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Y7 Sets and Probability Exemplar Questions

The document contains examples of sets and probabilities. It provides questions about sets, Venn diagrams, sample spaces, probabilities of events occurring from experiments with coins, dice, spinners, and bags of beads. It asks the reader to calculate probabilities, draw and interpret Venn diagrams, compare sample spaces, and determine if probability statements are true or false.

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Y7 Sets and Probability Exemplar Questions

The document contains examples of sets and probabilities. It provides questions about sets, Venn diagrams, sample spaces, probabilities of events occurring from experiments with coins, dice, spinners, and bags of beads. It asks the reader to calculate probabilities, draw and interpret Venn diagrams, compare sample spaces, and determine if probability statements are true or false.

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In each case, are the sets A and B the same or different?

A { 2, 4, 6, 8 } B { 8, 4, 6, 2 }

A { -2, -4, -6, -8, -10 } B { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 }

A { names of girls in your class }

B { names of girls in your school }

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List the element of the sets.

Set A: Types of triangle

Set B: Quadrilaterals with at least one pair of parallel


sides

Set C: Factors of 30

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Given that 𝜉 = { Integers between 1 and 50 inclusive }

List the following sets

Set A: Multiples of 9
Set B: Factors of 9
Set C: Factors of 100

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Describe these sets in words. Compare your answers to a
partner’s. Which ones can be described in more than one
way?

{ 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 } { 3, 6, 9, 12 } { 1, 2, 5, 10 }

{ a, b, c, d, e, f }

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𝜉 = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 }

A = { even numbers } and B = { factors of 10 }

Which numbers are elements of both A and B?


Represent this information on a Venn diagram.

A B

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Given that 𝜉 = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 }
Choose and complete a Venn diagram to show:

A = { even numbers } and B = { odd numbers less than 8 }

A = { even numbers } and B = { even numbers less than 7 }

A = { even numbers } and B = { square numbers }

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Which Venn diagram would you use to represent sets A and
B?
A = { 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 } B = { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30 }

Write down the set A ∩ B.

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In a group of 100 children, 30 like singing, 40 play the guitar,
and 20 like singing and play the guitar.

Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information.

How many children don’t like singing and don’t play the
guitar?

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Which Venn diagram would you use to represent sets A and B?

A = { -10, -8, -6, -5, -4, -2, 0 } B = { -2, -1, 0, 1, 2 }

Write down the sets A ∪ B and A ∩ B. Why are they different?

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Swimmers Runners
16 6 15
4

The Venn Diagram shows how many students in a class to some


sports.
How many swimmers are there?
How many students swim or run?
Using S and R to represent the sets, write the above
using set notation.

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Copy each Venn diagram. On each one shade in the area
representing the complement of set A.

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If 𝜉= { Integers between 1 and 20 }
Write down the elements in the complements of the following
sets.

A = { factors of 15 }

B = { square numbers }

C = {numbers in the sequence where the nth term = 2n + 1}

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Tommy Tomorrow I can go to school, or Is Tommy
not go to school. There is an right?
even chance of me going to Explain
school tomorrow. your answer.

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Decide whether these statements are true or false.
Discuss this with your partner. Share your ideas with the
class. If a test has
If you flip a coin 4 times, only true or
you are more likely to get false
HTHT than HHHH questions,
it’s certain
If you throw a dice and get that I’ll get at
a 6, you’ve used up some of least half of
your luck so will be less the
likely to get a 6 next time. questions
right.
If you flip a coin 8 times and
It’s
get 8 heads then it is certain
certain
that the coin is biased.
that
I’ll
It’s impossible watch
that I will ever TV this
travel into space. week.
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Spinner A and Spinner B are the same size.
Which spinner is more likely to land on red? Why?

A B

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Jack rolls a dice.
The sample space for the possible outcomes is
S = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 }
Write the sample space for the possible outcomes when:
A coin is flipped
An eight-sided dice is rolled
A letter is picked at random from the word MATHEMATICS
A letter is picked at random from the word PROBABILITY
The total score when two six-sided dice are rolled

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This spinner is divided into four equal
sections.
Write down the sample space of the
possible outcomes when this spinner is
spun.
Do all the outcomes have the same
chance of happening?

What’s the same and what’s different


about this spinner?

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Design a spinner with six sections so that,
• All the outcomes have the same chance of happening
• All the outcomes have different chances of happening

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A ball is taken out of this bag at random.
Write down the probability that the ball is blue?
Decide if the probability of selecting a blue
A: stays the same B: increases C: decreases
when,
5 more blues and 4 more greens are added to the bag

6 more blues and 4 more greens are added to the bag

1 blue and 1 green are removed from the bag

Justify your answer each time.

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Rosie rolls a fair four-sided spinner labelled with the
numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Match the statements and the
probabilities with the letters shown on the probability scale.

The card The card


The card The card
shows an shows a
shows a shows an
even number
multiple of 5 integer
number greater than 3

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Write the missing percentages on the probability scale.

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The are three beads in a bag. One bead is red, one bead is green
and one bead is yellow.
Amir takes a bead at random from the bag. G
On the probability line, R Y
mark with R the probability Amir takes a red bead
mark with B the probability Amir takes a blue bead
mark with N the probability Amir does not take a white bead

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The probability of getting a red
ball
• might be……………….
• must be………………
• cannot be……………..

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The probability of a spinner landing on purple is 30%.
The only other two colours on the spinner are yellow and
pink.

Lami thinks that the probability of a yellow could be 22.7%


and the probability of a pink could be 47.3%
Is he right? Explain your answer.
Are there other possible pairs of answers?

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Julie randomly selected chocolates from a box containing
dark, milk, white and mint chocolates. There is an equal
chance of selecting a white or a mint chocolate. Copy and
complete the table below to show the probabilities of
selecting each type of chocolate:

Dark Milk White Mint


0.15 0.35

What’s the probability of Julie selecting a chocolate


that isn’t mint?

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