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Mathematics
Quarter 4 - Module 5
(Basic Concepts of Probability)
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Mathematics- Grade 8
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Mathematics 8
Quarter 4 - Module 5
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Table of Contents
Lesson 1:
(Probability, Probability Experiment, Outcome, Sample Space and Events)
Summary..............................................................................................................................14
Assessment: (Post-Test)....................................................................................................15
Key to Answers.........................................................................................................................16-17
Reference.............................................................................................................................17
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What This Module is about:
This module is a tool to guide a student to understand probability leading to its richer
application in the real world. It encourages students to discover the concepts of probability by
themselves through the different activities which can be answered individually. The module
has two lessons, pacing of the lessons depends on the students’ needs and learning
competencies.
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How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.
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What I Know
Multiple Choice:
Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Select the letter of the best answer from
among the given choices.
2. All the possible outcomes that can occur when a coin is tossed twice are listed in the box.
What is the probability of having a head?
HH TH
TT HT
a. ¼ c. 3/4
b. ½ d. 1
3. A number cube is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number that is not 3?
a. 0/6 or 0 b. 1/6 c. 5/6 d. 6/6 or 1
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6. There are four teams in a basketball tournament. Team A has 25% chance of winning.
Team B has the same chance as Team D which has 5% more than team A. Team C has
half the chance of winning as team B. Which of the following has the correct table of
probabilities for winning the tournament?
Team A B C D
Probability of 25% 30% 15% 30%
winning
a.
Team A B C D
Probability of 25% 20% 20% 35%
winning
b.
c.
Team A B C D
Probability of 25% 15% 15% 45%
winning
Team A B C D
Probability of 25% 15% 10% 50%
winning
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7. Jun rolls two dice. The first die shows a 5. The second die rolls under his desk and he
cannot see it. NOW, what is the probability that both dice show 5?
a. 1/36 b. 1/6 c. 9/36 d. 1/3
8. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting two heads and one tail?
a. 1/3 b. 3/8 c. 1/2 d. 5/8
9. In a School, 40% of the girls like music, and 12% of the girls like music and dance. What
percent of those that like music also like dance?
a. 28% b. 30% c. 33.33% d. 52%
10. A box contains 5 green pencils and 7 yellow pencils. Two pencils are chosen at random
from the box without replacement. What is the probability they are both yellow?
a. 7/22 b. 49/144 c. 6/11 d. 7/12
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Lesson Probability, Probability
Experiment, Outcomes,
1 Sample Space and events
Have you ever heard a weatherman say there is a 40% chance of rain tomorrow or a
volleyball referee tells a team there is a 50/50 chance of getting a heads on a coin toss to
determine which team starts the game? These are probability statements. In this lesson, you
are going to investigate probability and how likely it is that some events will occur;
What’s New
Let’s Find Out!
Suppose you and your friend are about to play a game using the spinner shown here:
Your Friend
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1. Which color was the first to occur 10 times?
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3. Which color would you pick to give you the best chance of winning the game?
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Why would you pick that color?
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4. Below are three different spinners. On which spinner is the green likely to win,
unlikely to win, and equally likely to win?
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What is it
Discussion:
What you had done is a chance experiment; dealing with chance of occurrences is Probability.
What is Probability?
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For example, consider a box that contains only red cubes. If you were to select from the box,
you are certain to pick a red one. We say that an event that is certain to happen has a
probability of 1. If we were to reach into the same bag of cubes, it is impossible to select a
yellow cube. An impossible event has a probability of 0.
Experiment Outcome
Flipping a coin Head (H) Tail (T)
Rolling a die 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Sample space is the set of all the possible outcomes or
sample points.
Note; “Queen” is not a sample point because there are four Queens which are four different
sample points in a deck of cards.
Examples:
a. Getting a TTT when flipping a coin thrice
b. Choosing a “Queen” from a deck of cards (any of the 4 Queens)
c. Getting an “odd number” (1, 3, or 5) when rolling a die
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What I have learned
You and I are meant to be!
______________________ 1. 5/6
______________________ 2. Tail
______________________ 3. 50%
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Lesson Calculating Probability,
Dependent and Independent
2 Events
In this lesson, you are expected to understand probability of an event, dependent and
independent events and finding probability of dependent and independent events.
What is it
Discussion:
So how do we calculate probability?
REMEMBER:
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Picture Source: Grade 8 Mathematics Teachers Guide pp. 614
Some events Some events are Some events are Some events are Some events
are less likely to classified as more likely to are certain.
impossible. happen. These equally likely to happen. These These events
These events events have a happen or to not events have a have a
have a probability that is happen. These probability that is probability of
probability of less than 0.5. It events have a greater than 0.5. 1.
0. could be probability that is It could be
describe as 0.5 or 1/2. describe as
unlikely to occur. likely to occur.
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What’s More
Place Me Baby!
1. Decide where each event would be located on the scale above. Place the letter for
each event on the appropriate place on the probability scale.
Event:
A. You will see a live dinosaur on the way home from school today.
B. A solid rock dropped in the water will sink.
C. A round disk with one side red and the other side yellow will land yellow side up
when flipped.
D. A spinner with four equal parts numbered 1–4 will land on the 4 on the next spin.
E. Your full name will be drawn when a full name is selected randomly from a bag
containing the full names of all of the students in your class.
F. A red cube will be drawn when a cube is selected from a bag that has five blue
cubes and five red cubes.
G. Tomorrow the temperature outside will be −250 degrees.
2. Solve: When a fair die (cube with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) is thrown, what is the
probability of getting?
1. The number 2
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2. A number that is less than 7
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What’s New
Let’s Find Out!
Sometimes, getting an event affects the outcome of another event. Take a look at
these examples:
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How did you get your answer?
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b. What are your chances of getting a pink one when you pick again?
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d. How many lollipops are now in the jar? How many pink lollipops are there?
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2. Flipping a Coin
a. When you flip a coin, what is the probability of heads landing up?
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What is it
Discussion:
In Number 1, getting the next lollipop is affected by the result of the first attempt.
Every time you get a piece of lollipop from a jar, the chance of getting a pink one will change.
These are called dependent events.
2 blue and 3 red candies are in a jar. What are the chances of getting a blue
2
candy? The chance is . But after taking one out the chances change! So the next
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2 1
time: if we got a red candy before, then the chance of a blue candy next is or . If we
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got a blue candy before, then the chance of a blue candy next is4.
Note: if we replace the candies in the jar each time, then the chances do not change and the
events are independent:
With Replacement: the events are Independent (the chances don't change)
Without Replacement: the events are Dependent (the chances change)
Event A is drawing a QUEEN first, and Event B is drawing a QUEEN second. For
the first card the chance of drawing a QUEEN is 4 out of 52 (there are 4 QUEENS in
4
a deck of 52 cards): P (A) = 52 , but after removing a QUEEN from the deck the
probability of the 2nd card drawn is less likely to be a QUEEN (only 3 of the 51 cards
3
left are QUEEN): P (B|A) = .
51
And so:
4 3 12 1
P (A and B) = P (A) x P (B|A) = 52 x 51= 2652 = 221
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In Number 2, the probability of getting heads up for the first tossed does not affect the
probability of getting tails for the second tossed. The two events do not affect each
other. They are independent events.
Each toss of a coin is a perfect isolated thing. What it did in the past will not
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affect the current tossed. The chance is simply 2 , 1-in-2 or 0.5 or 50%, just like any
toss of a coin. So each toss is an Independent event.
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And so the chance of getting 3 Tails in a row is or 0.125 or 12.5%
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So each toss of a coin has a ½ chance of being tails, but lots of tails in a
row is unlikely.
Example 3: Why is it unlikely to get, say, 7 tails in a row, when each toss of a coin has
a ½ chance of being tails?
Question 2: When we have just got 6 tails in a row, what is the probability that the
next toss is also a tail?
Answer: ½, as the previous tosses don't affect the next toss
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What’s more
Dependent or Independent?
____ 5. Selecting two red skittles from a bag, if you eat them as you select
____ 62. Mr. Alex needs two students to help him with a science demonstration for his class
of 18 girls and 12 boys. He randomly chooses one student who comes to the front of the room.
He then chooses a second student from those still seated.
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What I have learned
Solve Me!
Solve the following:
1. Two cards are drawn from the top of a well-shuffled deck. What is the probability that
they are both black aces?
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2. A coin is tossed three times. Find the probability that head and tail show alternately.
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3. A coin is tossed three times. Find the probability of getting at least two heads.
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5. Two cards are chosen at random without replacement from a pack of 52 playing
cards. If the first card chosen is an Ace, what is the probability the second card
chosen is a King?
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Summary
This module was about the Basic Concepts of Probability. In this module, the
students were encouraged to discover by themselves the definition of the basic concepts of
Probability. Their knowledge and computational skills gained in this module help them solve
real life problems involving probabilities of an event which would lead them to make better
decisions in life and to perform practical tasks to the best of what they can.
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Post- Assessment Test
2. A coin is tossed thrice. What is the probability of having two heads and a tail?
a. 1/8 b. 1/2 c. 3/8 d. 1
3. A die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number that is greater than 6?
a. 0/6 or 0 b.1/6 c. 5/6 d. 6/6 or 1
5. A bottle contains white, blue, brown and red coated candies. The P(white) =1/10,
P(blue) =4/15, P(brown) = 7/30, and P(yellow) = 2/5. How many yellow candies are in
the bottle?
a. 7 b. 8 c.12 d. 30
6. A glass jar contains 80 red, orange, yellow, and green plastic chips. If the probability
of drawing at random a single ORANGE chip is 1/8, what does this mean?
a. There are 8 orange chips in the glass jar.
b. There are 10 orange chips in the glass jar. *
c. There are more orange chips than the others.
d. There is only one orange plastic chip in the jar.
7. Jun rolls two dice. The first die shows a 2. The second die rolls under his desk and
he cannot see it. What is the probability that both dice show 2?
a. 1/36 b. 1/6 c. 9/36 d. 1/3
8. 45% of the children in a school have a dog, 30% have a cat, and 18% have a dog and
a cat. What percent of those who have a dog also have a cat?
a. 40% b. 48% c. 60% d. 75%
9. Two cards are drawn from the top of a well-shuffled deck. What is the probability that
they are both Diamonds?
a. 1/17 b. 1/16 c. 1/13 d. 2/17
10. A code consists of a digit chosen from 0 to 9 followed by a letter of the alphabet. What
is the probability the code is 9Z?
a. 1/260 b. 1/36 c. 1/18 d. 9/65
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Key to Answers
Lesson 1:
What’s new What I Have Learned Lesson 2 what’s more
Exercise 1-4 1. Probability 1. A N S : A
1. Answers will vary, 2. Sample point 2. A N S : B
but green is the most 3. Probability 3. A N S : A
likely. 4. Sample space 4. A N S : B
2. Yes, because the 5. Sample point 5. A N S : B
person who goes 6. Sample point 6. A N S : B
first could pick green. 7.Experiment
3. Green, it has the 8. Event
largest section on 9. Probability
the spinner. 10.Outcome
4. Spinner B 11. Experiment
12. Sample space
13. Experiment
14. Event
15. Experiment
Lesson 2:
What’s more What’s new What I Have Learned
1. 1 a. 5/40 or 1/8 1. 2/8 or ¼
By getting the ratio of the 2. 2/52 x 1/51 =
favorable outcome an d 1/1326
the total number of 3. P(at least two
lollipops in the jar heads) = 4/8 or ½
b. 4/39 4. 4/6 or 2/3
c. No, because 5. P(A) = 4/51
the lollipop was
2.P(event) = 1/6 not returned in
3.P(event) = 6/6 or 1 the jar.
4. P(event) = 0/6 or 0 d. 39 all and 4
pink lollipops
2 a. ½
b. ½
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Post- Assessment Test
1. Answer: D. Guessing the number of marbles in a jar is the only experiment in the
choices
2. Answer: C. Three out of the 8 outcomes have two heads and a tail.
3. Answer: A, A die has 6 faces only; therefore, it has no side which is greater than 6.
4. Answer: C flipping a coin thrice has 8 possible outcomes.
5. Answer: C 2/5 x 6/6 = 12/30
6. Answer: B 10/80 = 1/8
7. Answer: B Since we already know that one of the dice shows a 2, the probability of
getting a 2 in the other die is 1/6
8. Answer A
9. Answer A
10. Answer A
References:
Sergio C. Custodio, Interactive Mathematics Grade 8.pp. 290 – 303, Innovative Educational
Materials Inc.
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