Name _________________________ Date __________________
1. Amir makes a fair spinner with six sectors.
Use a word from the box which best describes the probability of
each of the following events.
( a) The spinner will land on 6 .........................
( b) The spinner will land on 3 .........................
( c) The spinner will land on 2 .........................
( d) The spinner will land on a number greater than
1 .........................
2. A fair six sided dice is rolled. The probability of one of the
following events is marked with an arrow on the scale below.
A The dice lands showing a number less than three.
B The dice lands showing the number three.
C The dice lands showing an even number.
( a) Label the arrow to show which event it represents.
( b) Mark and label the scale to show the probabilities of the
other two events.
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3. The following cards are placed in a box.
A card is selected at random. Find the probability that the
number on the card is
( a) 3 .........................
( b) an odd number .........................
4. A fair spinner has eight equal sections. The sections are
labelled A, B, C, D and E as shown below.
The arrow is spun.
( a) Which is the most likely letter that the arrow will land
on? .........................
( b) What is the probability that the arrow lands on a
B? .........................
( c) What is the probability that the arrow lands on
A? .........................
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5. A bag contains 10 discs. Each disc is labelled with a different
number from 1 to 10. A disc is chosen from the bag at random.
Write down the probability that the chosen disc is
( a) the number 3 .........................
( b) a number less than four .........................
( c) a square number .........................
( d) a prime number .........................
6. Liam rolls an ordinary fair six sided dice. Write down the
probability that he gets
( a) the number 4 .........................
( b) a number less than 5 .......................
7. Sean has a box of pens. The box contains 6 blue pens, 8 black
pens and 3 red pens.
( a) What is the probability that he will pick a blue
pen? .........................
( b) What is the probability that he will pick a green
pen?.........................
Some more blue pens are added to the box. The probability of
selecting a blue pen is now ½
( c) How many blue pens were added to the box?.........................
8. Tony makes a fair six-sided spinner. The spinner has the
numbers 7, 8 and 9 on it. The probability the spinner will land
on 7 is greater than the probability that the spinner will
land on 8. The probability that the spinner will land on 9 is ⅓.
Write the numbers on the spinner.
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9. Elizabeth has a bunch of red, yellow and white roses. She
chooses a rose at random.The probability that she chooses a
yellow rose is 0.1 The probability that she chooses a white rose
is 0.2
(a) What is the probability that Elizabeth chooses a rose that is
either yellow or white? .........................
( b) What is the probability that Elizabeth chooses a red rose?
.........................
( c) There were ten roses in the bunch originally. How many roses
were red?
10. Mia has five numbered cards.
One of these cards is chosen at random. Mia says:
The probability of an odd number is ⅗
The probability of a 7 is ⅖
The range of the numbers is 10
The probability of a 2 is 0.
Fill in three numbers that could be on Miaʼs cards.
11. Counters labelled A, B, C, D and E are placed in a bag. The
table shows the probabilities of picking each letter at random.
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( a) Calculate the missing probability in the table.
( b) Calculate the probability of a B or C. .........................
12. Each boy at a school plays one of four sports. The table
shows the probability a student chosen at random plays rugby,
football, hockey or cricket.
A student is chosen at random.
( a) Work out the probability that the student plays
cricket. .........................
There are 600 boys at the school
( b) Work out the number of boys who play rugby.
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