9. What is the probability that the product xy of the two
numbers will be less than 9?
20. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting i) An even number as
the sum ii) The sum as a prime number iii) A total of at least 10 iv) A doublet of even
number v) A multiple of 2 on one dice and a multiple of 3 on the other dice vi) Same
number on both dice i.e. a doublet vii) A multiple of 3 as the sum
