Friday 14 December 2012

Mr. Boardman's maths group, write your questions and answers here:

11 comments:

  1. 1. I have 35 blue, 13 yellow and 65 Pink sweets.
    a) What is the probability of picking out a yellow ?
    b) What is the probability of me picking out either blue or a Pink ?
    2. I have 15 brown, 35 gold, 27 silver and 3 green.
    a) What is the probability of me pulling out either silver or gold ?
    b) What is the probability of me picking out a half of the total of the numbers.
    3. I have 12 purple, 8 blue, 43 black and 19 yellow pens
    a) what is the probability of me picking out a purple ?
    b) What is the probability of me picking out either a black or yellow ?
    4. I have 68 grey, 13 pink, 19 gold and 32 bronze counters ?
    a) What is the probability of me picking out a bronze ?
    b) What is the probability of me pulling out a grey, pink or gold ?

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  2. i have 55 blue counters 25 green counters and 20 yellow counters.

    a)what is the chance of me pulling out a green counter?
    B)What is the chance of me pulling out a yellow counter?

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  3. I have 100 red counters 25 green counters and 25 yellow counters.

    A)What is the chance of me pulling out a red counter?
    B)What is the chance of me pulling out a green counter?

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  4. i have 62 blue counters 45 green counters and 23 yellow counters
    a)What is the chance of me pulling out a green counter?
    B)What is the chance of me pulling out a blue counter?

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  5. i have 33 red counters 25 blue counters and 45 yellow counters
    A)What is the chance of me pulling out a red counter?
    B what is the chance of me pulling out a blue counter?

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  6. christmas decorations
    60 balls
    65 stars
    58 3D figuers

    1. what is the chance of a ball falling down from the tree?

    2.what is the chance of a figuer and a star falling down?

    3. what is the chance of one of all three falling?

    =]

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  7. 1. i want to buy 100 drums 35 are red another 35 are blue and 30 are black
    what is the chance of me buying a red drum
    what is the chance of buying a black drum
    2.i want to buy 87 skies 40 are fisher 47 are nike
    what is the chance of buying a fisher ski
    what is the chance of buying a nike ski
    3.there are 100 hockey matches 20 are away 50 are home and ten are not dicided yet
    what is the chance playing a match away
    what is the chance of playing a home match
    4.i have 25 hockey sticks 11 are broken 2 are old and 12 are new
    what is the chance of playing with a new stick
    what is the chance of playing with a old stick

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  8. Banu: I have 22 blue, 53 red and 43 green counters.
    a) what is the chance of me pulling out a red counter?
    b)what has the most chance of being pulled out?

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  9. Banu: I have written the years from 2003 to 2013 on different pieces of paper.
    a) what is the cance of pulling out a year that has a 0 in the tenth place?
    b) what is the chance of me pulling out an even year?

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  10. Banu: There are 20 rabbits, 16 guini pigs, 12 hamsters, 44 puppies, 46 kittens, 15 birds and 10 fish on sale at the pet shop.
    a) what is the chance of a child buying a puppy?
    b) what is the chance of a child buying a kitten and a rabbit?

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  11. Banu: A baby has 12 blue iced and 12 green iced teddy bear shaped cookies.
    a) What is the chance of the baby taking a blue one from the oven?
    b) what is the chance of the baby 1 of each from the oven?

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