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PRETEST:_________
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AGOO WEST DISTRICT POST-TEST:_______
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

LS3 Mathematical & Problem-Solving Skills

Name of Learner: _____________________________________________ Date: _________________

CLC: _______________________________________________________ Level: _________________

Lesson: Probability in Everyday Life

Learning Competency:
 State and Apply the laws of probability in everyday life.
LS3MP-SP-PSF-AE/JHS-40/ALS K to 12 BEC CG 2019, p. 168

How can you make simple predictions of events based on the results of experiments?
How do you solve routine and non-routine problems involving experimental and theoretical
probability? This module will guided you upon reading and studying the short discussion and important points
to remember given to you that even without the teacher you can still manage to learn.

Pretest:
Directions: Use likely to happen, unlikely to happen, certain to happen and impossible to
happen to describe each of the following statements. Write your answer in the blank.

_________________1. A couple cannot afford to have an ultrasound and they are

waiting for a new-born baby. They feel that the unborn baby is a girl.
_________________2. The sun sets in the south.
_________________3. It is cloudy today. It will not rain.
_________________4. I listened to the teacher and participated in the discussion of the lesson.
Then I reviewed my lesson. When I took the test, I got a perfect score.
_________________5. Wearing face mask and shield can help prevent the spread
of corona virus.
_________________6. When a pupil is present, he is ready for the day’s
schoolwork.
_________________7. When a pupil is happy, he has a big amount of allowance.
_________________8. When a pupil is stout, he is healthy.
_________________9. The sun rises in the west.
_________________10. A good reader understands well.

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Directions: Try to answer the following problems. Circle the correct letter of the correct answer.

1. A Day is chosen from a week. Find the probability of choosing a Wednesday.

a. 4/7 b. 3/7 c. 2/7 d. 1/7

2. What is the probability of choosing 7th letter “a” from the word “Mathematics”?
a. 2/11 b. 3/11 c. 11/2 d. 2/12
3. A bag contains 10 marbles: 3 red, 3 green, and 4 blue. If a marble is picked at random,
what is the probability of getting a blue marble?
a. 2/5 b. 3/5 c. 4/5 d. 5/6

4.) A spinner has 4 equal sectors colored green, white, blue, and red. What is the
probability of landing on each color after spinning the spinner?
a. 4/4 b. 3/4 c. 2/4 d. 1/4

5. There are 5 white balls, 8 red balls, 7 yellow balls, and 4 green balls in a jar. A ball is
chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing red?
a. 3/25 b. 4/24 c. 5/24 d. 1/3

6. A bag contains 5 blue sticks,4 red sticks and 3 orange sticks and you ask your friend to
pick one without looking. What is the probability that the stick will be blue?

a. 5/12 b. 6/12 c. 7/12 d. 8/12

7. When a six-sided die is rolled, what is the probability that the number rolled will be five?
a. 1/4 b. 1/5 c. 1/6 d. 1/7

8. You ask a friend to think of a number from 4 to 10. What is the probability that his
number will be 7?
a. 1/8 b. 1/7 c. 1/6 d. 1/5

9. On a popular television game show, a contestant must choose one of the five envelopes.
One envelope contains the grand prize, a car. Find the probability of not choosing a car.
a. 4/5 b. 6/7 c. 7/9 d. 9/7

10. You roll a pair of number cubes. What is the probability of getting even numbers on
both sides?
a. 4/4 b. 2/3 c. 1/2 d. 1/3

B. Directions: Read the situation below. And answer the questions that follow.

1. What is the probability that he will get a brown face mask?

a. 2/2 b. 3/6 c. 1/3
2. What is the probability of getting the red face mask?
a. 1 b. 2/2 c. 0
3. What is the probability of not picking a white face mask?
a. 3/6 b. ½ c. 1/5

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4. A bag had 5 red balls and 4 blue balls. When a ball is picked from this bag, what is the probability of it being
a blue ball?
a. 5/4 b. 4/9 c. 4/5
5. In a class there are 15 boys and 10 girls. When a teacher calls out the name of a student, what is the
probability that it is the name of a girl?
a. 10/25 b/ 2/5 c. 10/15
6. Irvin has five t-shirts of which three are old and two are new. What is the probability that Irvin wears a
new t-shirt to visit his friend's home?
a. 5 b. 3/5 c. 2/5
7. A carpenter is trying to hit a nail with a hammer. For every ten shorts he correctly hits the nail for six times
and misses it for four times. What is the probability that the carpenter rightly hits the nail?
a. 6/10 b. 3/5 c. 4/10
8. Samuel wins 5 matches out of 8 matches. What is the probability of his winning the tournament.
a. 5/8 b. 8 c. 8/5
9. A bag had 8 oranges and 4 apples. When a fruit is picked from the bag, what is the probability that is an
apple?
a. 8/4 b. 4/12 c. 1/3
10. In a class 12 students like outdoor games, and 18 students like indoor games. What is the probability that a
student likes an outdoor game?
a. 12/30 b. 2/5 c. 12/18

References:
 Grade 7 Self Directed Modules
 1.probability-more-likely-and-less-likely_br74t5.pdf (mathskills4kids.com)
 8 Real Life Examples Of Probability – StudiousGuy

Prepared by:
MON IRVIN R. FONTANILLA
ALS Teacher
Agoo West District

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ALS Learner Signature ALS Teacher Parents/Guardian Signature

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AE Level

Key answers:
Let’s See What Have You Learned

Learner’s answer may vary.

Pre-Test A.

1. unlike to happen 2. impossible to happen 3. impossible to happen 4. certain to happen

5. certain to happen 6. likely to happen 7. likely to happen 8. likely to happen
9. impossible to happen 10. certain to happen

Lets See What You Already Know

1. Less Likely 2. Less Likely 3. More Likely

Activity 1
A. B. C.
a. certain
b. even chance
c. poor chance 1
Purple
d. impossible
e. good chance 2
Blue
1
Red
3

Activity 2
1. d 2. a 3. a 4. d 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. b 9. a 10. a

Post-Test

1. c. 1/3 2. c. 0 3. b. 1/2 4. b. 4/9 5. b. 2/5

6. b. 3/5 7. b. 3/5 8. a. 5/8 9. c. 1/3 10. b. 2/5