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Question 2. In a class of 40 students, 24 are boys and 16 are girls. If one student is chosen at
random, what is the probability that the selected student is a girl?
Question 3. A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. What is the probability of drawing a red
ball?
Question 4. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of getting a sum of 8?
Question 5. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?
Question 6. A box contains 6 red, 3 blue, and 5 yellow balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find
the probability that the selected ball is:
(i) Blue
Question 7. In a deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing a card that is:
(i) A heart
(i) Strawberry
Question 9. A dice is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number that is:
Question 12. Cards numbered 1 to 50 are placed in a box. What is the probability of picking a
number that is a multiple of 5?
Question 13. A spinner is divided into 8 equal sections labeled 1 to 8. What is the probability
that it lands on:
Question 14. A bag contains 5 apples, 3 oranges, and 2 bananas. If a fruit is selected at
random, what is the probability that it is:
(i) An orange
Question 15. In a box with 7 blue and 5 white balls, if a ball is chosen at random, find the
probability that it is:
(i) Blue
(ii) White
Question 16. A survey shows that 40% of people prefer tea over coffee. If one person is
selected at random, what is the probability that they prefer:
(i) Coffee
(ii) Neither
Question 17. If a card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that it
is a face card?
Question 18. In a lottery with 100 tickets, 5 tickets are winners. What is the probability of
selecting a winning ticket?
Question 19. Two coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at least one head?
Question 20. What is the probability that the number selected from numbers 1, 2, 3, 4,
5,....................25 is a multiple of 4?
Probability
Answer Key
1. 1/4
2. 2/5
3. 3/5
4. 5/36
5. 3/8
6. i). 3/14 ii). 9/14
7. i). 1/4 ii). 1/13
8. i). 3/10 ii). 6/10
9. i). 2/6 ii). 3/6
10. i). 15/16 ii). 1/16
11. 1/13
12. 1/5
13. i). 1/2 ii). 3/8
14. i). 3/10 ii). 1/2
15. i). 7/12 ii). 5/12
16. i). 1/5 ii). 1/10
17. 3/13
18. 1/20
19. 1/2
20. 6/25
21.