Statistics
Objective: Exploring probability
Level 3
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Question 1: Probability; equivalent fractions
Question 2: Probability
QUESTION 1
In a bag of cards
are green,
are yellow,
are white and
are blue. If someone takes a card from the bag without looking, which colour is
it most likely to be?
(A) White
(B) Blue
(C) Green
(D) Yellow
QUESTION 2
a)
Samantha drops a stone onto each of these targets. The stone has the
best chance of landing on a shaded space in which target?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
b)
There is only one red marble in each of these bags.
10 Marbles
100 Marbles
1000 Marbles
Without looking in the bags, you are to pick a marble out of one of the
bags. Which bag would give you the greatest chance of picking the red marble?
(A) The bag with 10 marbles
(B) The bag with 100 marbles
(C) The bag with 1000 marbles
(D) All bags would give the same chance.