DRILL

DRILL 10
10
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS
SPM
SPM 2015
2015

Dear brothers and sisters, today we are going to look on a compulsory question of
spm mathematics examination which is probability. Take this chance to master the
subject matter well and score in the respective chapter. All the best!!!

PROBABILITY PART2
Definition of Probability
Probability that event A happen

P(A)= n(A)/n(S)
S=SAMPLE SPACE

Complementary Event
Probability of Combined Events

P(A) = 1 P(A)
P(A or B) = P(A B)

P(A and B) = P(A B)

EXAMPLE 1
A bag contains 36 marbles which are black and white. It is given that the
probability for a black marble being picked at random from the bag is 5/9.
Calculate the number of white marbles to be taken out from the bag so that the
probability of picking a black marble is 5/8.
Solution
Number of black marbles in the bag
= 5/9 36 = 20
Let y is the total number of marbles left in the bag.
y 5/8 = 20
y = 20 8/5 = 32
Number of white marbles to be taken out from the bag
= 36 32
=4

EXAMPLE 2
Table below shows the number of different coloured balls in three bags.

If a bag is picked at random and then a ball is drawn randomly from that bag,
what is the probability that a purple ball is drawn?
Solution
Probability of picking a bag = 1/3
Probability of picking purple ball from bag A = 6/10 = 3/5
Probability of picking purple ball from bag B = 4/12 = 1/3
Probability of picking purple ball from bag C = 2/12 = 1/6
P(purple ball) = (1/33/5)+(1/31/3)+(1/31/6)
= 1/5 + 1/9 + 1/18
= 11/30

EXERCISE

1.

There are 12 apples in a basket of fruits. A fruit is taken at random from the
basket. The probability of getting an apple from the basket is 83 . Calculate the
total number of fruits in the basket.
A.
B.

2.

16
20

C.
D.

32
64

A number is chosen at random from the set {x : 1

Find the probability of choosing a perfect square.
A.
B.

1
10
2
25

C.
D.

3
25
7
50

50, x is an integer}.

3.

James has a collection of coin from England, France and Japan. He chooses
coin at random from his collection. The probability of choosing a coin from
England is 13 and the probability of choosing a coin from France is 74 . James
has 6 coins from Japan. Find the total number of coins in his collection.
A.
B.

4.

5.

21
36

C.
D.

45
63

There are 50 members in a Mathematic society and 30 of them are male. A

further 30 female members join the club. If a number is chosen at random
form the society, find the probability of choosing a female.
A.

3
8

C.

5
8

B.

2
5

D.

2
3

Diagram 1 shows a set of numbers.

Diagram 1
A number is chosen at random from the set. The probability of choosing a
two-digit prime number is

6.

A.

1
3

C.

3
5

B.

2
5

D.

4
5

A bag contains 60 red and green beans. If a bean is drawn at random from
the bag, the probability of obtaining a green bean is 23 . m red beans are
then taken out from the bag. If the probability of drawing a green bean at
random now become 56 , find the value of m.
A.
B.

6
12

C.
D.

18
24

7.

Table 1 shows the number of balls of red, blue and green in a box.
Colour
Number

Red Blue Green

20

10

Table 1
If a ball is picked at random from the box, the probability of getting a blue ball
is 72 . Find the value of x.
A.
B.
8.

C.
D.

15
20

3
A box contains 10 yellow marbles, 13
red marbles and some black marbles.
When a marble is picked at random from the box, the probability of getting a
5
black marble is 13
. Find the total number of marbles in the box.

A.
B.
9.

5
10

6
10

C.
D.

20
26

Table 2 shows the distribution of a group of 80 players in a game.

Team A Team B
Male
Female

24
16
Table 2

20
20

A player is chosen at random from the group. What is the probability that a
female from team A will be chosen?
A.
B.

1
5
3
10

C.
D.

1
4
9
20

10. There are 64 students in Class Science 5. The probability of picking a student
who wears spectacles at random is 83 . Find the number of students who do
not wear spectacles in the class.
A.
B.

24
36

C.
D.

40
50

11. Diagram 2 shows a rectangular board with two circles. An arrow is shot into
the board at random.

Diagram 2
Find the probability that the arrow will hit the shaded region.
(Use = 22
7 )
A.
B.

77
400
77
200

C.
D.

123
200
323
400

12. In a team, there are 7 male and 5 female players. If two players are chosen at
random from the team, what is the probability of choosing two male players?
A.
B.

7
24
7
22

C.
D.

49
144
7
12

13. There are 250 oranges in a box. An orange is picked at random from the box.
If the probability of obtaining a rotten orange is 0.3, how many good oranges
are there in the box?
A.
B.

75
100

C.
D.

150
175

14. Table 3 shows the enrolment of a group of students in two streams.

Male Female
Science
Art

22
18
Table 3

20
24

A student is chosen of random from the group. What is the probability of

choosing a female student from the Art stream?
A.
B.

3
14
5
21

C.
D.

11
42
2
7

15. 28 students in a class are Science Club members. A student is chosen at

random from the class. The probability of choosing a student who is not
Science Club member is 73 . Find the total number of students in the class.
A.
B.

21
28

C.
D.

49
63

16. Table 4 shows the number of pen with different colour in a box.
Colour

Red Blue

Number

27
x
Table 4

Black
80

If a pen is picked at random from the box, probability of getting a red pen is
0.15 and a black pen is 94 . Find the value of x.
A.
B.

40
73

C.
D.

107
140

17. Given that the probability of team A to win in a first match and second match
are 14 , and 34 respectively. Find the probability of team A to lose in both
matches.
A.
B.

3
16
1
4

C.
D.

2
6
2
3

18. A dice is tossed twice. Find the probability that the first toss gives the same
number as second toss.

A.
B.

1
36
1
6

C.
D.

2
6
2
3

19. A class consists of 26 girls and x boys. The probability of choosing a boy at
9
random from the class is 22
. Find the value of x.
A.
B.

14
16

C.
D.

18
44

20. A bag contains 6 blue sweets and 8 yellow sweets. A sweet is taken at
random from the bag and its colour is noted without replacing it into the bag.
Find the probability that both sweets are yellow.
A.
B.

15
91
4
13

C.
D.

16
49
4
7