I listen to music on my iPod. I use the shuffle function to pick random songs to listen to.

Each song is equally likely to come up when I press shuffle. Answer the following questions about the music I listen to.

Mr Hossacks iPod

3) When I first got my iPod there were 20 songs on it. 10 of them were by Lady GaGa, 5 were by Justin Beiber, 4 were by Elvis Presley and 1 was by Queen. What is the probability that when I press shuffle a) I will hear a Queen song? b) I will hear a Lady GaGa song?

2) I enjoyed the Justin Beiber song so much I decided to put another one of his albums on my iPod. The album I put on had 10 songs on it. What is the probability that when I press shuffle a) I will hear a Justin Beiber song? b) I will hear a Queen song? 1) I am now bored of all the music on my iPod. Choose 4 different artists and decide how many of each artists songs should be on my iPod. Artist 1:________________________ Number of songs:________ Artist 2:________________________ Number of songs:________ Artist 3:________________________ Number of songs:________ Artist 4:________________________ Number of songs:________ a) What is the total number of songs now? b) For each artist what is the probability of hearing one of their songs? c) For each artist what is the probability of not hearing one of their songs? d) Decide on your favourite two artists. What is the probability of hearing a song by one of your favourite two artists?

Answers 3) 2) 1) a) 1/20 a) 1/2 b) 1/2 c) 1/2 c) 1/3 d) 1/4 e) 4/5

b) 1/30

d) 2/3

Uses formula: number of favourable events / total number of possible events.