NEAT ACADEMY

MATHEMATICS IX CBSE PROBABILITY

MAXMARKS:25
WEEKLY ASSESMENT

MAX TIME:

60 MIN
1A] Fifty seeds were selected at random from each of 5 bags of seeds, and
were kept under standardised conditions favourable to germination. After 20
days, the number of seeds which had germinated in each collection were
counted and recorded as follows:
Bag
No.of seeds

1
40

2
48

3
42

4
39

5
41

germinated
What is the probability of germination of
(a) More than 40 seeds in a bag?
(b) 49 seeds in a bag?
(c) More than 35 seeds in a bag?

[3M]

B] In a cricket match, a batswoman hits a boundary 6 times out of 30 balls

she plays. Find the probability that she did not hit a boundary.

[2M]

2A] 1500 families with two children were selected randomly, following data
was recorded:
No. of girls in a family 2
No. of families
475

1
814

0
211

Compute the probability of a family, choose at random having: (i) 2 girls (ii)1
girl (iii)no girl. Also check weather sum of probabilities is 1.

[3M]

B] The number of times an even number plate car travels in New Delhi in the
month of the August is 15 times. What is the probability of an odd number
plate car to be on roads. [Even and odd number plate cars would travel only
on alternate days in New Delhi].

[2M]

3A] To know the opinion of students about the subject STATISTICS, a survey
of 200 students was conducted. The data recorded in following table:

Opinion
Number of students
Like
135
Dislike
65
Find the probability that a student chosen at random: (i) likes statistics
(ii)does not like statistics.

[3M]

B] Two coins are tossed simultaneously 500 times, we get

Two heads: 105 times
One head: 275 times
No head:

120 times

Find the probability of occurrence of each of these events. [2M]

4A] The record of a weather station shows that out of the past 250
consecutive days, its weather forecasts were correct 175 times.
(a) What is the probability that on a given day it was correct.
(b) What is the probability that it was not correct on a given day.
[2M]
B] A die is thrown 1000 times with the frequencies for the outcomes 1
3
Outcome
Frequenc

4
1
179

as given in the following table:

2
150

3
157

y
Find the probability of getting each outcome.

4
149

5
175

6
190

[3M]

5A] An insurance company selected 2000 drivers at random in a particular

city to find a relationship between age and accidents. The data obtained is:
Age of

Accidents in one year

drivers
18-29
30-50
Above 50

0
440

1
16

2
110

3
61

Over 3
35

505

0
12

60

22

18

360

5
45

35

15

Find the probability of the following events for a driver chosen at random
from the city
(a) Being 18-29 years of age and having exactly three accidents in one
year.
(b) Being 30-50 years of age and having one or more accidents in the
year.
(c) Having no accidents in one year.
[3M]

B] Eleven bags of wheat flour, each marked 5kg, actually contained the
following weights of flour (in kg)
4.97 5.05 5.08 5.03 5.00 5.06 5.08 4.98 5.04 5.07 5.00
Find the probability that any of these bags chosen at random contains more
than 5kg of flour. [2M]

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