Summative Test

Unit 12
Appreciating Probability
Choose the letter of the correct or best answer.
1. Which best describes experimental probability?
I. It is the chance of getting the desired outcome out of many trials made.
II. It is the chance of an event to happen based on the number of possible events.
III. It is the game of guessing the number of events there are in a situation.
A. I only
B. II only

C. I and II
D. II and III

2. How do you express in figures the outcome A comes out 5 times after picking a
lettercard of 5 vowels in 10 attempts?
A. 2/10
B. 5/10

C. 3/10
D. 3/5

3. Which could NOT be the meaning of the outcome of an experimental probability of ?

A. A desired outcome happened 1 time out of 4 trials
B. A desired outcome happened 4 times out of 10 trials
C. A desired outcome happened 4 times out of 16 trials
D. A desired outcome happened 4 times out of 8 trials
4. Which clearly illustrates an experimental probability?
A. Playing cards altogether
B. Flying different kites at a time
C. Collecting coins of different kinds
D. Inspecting damaged mangoes in a basket of newly harvested mangoes
5. A number spinner shows 1 to 6. Five appeared 10 times after spinning the spinner 20
times. What is the probability for 5 to come out in the next spinning?
A. 1/6
B.
C. 6/10
D. 6/20
6. Which shows the correct order when recording the outcome of an experiment to compute
the probability of the desired outcome to happen?
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II.
III.
IV.
A.
B.

Perform the activity repeatedly

Express the observation in the form of ratio
Observe how many times the desired outcome happens
Tally the number of times the desired event comes out after several trials
I, III, IV, II
I, III, II, IV

C. III, IV, II, I

D. IV, III, I, II

7. Which of the following clearly helps in recording the outcomes of an experiment?

A. Preparing a graph for the outcomes
B. Observing the activity several times
C. Using a table in recording the outcomes
D. Listing all the outcomes of the experiment
8. What do you do when performing an experiment to calculate the probability of the
desired outcome to happen?
I. Observe the activity several times
II. Try the activity several times
III. Count the number of times the desired outcome happens
A.I and II only
B. I and III

C. II and III
D. I, II and III

9. Which best explains why we have to learn how to perform an experimental probability?
A. It trains us on how to predict future outcomes.
B. It trains us on how to conduct an activity.
C. It trains us on how to compute outcomes.
D. It trains us on how to guess an event.
10. Which do you think is the best reason why it is necessary to learn how to record
outcomes of an experiment?
A. To train us on how to prepare tables
B. To make the activity more interesting
C. To make our prediction more accurate
D. To make the guessing exercise enjoyable

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For items 11 to 13: Refer to the line graph in analyzing the result of an experiment. It shows the
distribution of different kinds of nuts combined in a pack.
11. If we get another pack with the same mixed
nuts, what is the probability of seeing the
peanuts?
A. 10/ 50
B. 5/10
C. 1/5
D.
12. What is the probability for cashew to come out?
A. 1/50

C. 1/5

B. 1/10

D. 1/2

13. How many pieces of nuts were combined?

A. 5

C. 25

B. 10

D. 50

For items 14 and 15, refer to the given situation to answer the items that follow.
14. James got 40 pieces of coins from his collection of 1-peso, 5-peso and 10-peso coins
amounting to Php190. Which of the following could he have taken?
A. 25 pieces of 1-peso; 10 pieces of 5-peso; 5 pieces of 10-peso coins
B. 15 pieces of 1-peso; 15 pieces of 5-peso; 10 pieces of 10-peso coins
C. 10 pieces of 1-peso; 20 pieces of 5-peso; 10 pieces of 10-peso coins
D. 5 pieces of 1-peso; 25 pieces of 5-peso; 10 pieces of 10-peso coins
15. What could be the experimental probability of having used 10 peso coins if he got only
30 pieces of coins with 22 pieces of these coins are 5-peso coins?
A. 1/2

C. 1/6

B. 1/3

D. 4/15

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16. When is a problem on experimental probability a routine one?

A. If it asked for the probability of an event to happen out of all the expected events.
B. If it asked for the probability of the desired outcome to happen out of the number of
observations made.
C. If it asked for the target outcome of the observation.
D. If it asked for the number of observations made.
17. Which could likely be asked in a non-routine problem on experimental probability?
A. What is the probability of the event to happen based on the number of times it came
out in the experiment?
B. What is the probability of the event to happen out of all the events that could happen?
C. How many possible observations were made given this experimental probability?
D. How many possible trials have been made?
18. Which of the following is a routine problem?
I.
What is the probability of letter A to come out in a sentence of 10 words?
II.
What is the probability of letter D to come out as an answer in a multiple choice
test with 10 items?
III.
What is the probability of letter M to come out in a letter of consonants?
A. I only
B. II only

C. I and II
D. I, II, and III

19. Which of the following is a possible non-routine problem on experimental probability?

I.
What is the situation behind the probability of getting a perfect score which is 3/5
or 60%?
II.
What is the probability of seeing a zero digit in a set of 10 numbers?
III.
What is the number of observations made in a probability of ?
A. I and III only
B. II and III only

C. I and II only
D. I , II and II

20. Kamyl tried to check how many the words in a paragraph of 100 words. She found out
25 of them. What is the chance of the to appear again in another paragraph of 100
words?
A. 1/4

C. 1/25

B. 1/5

D. 1/100

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