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Grade 8 Probability Worksheet

The document contains 10 probability questions related to topics like sample spaces, odds of drawing certain cards or winning games, and expressing probabilities as fractions. It introduces key probability concepts like outcomes being between 0 and 1, and probability being used to quantify chance in situations with uncertain outcomes, like games. The questions cover calculating and expressing probabilities for events like rolling dice, selecting people, and adding ingredients correctly.

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Grade 8 Probability Worksheet

The document contains 10 probability questions related to topics like sample spaces, odds of drawing certain cards or winning games, and expressing probabilities as fractions. It introduces key probability concepts like outcomes being between 0 and 1, and probability being used to quantify chance in situations with uncertain outcomes, like games. The questions cover calculating and expressing probabilities for events like rolling dice, selecting people, and adding ingredients correctly.

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  • Probability Worksheets: Provides Grade 8 probability worksheets focusing on various probability problems.
  • Answers: Offers answers to the probability problems from the worksheets provided on pages 2 and 3.
  • Fun Fact about Probability: Shares fun facts about the use of probability in predictions, artificial intelligence, and games.

Probability Worksheets Grade 8

1. Find the sample space on rolling a dice.

2. How many hearts are there in a pack of playing cards?


(a) 4 (b) 13 (c) 26 (d) 52

3. Diya's chances of winning the game are only 40%.


Express this as a probability fraction.

4. The probability of getting an even number when a dice


is rolled is _____.

5. What is the probability of getting a heads when a


coin is tossed?

6. A group of friends have 3 boys and 2 girls. If one


person is made the captain of the team, what is the
probability of it being a girl?
(a) 1/5 (b) 3/5 (c) 2/5 (d) 1/2

7. Peter has two red pens, five blue pens, and two black
pens. Without looking at the pens, Peter closes his
eyes and picks a pen. The probability that the pen
picked by Peter is red pen is _____.

8. In a society there are 30 men and 20 women members.


What is the probability that the person selected for
the post of the president is a woman?
9. A cook while preparing noodles adds the right
ingredients for nine times and makes an error is
adding the ingredients for three times. What is the
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probability that the cook adds the right ingredients
and cooks well?

10. John plays 15 matches and wins across 12


matches. Find the probability of John winning the
match?

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1) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

2) (b) 13

3) 2/5

4) ½

5) ½

6) (c) 2/5

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7) 2/9

8) 2/5

9) ¾

10) 3/5

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1. Artificial intelligence is used
for a lot of predictions and
these predictions are given as
probabilities.
2. Probability values are always
between 0 and 1.
3. Probability is used in flipping
a coin, dice, playing cards, or
any other games in which the
outcomes are not sure.

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