Alnoor International School
British Senior Section
MATHEMATICS WORKSHEET [2024-2025]
CHAPTER: PROBABILITY
DATE: ……………...
NAME : ……………………………………………………… CLASS: 8 …………
1) The probability a football team will win its next match is 60%.
The probability it will draw is 15%. Work out the probability it will lose.
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2) Here are 10 numbered cards.
A card is chosen at random. Find the probability that the number on the card is
a) 2
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b) 5
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c) 2 or 5
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d) neither 2 nor 5.
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3) A coin is flipped twice. Here are two events.
F: the first flip is a head S: the second flip is a head
Explain why F and S are independent events.
4) There are ten cards in a pack.
Six cards have the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in red.
Four cards have the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in black.
Here are two events
R: the number is red E: the number is even
a) What is the probability of getting an even number from the red cards?
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b) What is the probability of getting an even number from the black cards?
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c) Are these independent events? Give a reason for your answer.
5) An unbiased coin is flipped twice. Work out the probability of
a) 2 heads
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b) 2 tails
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c) a head and then a tail.
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6) When you roll two dice and add the two numbers, the probability of a total
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of 5 is 9 . Sofia rolls two dice twice. She is trying to get a total of 5 each time.
a) Complete this tree diagram. Put probabilities on the branches.
b) Find the probabilities of the following events.
i. Sofia gets 5 both times.
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ii. Sofia does not get a 5 either time
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iii. Sofia gets a 5 the first time but not the second time.
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iv. Sofia does not get a 5 the first time but does get a 5 the second time.
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c) There are four possible outcomes on the tree diagram. Which of those four
outcomes is the most likely?
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7) Here are two spinners. The spinners show the probability of landing on each
colour.
Each spinner is spun once.
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a) complete this tree diagram
b) Work out the probability of landing on
i. blue both times
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ii. yellow both time
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iii. blue and then yellow
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iv. blue at least once
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v. yellow at least once.
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8) You roll 2 dice and find the total. The probability of a total of 2 is 0.028. The
probability of a total of 3 is 0.056. Work out the probability that the total is
a) 2 or 3
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b) more than 3
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9) The letters of the word MUTUALLY are written on separate cards.
One card is chosen at random.
Work out the probability that the letters on the card is.
a) M
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b) U
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c) L
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d) M, U or L
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e) Not M, U or L
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10) A spinner has two colours, red and green.
P(red) = 0.3 and P(green) = 0.7
The spinner is spun twice.
Tree diagram:
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Work out the probability of landing on
a) red both times
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b) green both times
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c) red and then green
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d) green and then red
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11) Zara is bird watching. The probability she sees a black bird is 0.9.
The probability she sees a robin is 0.8.
a) Complete this tree diagram. It shows whether she sees each type of bird.
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b) work out the probability that zara sees
i. both birds
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ii. neither bird.
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c) work out the probability that Zara sees at least one of the birds.
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12) Two coins are flipped together 25 times. Both coins land on tails 3 times.
a) Work out the relative frequency of two tails.
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This time both coins land on tails 7 times.
b) Work out the relative frequency of two tails for the second experiment.
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c) Put the two sets of results together and work out the relative frequency of two
tails.
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13) Each of the faces on a cardboard cube is a different colour. Hassan throws the
cube 150 times and records the colour on the top.
The results are shown in the table.
Find the relative frequency of getting a
(a) Red colour
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(b) Green colour
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