30 Questions
What is the probability of an event E if the distance favourable to the event is 1 and the total distance is 2?
1/2
What is the probability that the helicopter crashed inside the lake in the rectangular region?
7/27
What is the total number of shirts in the carton?
100
What is the probability that the shirt drawn is acceptable to Jimmy?
88/100
What is the probability that the shirt drawn is acceptable to Sujatha?
92/100
What is the idea behind finding the probability as the ratio of the favourable area to the total area?
The helicopter is equally likely to crash anywhere in the region.
What is the probability of an event that cannot occur?
0
If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of ‘not E’?
0.95
What is the probability that Malini takes out an orange flavoured candy from the bag?
0
If the probability of 2 students not having the same birthday is 0.992, what is the probability that the 2 students have the same birthday?
0.008
What is the probability that the marble taken out of the box will be not green?
13/17
What is the probability that the coin will not be a ` 5 coin?
140/180
What is the probability of an event that is impossible to occur?
0
What is the probability of an event that is sure to occur?
1
What is the range of the probability of an event E?
0 ≤ P(E) ≤ 1
If one card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, what is the total number of favourable outcomes for the event of getting a card that is not an ace?
51
What is the number of cards in each suit in a deck of playing cards?
13
What is the total number of face cards in a deck of playing cards?
16
What is the number of equally likely outcomes when a shirt is drawn at random from a carton of 100 shirts?
100
What is the probability that a shirt is acceptable to Jimmy?
0.88
What is the probability that a shirt is acceptable to Sujatha?
0.96
What is the total number of possible outcomes when two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time?
36
Why are the outcomes (1, 4) and (4, 1) considered different in the experiment of rolling two dice?
Because the order of the numbers matters
What is the purpose of listing all the possible outcomes in the table when rolling two dice?
To find the number of possible outcomes
What is the probability that the arrow will point at the number 8?
1/8
A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a prime number?
1/3
One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a king of red color?
1/26
Five cards are well-shuffled with their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random. What is the probability that the card is the queen?
1/5
12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. One pen is taken out at random from this lot. What is the probability that the pen taken out is a good one?
132/144
A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the lot. What is the probability that this bulb is not defective?
16/20
Understand the concept of probability in relation to impossible events, including calculating probabilities and identifying favourable outcomes. Learn about the probability of getting a number less than 7 when a die is thrown. Practice your skills with this quiz!
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