Monday, July 27, 2009

Activity 7 : Set a Question

Set a probability question.

33 comments:

  1. In a zoo, there are 4 monkeys with red butts, 1 brown monkey and 10 monkeys with strips.

    Find the probaility of seeing monkeys with red butts?

    Total number of monkeys=4+1+10=15
    probaility of seeing monkeys with red butts =4/15

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  2. If there are 5 spoilt computers in a room with 42 computers, what is the probability of me picking a spoilt one?

    -Aralin and Adlina

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  3. There is a bag of 10 sweets, in the bag, there are 5 purple sweets, 1 yellow sweet, 2 blue sweets and 2 red sweets.A person picks one sweet from the bag, what is the probability that this person will get a purple sweet?

    Total no. of sweets= 5+2+1+2
    =10
    P(getting a purple sweet)=5/10
    =1/2

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  4. Q: There are 2 red pens, 3 black pens and 1 blue pen in a bag. The pens are identical except for their colour. A pen is randomly drawn from the bag. Find the probability that the pen is red.

    Ans: p(pen is red)= 2/6 = 1/3

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  5. Sorry, the answer to the question posted is 5/42.

    -Adlina and Aralin

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  6. State the probability of who you are going to see today.

    P(seeing my mum and sis today) = 0/5
    P(seeing Abby today) = 0/5
    P(seeing the doctor today) = 5/5
    P(seeing my primary school friends today)= 0/5
    P(seeing Nooranah today) = 0/5

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  7. Mary throws a coin in the air and catch it. What is the probability of her getting heads.

    A coin has 2 sides.
    P(getting heads) = 1 - 1/2
    = 1/2

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  8. There is a bag of 20 country erasers, there are, 4 Singapore erasers, 3 Canada erasers, 1 Malaysia eraser, 2 Germany erasers, 5 England erasrs, 2 Thailand erasers and 3 Indonesia erasers.

    Find the probability of getting Singapore erasers?

    Probability of getting Singapore erasers = 4/20=1/5

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  9. There are 15 vampires in the cemetery. 11 red in colour, 3 purple in colour and one green in colour. Only one vampire attacks per human being.
    When annie goes to the cemetery, what is the probility of her gettin attacked by a purple vampire?

    Ans: P(getting attacked by a purple vampire)= 3/15 = 1/5

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  10. There are 7 pears,5 apples and 3 oranges in a bag.The shopkeeper removes 1 fruit.What is the probability that the fruit removed was an apple?

    P(getting an apple)=5/15 = 1/3

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  11. There are a total of 9 coloured hairbands.
    There are 4 purple, 4 green and 1 red hairband altogether.
    (i) What is the probability of getting the purple-coloured hairband?
    (ii) What is the probability of getting the red or black hairband?
    (iii) What is the probability of getting the orange and purple hairband?

    Solutions:
    (i) P(getting purple-coloured hairband)= 4/9
    (ii) P(getting a red or black hairband)= 1/9
    (iii) P(getting the orange and purple hairband)=0/9 =0

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  12. IN NTUC, there are ice-cream flavours of 3 vanilla, 5 chocolate and 2 green tea.

    Find the probability of having green tea ice cream?

    3+5+2=11=
    probability of having green tea ice cream=2/11

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  13. A pet shop consists of 2 dogs, 3 cats, 5 hamsters and 1 bird.

    What is the probability of the following :
    a) A dog running out of the shop? 1/11
    b) 2 cats running out of the shop? 2/11
    c) A gerbil running out of the shop? 0
    d) A cat and 2 hamster running out of the shop? 3/11
    e) A dog or a bird running out of the shop? 2/11

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  14. There are 5 doors that are identical. There are 2 doors that has sheep behind it. There is 1 door that has a pot of gold behind it. The other 2 doors have nothing behind it. What is the probability of getting the pot of gold with only one try to open the door?

    P(getting sheep) = 2/5
    P(getting pot of gold) = 1/5
    P(getting nothing) = 2/5
    P(getting a lump of coal) = 0

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  15. Sally took part in the lucky draw, with 1 000 people including her taking part in it. There are only four prizes, which are all Honda cars. What is the probability of Sally getting the car?

    4/1000 = 2/500 = 1/250

    huiyi and kexin

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  16. There are 3 red balls, 4 green balls and 2 yellow balls in a bag. A ball is picked randomly. Find the probability of picking a green ball.

    P(getting a green ball)= 4/9

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  17. A bag of soft toy contains 3 rilakkumas, 4 domo-kuns and 2 elmos and a bugs bunny. If a toy is randomly picked from the bag, find the probability of getting:
    a) a cookie monster,
    b) a domo-kun.
    _______________________________________________

    a)P(getting a cookie monster)= 0
    b)P(getting a domo-kun)= 4/10
    = 2/5

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  18. Drusilla and Kai JuanAugust 11, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    A bag of potato chip contains 10 chips, of which 4 are burnt, 2 are yellow in colour, and 4 are brown in colour.
    If I were to pick a potato chip inside the bag, what is the probability of me getting a

    a)burnt potato chip?

    P(getting a burnt potato chip)=4/10
    = 2/5

    b)green potato chip?

    P(getting a green potato chip)=0/10
    =0

    c) yellow or brown potato chip?

    P(getting a yellow and brown potato chip)=6/10
    = 3/5

    d) brown or burnt potato chip?

    P(getting a burnt or brown potato chip)= 8/10
    =4/5

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  19. Nicky is walking home from her bus stops. She comes to a 3-way split. Out of the 3 routes, 2 passes by a neighbour older than her. What is the probability of her meeting a neighbour younger than her?

    Answer:
    P(meeting a younger neighbour) = 1/3

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  20. On a lawn there are only 2 toy cars, 5 toy trucks, and 3 toy motorcycles. Nothing else is on the lawn. Blindfolded, a toddler goes across the lawn and knocks against something.

    What is the probability that the toddler has knocked against a toy motorcycle?

    P(Knocking against a toy motorcycle) = 3/10

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  21. There are 5 blue, 4 orange, 3 red and 2 green sweets in a bag. The sweets are identical except for their colour.

    Find the probability of getting an orange or green sweet.

    P(Getting an orange OR green sweet) = 6/14
    = 3/7

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  22. In a cave, 3 lamps contain a green genie each, 2 lamp contain a blue genie each and 4 lamps contain a red genie each. The other 6 are empty lamps.
    A boy comes to the cave but is only allowed to take ONE lamp.

    What is the probability that he will get the blue genie?

    Total number of lamps=3+2+4+6
    =15
    Number of lamps with the blue genie=2
    P(getting a blue genie) =2/15

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  23. There are 4 red fruits, 5 green fruits and 1 yellow fruit. A fruit is picked randomly from the bag, find the probability that the fruit is yellow.

    Total number of fruits = 5+4+1
    = 10
    P(getting a yellow fruit) = 1/10

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  24. There is a bunch of bananas - 2 green bananas, 5 yellow bananas and 3 rotten bananas. A monkey who is blindfolded came along. What is the probability of the monkey getting a rotten banana?

    P(getting a rotten banana) = 3/10

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  25. Sally goes to an all-girls school consisting of 400 students alltogether. 120 Sec ones, 130 Sec twos, 76 sec threes and 74 sec fours. What is the probibility of bumping into a sec one student in the school?


    P ( bumping into a sec one student)
    = 120/400
    = 3/10

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  26. Ayesha and CassandraAugust 11, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    An apple is cut into 6 pieces. There is a worm in one of the 6. What is the probability that Cassie will eat the worm?????

    P (Cassie eating the worm)= 1/6

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  27. Jolin has a pack of cards. What is the probability of her getting a black picture card?
    Number of black picture cards=6
    P(getting a black picture card)=6/52 =3/26

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  28. There are 15 birds in a tree.
    4 are red birds, 5 are blue birds, 1 is a yellow bird and 5 are purple birds.

    Yoyo went to rest under the tree and heard birds(s) chirping.
    What is the probablity that Yoyo heard red birds chirping?

    P(Getting a red bird) = 4/15

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  29. adding on...

    the chances of Sally not geting the car is: 1000 - 4 = 996
    probability of sally not getting the car = 996/1000 = 498/500 = 249/250

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  30. there are 4 green beads, 6 red beads and 3 yellow beads in a box

    what is the probability of getting a red bead?

    P(getting a red bead)= 6/13

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  31. There is a bag of underwears. 2 blue underwears, 3 black underwears and 6 poka dots underwears.
    If I were to pick a underwear inside the bag, what is the probability of me getting a poka dots underwear?

    total no. of underwear=3+2+6=11

    p( getting a poka dots underwear )=6/11

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  32. There is a pack of chocolates of various shapes in it. the shapes are: 5 circle, 4 shells and 6 hearts and 10 triangle.
    a) If my friend picks a chocolate, what is the probabilty of her getting a diamond shape?
    b) what is the probability of getting a heart or a diamond shape?
    c)what is the probability of getting shell, hearts and diamond shape?
    a)There is no diamond shape chocolate. hence
    p(diomand shape)=0
    b)p(diomand or heart shape)=6/25
    c)p(heart, circle, triangle, shells)=25/25
    =1

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  33. in a bag of sweets,there are 4 red ones, 5 yellow ones and 3 blue ones. From a random pick, you were asked to guess the colour of the sweet. Would you choose red or blue?

    P(getting red sweet) = 1/3
    P(getting blue sweet)= 1/4
    therefore, the probabilty of getting red is higher.

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