Year 7 pre-test-Miss Budge

NAME: _______________________________________________ Mark /20 (bonus

marks /3)

Questions 1, 2 and 3 are about this spinner

1.) If you were to spin this spinner, what are the four possible outcomes?

Red, blue, yellow and green

2.) Which outcome is the most likely to be spun on this spinner?

A) Red B) Yellow C) Blue D) Green E) All equally likely

3.) What is your reason for your answer in Question 2?

Because they share a quarter of the circle

4.) What is the probability (as a fraction) of spinning Yellow on this spinner?

Pr (yellow)= 1/4
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5.) What is the probability (as a fraction) of the spinner stopping anywhere

on the left hand side of the spinner (anywhere inside red or blue)?

Pr (red/blue)= 1/2

Probability is another word for chance. The probability of something occurring can
range from 0 to 1.

Use this scale for questions 6 to 10

1 1 3
0
4 2 4 1

Unlikely Likely

6.) Write the word likely on one of the lines in the scale above

7.) Write the word unlikely on one of the lines in the scale above

8.) Which of the events listed below is best represented by the heart ( ) in
the probability scale

A) Finding a $100 note on the ground

B) Flipping a tail on a normal coin

C) The sun rising in the morning

D) Rolling a 3 on a standard 6-sided die

E) None of the above

9.) Which of the events listed below is best represented by the star ( ) in
the probability scale
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A) Finding a $100 note on the ground

B) Flipping a tail on a normal coin

C) The sun rising in the morning

D) Rolling a 3 on a standard 6-sided die

E) None of the above

10.) Which of the events listed below is best represented by the smiley
face ( ) in the probability scale

A) Finding a $100 note on the ground

B) Flipping a tail on a normal coin

C) The sun rising in the morning

D) Rolling a 3 on a standard 6-sided die

E) None of the above

11.) What is the probability, as a fraction, of spinning 3 on this spinner?

Pr (3) = 1/8
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12.) What is the probability, as a decimal, of spinning yellow on this

spinner? (You can write the probability as a fraction or percentage if you
dont know the decimal, but will only get half a mark)

0.25

13.) What is the probability, as a percentage, of spinning an odd number

on this spinner? (You can write the probability as a fraction or decimal if you
dont know the percentage, but will only get half a mark)

50%

14.) Which of the following represents the sample space for a normal, six-
sided die?

A) {1, 6}
B) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
C) {6}
D) {1, 3, 4, 6}
E) None of the above
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15.) List the sample space for this spinner

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}

16.) List the sample space for a normal two sided coin?

{heads, tails}

17.) When rolling a normal die:

Pr(rolling a 4) is:

1 1 2 4 1
2 6 6 6 4
A B C D E

18.) When flipping a normal coin:

Pr(Tail) is: 1/2

19.) An urn contains 4 red marbles, 3 green marbles and 6 white marbles.
If one marble is drawn at random from the urn, what is the probability of it
being red?

Pr (red)= 4/13

Bonus questions

1.) Find Pr(5) for the spinner shown.

(the symbol means the complement)

PR (5) = 8/12
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2.) Find Pr(1 or 2) for the spinner shown.

PR (1 OR 2)= 3/12

3.) You roll 2 dice. How many outcomes are possible?

A) 2

B) 6

C) 36

D) 100

E) 12