1. A bag contains 11 white balls and 8 pink balls.

Another bag contains 13

white balls and 6 pink balls. what is the probability of getting pink ball?

= (8/19 + 6/19)/2

= 14/19 X 1/2

= 7/19

2. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that you will getting the sum of
number 6?

(2,4) (4,2) (1,5) (5,1) (3,3)

= 5/36

3. There are 10 prizes and 25 blanks in a lottery. If Jhon has taken a lottery.
What is the probability for him to get a prize?

10/10+25

= 10/35

=2/7

4. Saran and sabari go for an interview for two vacancies. The probability for
the selection for saran is 1/3 and whereas the probability for the selection of
sabari is 1/4 .What is the probability that none of them are selected?

Saran = 1- 1/3 = 2/3

Sabari = 1-1/4 = ¾

Nerither being selected 2/3 X 3/4 = 2/4

Probability = ½

5. A Speaks the truth 4 out of 5 times and B Speaks the truth 7 out of 8 times.
What is the probability that they will contradict each other in stating the same fact?

A tells truth and B lies

4/5 X 1/8 = 4/40

 A lies and B tell truth

1/5 X 7/8 = 7/40

Now

4/40 + 7/40 = 11/40

6. There are 7 purple clips and 5 brown clips. Two clips are selected one by
one without replacement. Find the probability that the first is brown and the
second is purple.

P (B) × P (P) = (5/12) x (7/11) = 35/132

Direction (7 - 9):
A box contains 90 number plates numbered 1 to 90. If one number plate is
drawn at random from the box then find out the probability that
7) The number is a two-digit number

Total possible outcomes = 90 (Since the number plates are numbered from 1 to
90).
Number of favorable outcomes
= 90 – 9 = 81 ( here, except 1 to 9, other numbers are two-digit number.)
Thus required probability
= Number of Favourable Outcomes /Total Number of Possible Outcomes
= 81/90
= 9/10.
8) The number is a perfect square

Total possible outcomes = 90.

Number of favorable outcomes = 9 [here 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, and 81 are
the perfect squares]
Thus the required probability = 9/90 =1/10

9) The number is a multiply of 5

Total possible outcomes = 90.
Number of favourable outcomes = 18 (here, 5 × 1, 5 × 2, 5 × 3, …., 5 × 18
are multiple of 5).
Thus, the required probability= 18/90 =1/5

10. A jar contains 63 balls ( 1, 2, 3,……., 63). Two balls are picked at random
from the jar one after one and without any replacement. What is the probability
that the sum of both balls drawn is even?

The sum of numbers can be even if we add either two even numbers or two odd
numbers.
Number of even numbers from 1 to 63 = 31
Number of odd numbers from 1 to 63 = 32
Probability of getting two even numbers = (32/63) * (31/62) = 16/63
Probability of getting two odd numbers = (31/63) * (30/62) = 5/21
P(two even numbers OR two odd numbers) = 16/63 + 5/21 = 31/63

11. There are 30 students in a class, 15 are boys and 15 are girls. In the final
exam, 5 boys and 4 girls made an A grade. If a student is chosen at random
from the class, what is the probability of choosing a girl or an ‘A-grade
student?

Here, the total number of boys = 15 and the total number of girls = 15
Also, girls getting A grade = 4 and boys getting an A grade = 5
Probability of choosing a girl = 15/30
Probability of choosing A grade student= 9/30
Now, an A-grade student chosen can be a girl.
So the probability of choosing it = 4/30
Required probability of choosing a girl or an A-grade student
= 15/30 + 9/30 – 4/30
= 1/2 + 3/10 – 2/15
= 2/3
12. What is the probability when a card is drawn at random from a deck of
52 cards is either an ace or a club?

There are 4 aces in a pack, 13 club cards, and 1 ace of a club card.
Now, the probability of getting an ace = 4/52
The probability of getting a club = 13/52
The probability of getting an ace of the club = 1/52
Required probability of getting an ace or a club
= 4/52 + 13/52 – 1/52
= 16/52
= 4/13

Direction (13 – 15)

In a school the total number of students is 300, 95 students like chicken only,
120 students like fish only, 80 students like mutton only and 5 students do
not like anything above. If randomly one student is chosen, find the
probability that.
13) The student likes mutton.
14) He likes either chicken or mutton
15) He likes neither fish nor mutton.

The total number of favorable outcomes = 300 (Since there are 300 students
altogether).
The number of times a chicken liker is chosen = 95 (Since 95 students like
chicken).
The number of times a fish liker is chosen = 120.
The number of times a mutton liker is chosen = 80.
The number of times a student is chosen who likes none of these = 5.

13. Find the probability that the student likes mutton.

Therefore, the probability of getting a student who likes mutton
= 80/300
= 4/15
14. What is the probability that the student likes either chicken or mutton?
The probability of getting a student who likes either chicken or mutton
= (95+80)/300
= 175/300
= 7/12

15. Find the probability that the student likes neither fish nor mutton.
The probability of getting a student who likes neither fish nor mutton
= (300–120−80)/300
= 100/300
= 1/3
16. There are 20 tickets numbered 1 to 20. These tickets are mixed up and
then a ticket is drawn at random. Find the probability that the ticket drawn
has a number that is a multiple of 4 or 5.

Here, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, …., 19, 20} = 20

Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 (5 tickets)
Multiples of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20 (4 tickets)
Notice that ticket number 20 is a multiple of both 4 and 5, so we have counted it
twice. Therefore, we need to subtract one from the total count.
Total number of tickets with numbers that are multiples of 4 or 5: 5 + 4 – 1 = 8
The total number of tickets is 20, so the probability of drawing a ticket with a
number that is a multiple of 4 or 5 is:
P = 8/20 = 2/5 = 0.4
Therefore, the probability that the ticket drawn has a number that is a multiple of
4 or 5 is 0.4 or 40%.

17. A one-rupee coin and a two-rupee coin are tossed once, and then
calculate a sample space.

The outcomes are either Head (H) or tail(T).

Now,heads on both coins = (H, H) = HH
Tails on both coins = ( T, T) = TT
Probability of head on one rupee coin and Tail on the two rupee coins = (H, T) =
HT
And Tail on one rupee coin and Head on the two rupee coin = (T, H) = TH
Thus, the sample space,S = [HH, HT, TH, TT]

18. One card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards well shuffling. Calculate the
probability that the card will not be a king.

Well-shuffling ensures equally likely outcomes.

Total king of a deck = 4
The number of favourable outcomes F= 52 – 4 = 48
The number of possible outcomes = 52
Therefore, the required probability
= 48/52 = 12/13

19. What is the probability when a card is drawn at random from a deck of
52 cards is either an ace or a club?

There are 4 aces in a pack, 13 club cards, and 1 ace of a club card.
Now, the probability of getting an ace = 4/52
The probability of getting a club = 13/52
The probability of getting an ace of the club = 1/52
Required probability of getting an ace or a club
= 4/52 + 13/52 – 1/52
= 16/52
= 4/13

20. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at
random. What is the probability thatnone of the balls drawn is blue?

Total number of balls = (2 + 3 + 2) = 7.

Let S be the sample space.
Then,
n(S)= Number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of 7=
7C2 = (7 x 6)(2 x 1)= 21.
Let E = Event of drawing 2 balls, none of which is blue.
n
(E)= Number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of (2 + 3) balls
=5C2
=(5 x 4)(2 x 1)= 10.
P(E) =n(E)/n(S)=10/21.