Year 9

Combined events and sample spaces (Part 1)

Year 9

Combined events and sample spaces (Part 1)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will represent the probabilities of combined events in a sample space.

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5 Questions

Q1.
True or false: I am more likely to flip a coin and get "Heads" than I am to roll a six-sided dice and get a 4.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
True or false: I am more likely to flip a coin and get "Tails" than I am to roll a six-sided dice and get an even number.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
True or false: I am more likely to roll a 3 than a 5 on a six sided dice
Correct answer: False
True
Q4.
True or false: I am more likely to roll an even number than a prime number on an eight sided dice.
Correct answer: False
True
Q5.
True or false: I am more likely to roll a 4 on a six sided dice than on an 8 sided dice.
False
Correct answer: True

5 Questions

Q1.
What is the probability of getting a 5?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: 1/9
4
5/36
5/9
Q2.
What is the probability of getting a 1?
Correct answer: 0
1
1/18
1/36
Q3.
What is the probability of getting greater than 4?
0
1/6
Correct answer: 5/6
8/11
Q4.
What is the probability of getting a multiple of 3?
1/2
Correct answer: 1/3
1/4
1/6
Q5.
What is the probability of getting a prime number?
1/2
Correct answer: 15/36
5/11
5/12