Name: _______________________________

Grade Eight Probability Test

Express all probabilities as ratios(R), fractions(F) and percents(P)

1) The following spinner is spun once.

a) What is the probability of spinning an apple?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

b) What is the probability of spinning a banana?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

c) What is the probability of spinning a pear?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

2) The above spinner is now spun twice.

a) Draw a table.

b) What is the probability of getting bananas for both spins?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

c) What is the probability of not getting the same fruit twice in a

row?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

 Name: _______________________________

3) The following coin is flipped, the

spinner is spun and the 4-sided die is
rolled.
a) Draw a tree diagram to show
ALL possible outcomes.

b) What is the probability of getting a heads, an A and a 4?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

c) What is the probability of getting a tails, vowel and an even

number?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

4) One item is selected from each of the

two bags, one containing coloured balls
and one containing dimes and pennies.
a) Draw a tree diagram OR table to
show all the possible outcomes.

b) What is the probability of selecting a red ball and a dime?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________
 Name: _______________________________

5) Determine the total number of possibilities if

one item is selected from each of the categories
on the menu shown.

6) Rile is going camping next weekend. He is hoping that it does not

snow either Saturday or Sunday. The forecast calls for a 70% chance of
snow on Saturday and a 50% chance of snow on Sunday.
a) What is the probability that it will snow both days?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

b) What is the probability that no snow will fall for the entire
weekend?
R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

c) Rile has ten cards, each labeled with a number from one to ten.
Explain how he could perform a simulation to see if it will rain
on both days.
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d) He does not know whether to perform 10 trials or 100 trials.

Explain which number of trials is likely to be more accurate.
Why?
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7) The following 20-sided die is rolled twice.

a) What is the total number of possible outcomes?

b) What is the probability of rolling an even number?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

c) What is the probability of having the two rolls add up to 40?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

Bonus) What is the probability of having the two rolls add up to 12?

R: ____________ F: ______________ P: ______________

Big Bonus)

One ball is selected at random from each of the four bags above.

What is the probability that you will select a black ball from all four
bags?

How many total outcomes are possible?