PROBABILITY PAPER 1(SET 1) KEDAH 2009 1.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

90 percent of the students of Form 5 Euler passed the April mathematics test. Among those who passed, 20 percent score with distinction. If a student of Form 5 Euler was selected at random, find the probability that he passed the April mathematics test with distinction. [2 marks]

MELAKA 2009 2. Ali has three 20 cent coins and five 50 cent coins in his wallet. He takes out two coins at random from his wallet, one after the other without replacement. Calculate the probability that the total value of the two coins is (a) PAHANG 2009 3. Lee will play against players S, T and U in a badminton competition. The probabilities that Lee will beat S, T and U are respectively. Calculate the probability that Lee will beat at least two of the three players. [3 marks] RM 1 (b) 90 cent (c) 70 cent [4 marks]

PERLIS 2009 4. Hariz, Haidar and Haikal are taking a driving test. The probabilities that Hariz, Haidar and Haikal passes the test are respectively. Find the probabilities that (a) (b) SABAH 2009 5. A badminton match will if any one of the players wins two sets out of the three sets. The probability that Rizal will beat Nizam in any set is . Find the probability that (a) (b) the game will end in two sets only Nizam will win the match in three sets [4 marks] none of them passes the test at least two of them pass the test [3 marks]

SARAWAK ZON A 2009 6. The probability that Kamal is chosen as a school librarian is Aina is chosen as a school librarian is (a) (b) whereas the probability that

. Find the probability that

neither of them is chosen as a school librarian, only one of them is chosen as a school librarian. [3 marks]

PROBABILITY SARAWAK ZON C 2009 7.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

Box A contains 5 red and 2 white marbles. Box B contains 4 red and 3 white marbles. A marble is drawn at random from each box. Find the probability that the two marbles have different colours. [3 marks]

SBP 2009 8. Bag A contains 1 green pen, 2 red pens and 3 blue pens. Bag B contains 2 black erasers and 3 white erasers. Bag C contains 6 gift cards labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. An item is picked randomly from each bag. Find the probability of getting a blue pen, a black eraser and a gift card with a number less than 3. [Answer: ] [3 marks]

KLANG 2009 9. A container contains 4 red balls, 5 yellow balls and 6 blue balls. Aiman draws two balls from the container, one after another, without replacement. Calculate the probability that Aiman draws two balls of different colours. [3 marks]

TERENGGANU 2009 10. The probabilities for Raihan, Michelle and Amira to qualify for the final of a school level public speaking contest are respectively. Calculate the probability that (a) (b) WP 2009 11. The probabilities of Amy and Melissa solving a crossword puzzle in less than one hour are respectively. Find the probability that, within one hour (a) (b) none of them can solve the crossword puzzle at least one of them can solve the crossword puzzle [3 marks] only one of them will qualify, Raihan or Michelle will qualify [4 marks]

PROBABILITY PAPER 1(SET 2) 1.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

A box contains six tennis balls labelled with A, B, C, D, E and F. A ball is to be picked at random. Find the probability that (a) the ball is labelled vowel (b) the ball is not labelled letter F [4 marks]

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A bag contains 8 red pens and black pens. If a pen is picked randomly from the bag, the probability of getting a black pen is . Find the value of . [3 marks] A bag contains 12 red cards and yellow cards. If a card is picked randomly from the bag, the probability of getting a yellow card is . Find the value of . [3 marks] A box contains 6 black balls and p white balls. If a ball is taken out randomly from the box, the probability to get a white ball is . Find the value of p. [3 marks] Table 1 shows the number of coloured marbles in a bag. Colour Number of marbles Red 4 Green Purple 2 A marble is drawn at random from the bag. Given that the probability of getting a green marble is . Find the value of . [2 marks]

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If a number is selected from the numbers 21, 22, 23, .....,40. Find the probability that the selected number is a multiple of 2 or 3. [3 marks] Box P contains three balls numbered 5, 7 and 9. Box Q contains three cards numbered 4, 6 and 8. A ball is drawn at random from box P and a card is drawn at random from box Q. Calculate the probability that the sum of the number on the ball and the number on the card is either a prime number or a perfect square. [3 marks] Each of the eight cards labelled with the letters from the word TERMINAL are put into a bag. Two cards are drawn at random from the bag, one after another, without replacement. Calculate the probability of drawing a vowel and a consonant. [3 marks] A box has 4 red balls and 3 green balls. Two balls are drawn one by one without replacement. Find the probability that the two balls drawn are of the same colour.[3 marks]

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Colour Number of pens Blue 3 Black 4 Red 2 Two pens are drawn at random from a box, one after another, without replacement. Find the probability that both of the pens are of the same colour. [3 marks]

PROBABILITY 11. 12.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

Two dice are thrown at the same time. Calculate the probability that both dice show prime numbers. [3 marks] There are 4 blue balls, 7 red balls and 5 green balls in a box. Two balls are drawn at random from the box, one after another, without replacement. Calculate the probability (a) both balls are of the same colour (b) both balls are not red [4 marks]

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There are 8 shirts to be given away as souvenirs to the participants of a slogan creation competition. It is known that there are 5 red shirts and the rest are white. If Allan and Mahmud are the first ans second participants to receive the souvenirs, find the probability that Allan and Mahmud receive shirts that have the same colour. [2 marks] Table below shows the distribution of students of a Form Five class. Student Boy Girl Malay 2 3 Chinese 10 6 Indian 2 5

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If two students are selected randomly, find the probability that both of them are of the same race. [4 marks] 15. A bag contains 4 yellow marbles and 6 green marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random from the bag one after another without replacement. Find the probability that the two marbles drawn are of different colours. [3 marks] A bag contains 3 red balls, 1 yellow ball and 6 blue balls. A ball is chosen at random without replacement and its colour is noted. Then another ball is chosen from the bag. Calculate the probability that (a) 17. the second ball is yellow (b) at least one ball is red [3 marks]

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A box contains n blue balls and 6 yellow balls. Two balls are drawn at random from the box, one after the other, without replacement. Find the value of n if the probability of obtaining two yellow balls is . [Answer: ][3 marks] A box contains white balls and 8 black balls. Two balls are picked simultaneously at random. Find the value of if the probability of getting two balls is [3 marks] A container contains 3 blue marbles and 5 yellow marbles. If three marbles are drawn at random from the container, one after the other, without replacement, calculate the probability that the three marbles are of the same colour. [3 marks] The probabilities that participants, A, B and C will win a singing contest are and respectively. If the events of each participants winning is independent, calculate the probability that two participants win. [3 marks] A box contains 5 red and 3 white balls. Three balls are drawn from the box at random, one at a time without replacement. Find the probability that at least two of the balls withdrawn will be white. [4 marks] The probabilities that Ali, Henry and Sunny pass a Mathematics test are 0.7, 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. Determine the probability that at least one of them passes the test.[3 marks] 4

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PROBABILITY

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In a Biology quiz, the probabilities that Hansel, Sonny and Ben will win are respectively. Find the probability that at least one of them wins the quiz.

[3 marks]

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A bag contains 6 red marbles and 5 green marbles. A marble is chosen at random from the bag, the colour is noted and it is then placed back in the bag. Another marble is then chosen at random. Find the probability that (a) (b) (c) the first marble is red and the second marble is green both marbles are of the same colour at least one of the marbles chosen is red. [4 marks]

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Box A contains 4 white marbles and 6 red marbles. A marble is chosen at random from box A. The marble is then put into box B which contains 3 yellow marbles and 2 red marbles. Then a marble is chosen from box B. Calculate the probability that the marble chosen from box A is of the same colour as the marble chosen from box B. [3 marks]

PROBABILITY PAPER 1(SET 3) 1.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

Two badminton players, Jason and Dave enter a tournament of three games. For each game, the probability that Jason will win the game is 0.6. The player who wins any two games will be the winner. Find the probability that Jason is the winner. [3 marks] In a Mathematics test, the probabilities that Ann and Benjy pass the test are and respectively. Calculate the probability that (a) (b) both of them pass the Mathematics test only one of them passes the Mathematics test [3 marks]

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The probability that Wendy qualifies for the final of bowling competition is while the probability that Helen qualifies is . Find the probability that (a) (b) both of them qualify for the final only one of them qualifies for the final [3 marks] while the

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The probability that Rachel qualifies for the final of a chess competition is probability that Amy qualifies is . Find the probability that (a) (b) both of them qualify for the final only one of them qualifies for the final

[3 marks]

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The probability that Daniel passes the Mathematics test is while the probability that Alex passes the Mathematics test is . Find the probability that (a) (b) both of them pass the Mathematics test only one of them passes the Mathematics test [3 marks]

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The probability that Jamil passes the driving test is while the probability that Manikam passes the driving test is . Find the probability that (a) (b) both of them pass the driving test only one of them passes the driving test [3 marks]

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Team A will play against Team B and Team C in a badminton competition. The probabilities that Team A will beat Team B and Team C are and respectively. Find the probability that Team A will beat at least one of the teams. [4 marks] Three taxi companies, A, B and C, provide taxi services in a town. The probabilities of residents using the taxi services from companies A, B and C are respectively. The probabilities of taxis from companies A, B and C being late are taxi is booked at random, calculate the probability that the taxi is late. respectively.If a [3 marks]

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PROBABILITY PAPER 1(SET 4) JOHOR 2008 1.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

Given two bags P and Q, each contains blue and red marbles. Bag P contains 3 blue marbles and 4 red marbles. Bag Q contains 3 blue marbles and 5 red marbles. A bag is chosen at random and a marble is picked from it. Find the probability that (a) (b) a red marble from bag Q is chosen. [Answer: the marble is blue[Answer: ] ] [3 marks

MELAKA 2008 2. Team A B Number of students Male Female 24 16 12 18

Table above shows the number of male and female students in Team A and Team B in a Science and Mathematics Club. A fair dice is tossed. If a number which is multiple of three is obtained, a student from team A will be chosen to represent the club in an inter-club competition. Otherwise, a student from team B will be chosen. Calculate the probability that (a) (b) a female student from Team A is chosen [Answer: a male student from Team B is chosen [Answer: ] ] [4 marks]

N.SEMBILAN 2008 3. Table below shows the probability of a student excelling in a certain subject. Subject Physics Chemistry Add Maths Find the probability of the student failing only one subject. [Answer: PERAK 2008 4. Anita, Goh and Laila will be taking part in a shooting competition. The probability that Anita, Goh and Laila will win the competition are and respectively. Find the probability that (a) (b) only Laila will lose in the competition only two of them will win the competition [1 mark] [2 marks] ] [2 marks] Probability

PROBABILITY SARAWAK ZON A 2008 5.

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

SMK BBSL_2010

Ben and Shafiq are taking driving test. The probability that Ben and Shafiq pass the test are and respectively. Calculate the probability that at least one person passes the test. [Answer: ] [3 marks]

SBP 2008 6. A pack of present containing three pens are chosen from 4 blue pens and 5 black pens. Find the probability of getting at least one black in the pack of present. [Answer: ] [3 marks]

TERENGGANU 2008 7. A box contains n blue balls and 6 yellow balls. Two balls are drawn at random from the box, one after the other, without replacement. Find the value of n if the probability of obtaining two yellow balls is . [Answer: ][3 marks]

WP 2008 8. The probability that Siti qualifies for a college education is qualifies is . Find the probability that (a) (b) MRSM 2008 9. Bag X contains k red balls and 2 green balls. Bag Y contains 4 red balls and 8 green balls. One ball is randomly chosen from each bag. The probability of getting one red ball and one green ball is . Find the value of k. [Answer : ] [3 marks] both of them qualify for the college education only one of them qualifies for the college education [Answer: [Answer: ] ] [3 marks] while the probability that Alex

MELAKA 2007 10. In SMK Wawasan, there are 15 Form Five prefects, 7 of them are boys and the rest are girls. Two of them are chosen to represent the school in a competition. Find the probability that (a) (b) SBP 2007 11. A box contains 6 black balls and p white balls. If a ball is taken out randomly from the box, the probability to get a white ball is . Find the value of p. [3 marks] both are girls[ one boy and one girl are chosen [ [4 marks]