- 1. A bowl has 4 red, 5 blue and 2 green lollies. If a lolly is chosen at random from the jar, then which outcome is an impossible event?
A) Picking a blue lolly
B) Picking a yellow lolly
C) Picking a red lolly
D) None of the Above
- 2. A spinner has the colours green, yellow, red and blue in equal sections drawn on it. Which of the following is a certain event?
A) Landing on a yellow
B) Landing on a colour
C) Landing on the moon
D) landing on a number
- 3. Which probability word would best describe winning the lottery when you bought 1 ticket?
A) Certain
B) Unlikely
C) Even chance
D) Likely
E) Impossible
- 4. Probability can be written as a
A) Fraction
B) Decimal
C) Percentage
D) All of the above
- 5. The probability of a certain event is
A) None of the above
B) 1/2
C) 0
D) 1
- 6. The probabiltiy of an even chance is
A) 50%
B) 1/2
C) 0.5
D) All of the above
- 7. A probability word describing getting a number greater than 6 when a 6-sided die is tossed would be
A) Impossible
B) Even chance
C) Unlikely
D) Certain
- 8. If a 5-sided fair die has the numbers 1,2,3,3,4 on it, is it a fair die?
A) No, there are 2 threes on it
B) Yes
C) Sometimes
- 9. A spinner with 4 equal sections has the colours red, blue, green, red on it. Is it a fair spinner?
A) No, there are 2 colours the same
B) Sometimes
C) Could you repeat the question?
D) Yes
- 10. True or False? In a swimming race, there are 10 people competing. There is a first, second and third place prizes. Therefore, each person has a 1/3 chance of winning a prize.
A) True. There are 3 prizes, so each person could win
B) False. We do not know the abilities of the swimmers or if one is injured.
- 11. What is the sample space of a number between 1 and 7?
A) {a,b,c,d,e,f}
B) None of the above
C) {2,3,4,5,6}
D) {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
- 12. What is the number in the sample space for choosing a number between 1 and 7?
A) n(S) = 6
B) n(S) = 8
C) n(S) = 7
D) n(S) = 5
- 13. What is the sample space for choosing 1 letter at random from the word MATHEMATICS?
A) There is no sample space
B) {M,A,T,H,E,I,C,S}
C) {M,A,T,H,E,M,A,T,I,C,S}
D) Both A and B
- 14. What is the number in the sample space for choosing 1 letter at random from the word MATHEMATICS?
A) n(S) = 11
B) n(S) = 23
C) There is no sample space
D) n(S) = 8
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