GRADE 9 MATHEMATICS
UNIT TEST – PROBABILITY
Semester 1
Name: _________________________________
Class ________
Date: ___________
General Instructions:
● Use of calculator is not allowed.
● Answers must be accompanied by complete and correct mathematical
representations and solutions. An answer, alone, will not be credited as a full
understanding of the question.
Total Marks for this paper is 50 points
1. The probability that a school bus is late is 0.09
i) Which of the following statemets is the most reasonable? Encircle the letter of the best
answer.
A. The school bus is likely to be late.
B. The shool bus is unlikely to be late.
C. The school bus is very unlikey to be late.
ii) Find the probability that the school bus arrives on time.
(2)
2. A survey of middle school students asked their grade and their favorite type of
music. The results are shown in the table.
6th 7th 8th Total
Rock 8 5 2 15
Country 3 4 1 8
Hip-hop 10 18 15 43
Pop 15 12 7 34
Total 36 39 25 100
a) What is the probability that a 7th grader likes pop music?
b) Given that a student likes hip-hop music, what is the probability that they are in
8th grade?
(4)
3. A man is playing Spin-the-Money-Wheel Game. Suppose he is given the chance to
spin the money wheel twice during his turn. There are 24 slots on the wheel. Refer
to the spinner below to answer questions a and b.
a) Find the probability that he will get more than $500 on his first spin then he
go bankrupt on his second spin.
b) What is the probability that it lands on “Lose A Turn” on his first spin then
lands on the highest prize on his second spin?
(4)
4. Ralph Simpson has room for three plants on a windowsill.
a) In how many different ways can three plants be arranged on his windowsill?
b) Was the answer to (a) permutation or a combination?
c) Ralph has six plants. How many groups of three plants can be put on his
windowsill?
d) Suppose Ralph has nine plants. How many ways can three of these plants
be arranged on his windowsill?
(6)
5. Complete the tree diagram below using the information given. Refer to the tree
diagram to answer the questions a, b, and c.
If a person is vaccinated, the probability of him/her having a certain disease is
0.05. Without a vaccination, the probability of having a disease is 0.35. Assume
that 40% of the population is properly vaccinated.
(5)
a) What is the probability of someone has the disease?
b) What is the probability that someone doesn’t have the disease?
c) What is the probability someone has the disease given they have been
vaccinated? (6)
6. A total of 100 students enrolled in various AP courses at New York City Community
High School. There are 15 students enrolled in AP French, 52 students in AP
Psychology, and 31 students in AP Chemistry. 8 students’ study both in AP French
and AP Psychology, 10 students study both AP Psychology and AP Chemistry, 5
students study both AP French and AP Chemistry, and 3 students study all three
courses.
A) Complete the Venn diagram below.
(5)
b) What is the probability that a student, chosen at random, is enrolled in AP
Psychology but not in AP French or AP Chemistry? Leave your answer as
a percentage.
c) What is the probability that a student takes an AP course other than the
three courses? Leave your answer as a percentage.
(6)
d) Find the probability that a student, chosen at random, studies AP Chemistry
and AP psychology but not AP French. Leave your answer as a
percentage.
7. Event M shows that a randomly selected student at a university uses MasterCard
Credit card, event M shows that a student uses a Visa Credit card.
If P(M) = 37% and P(V) = 53% and P(M ∪ V) = 34% then calculate P(M ∩V).
(3)
8. Fifteen people qualify for a college cheerleading squad, six women and nine men.
How many six-member squads can be selected?
(3)
9. Out of the 40 students on students’ council, 35 are either on the honor roll or write
for the school paper. There are 27 student council members who are on the honor
roll and 25 that write for the school paper. What is the probability that a randomly
selected member is both on the honor roll and writes for the school paper?
(3)
10. Martha has 6 cards.
There is a number on each card.
Martha takes 3 cards at random.
She multiplies the numbers on the three cards to get a total.
What is the probability that her total is odd?
(3)
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