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Probability

Test your understanding of probability and the 0-1 probability scale with this self marking quiz.

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This is level 1: calculating the probability of a single event occuring.  Type in your answers as fractions in their lowest terms.  You can earn a trophy if you get at least 7 questions correct.

There are 7 balls on a snooker table. Three of the balls are red, one is blue, one pink, one yellow and one white.

Snooker Table

If one ball is chosen at random, what is the probability it is yellow?

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If one ball is chosen at random, what is the probability it is red?

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If one ball is chosen at random, what is the probability it is not white?

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What is the probability that the number of candles on the cake is less than five?

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What is the probability that the card is a Queen?

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There are nine counters in a bag numbered from one to nine. If a counter is drawn at random from the bag what is the probability that the number on the counter is not a multiple of three?

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United and City are playing each other in the final. It has been calculated that the probability of United winning is three fifths. What is the probability of United not winning?

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This is Probability level 1. You can also try:
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

When you have got all of the questions correct you may want to print out this page and paste it into your exercise book. If you keep your work in an ePortfolio you could take a screen shot of your answers and paste that into your Maths file.

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Level 1 - Calculating the probability of a single event occuring

Level 2 - Calculating the probability of a single event occuring from a two-way table

Level 3 - Calculating the probability of a single event occuring then deciding the expected number of times it will occur in a given number of trials

Level 4 - Finding the probability of a combined event occuring by drawing a table to represent the possibility space

Level 5 - Calculating probability of an event occuring by listing all the possible outcomes

Exam Style questions are in the style of GCSE or IB/A-level exam paper questions and worked solutions are available for Transum subscribers.

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If you are not familiar with standard playing cards here is a guide.

There are 52 cards in a pack (usually called a deck). The cards are grouped into four suits of 13 cards each. these suits are called clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades. Click on a tab below to see the cards in each of these suits.

Hearts ♥ Diamonds ♦ Clubs ♣ Spades ♠

Hearts

Ace of Hearts

Two of Hearts

Three of Hearts

Four of Hearts

Five of Hearts

Six of Hearts

Seven of Hearts

Eight of Hearts

Nine of Hearts

Ten of Hearts

Jack of Hearts

Queen of Hearts

King of Hearts

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