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E Probability (266242) Core

MATHEMATICS A standard deck of 52 cards is made up of four suits - Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades.
Each suit contains 13 cards that include an Ace, King, Queen and Jack, together with numbered cards
Stage 4 from 2 to 10.
Statistics and Probability Lara has a standard deck of cards and without looking, picks a number 7 and returns it to the deck.
Probability She repeats this three times and draws a number 7 each time.
Teacher: Richard Connelly If she draws a 4th card without looking, which of the following is true?
Exam Equivalent Time: 27 minutes (based on allocation ~1.25 min/mark)
A. She is certain to draw a number 7.

Questions B. She is more likely to draw a number 7 than a Spade.

C. She is less likely to draw a number 7 than a Queen.
1. E Probability (266210) Core
D. She is more likely to draw a Heart than a number 7.
A statistic shows that on a certain highway the chance of an accident happening on any day is 5%.
Which of the following describes the chance of having an accident today? 5. Probability (266308)
C Core
A. Likely
There are 20 raffle tickets, numbered 1 to 20, in a box.
B. Certain
Three prizes are given away by choosing three tickets from the box. Each ticket can win only one prize.
C. Impossible
The first ticket drawn is number 15 and it wins the third prize.
D. Unlikely
Which of the following is not possible?

2. E Probability (266240) Core A. Second prize is won by number 2.

Eight buttons, numbered 1 to 8, are placed in a bag. B. First prize is won by a prime number.
Robin picks three buttons out of the bag without looking. C. Second prize is an even number.
Once chosen, a button is not put back into the bag. D. First prize is won by number 15.
The first button is number 2.
Which of the following cannot happen? 6. C Probability (266290) Core

A. The second button is even. The Rural Fire Service issued a statement that the chance of bushfires on a given day was extremely likely.
B. The third button is 2. Which probability below best describes the chance of bushfires?
C. The second button is odd.
A.
D. The third button is 8.
B.
3. E Probability (266276) Core C.
The weather report says there is 80% chance of rain tomorrow.
D.
Which of these describes the chance of it raining tomorrow?
A. impossible
B. unlikely
C. likely
D. certain
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Dennis is a fast bowler. In a cricket game, the chance of him getting a wicket on a given ball is unlikely. A school canteen has two different types of sandwiches.
Which probability best describes Dennis' chance of getting a wicket from one particular ball? There are 14 chicken sandwiches and 11 vegemite sandwiches.
The canteen sells one sandwich to each of the first five students in line at lunch time.
A. The table shows the type of sandwich the first five students buy.

B.

C.

D.

8. C Probability (001909) Core HSC

Which of the following events would be LEAST likely to occur?

A. Tossing a fair coin and obtaining a head
B. Rolling a standard six-sided die and obtaining a 3
Dom is next in line and asks for a sandwich but doesn't care which type.
C. Randomly selecting the letter 'G' from the 26 letters of the alphabet
What is the chance that Dom is given chicken sandwich? Give your answer as a percentage. (2 marks)
D. Winning first prize in a raffle of 100 tickets in which you have 4 tickets

12. B+ Probability (267193) Core

9. C Probability (096351) Core HSC
A bag contains different coloured balls.
In a survey of 200 randomly selected Year 12 students it was found that 180 use social media.
It contains 4 red balls, 8 green balls, 3 pink balls, 6 grey balls and 11 yellow balls.
Based on this survey, approximately how many of 75 000 Year 12 students would be expected to use
social media? Nathalie picks a ball from the bag without looking.

A. 60 000 a. What is the chance that she draws a grey ball? (1 mark)

B. 67 500 b. What is the chance that the ball she draws in not pink? (2 marks)

C. 74 980
D. 75 000 13. A Probability (266428) Core

Sharon made 24 milkshakes at her nephew's birthday party. The milkshakes were either vanilla
or chocolate.
10. D Probability (267176) Core
All the milkshakes were served in an aluminium cup and looked the same.
Tristan's laundromat has a lost clothing basket that contains only black and white socks.
Murray took one milkshake and had a 1 in 8 chance of taking a vanilla milkshake.
The probability of randomly picking a black sock from the basket is 35%.
How many chocolate milkshakes did Sharon make? (2 marks)
What is the probability of randomly picking a white sock? (1 mark)

14. A Probability (197685) Core HSC

Each number from 1 to 30 is written on a separate card. The 30 cards are shuffled. A game is played
where one of these cards is selected at random. Each card is equally likely to be selected.
Ezra is playing the game, and wins if the card selected shows an odd number between 20 and 30.
a. List the numbers which would result in Ezra winning the game. (1 mark)

b. What is the probability that Ezra does NOT win the game? (2 marks)
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1. E Probability (266210) Core

2. E Probability (266240) Core

3. E Probability (266276) Core

4. E Probability (266242) Core

5. C Probability (266308) Core

6. C Probability (266290) Core 11. B Probability (266377) Core

7. C Probability (266292) Core

12. B+ Probability (267193) Core

a.

8. C Probability (001909) Core HSC

b.

9. C Probability (096351) Core HSC

13. A Probability (266428) Core

10. D Probability (267176) Core

14. A Probability (197685) Core HSC

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