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Probability - not selecting an object

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1: Give the probability of the following:

a) If the probability of you not passing your driving test is 62
83,
find the probability of you passing your driving test.
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b) If the probability of it not snowing tomorrow is 0.69,
find the probability of it snowing tomorrow.
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c) If the probability of you living to be 120 years old is 0.09,
find the probability of you not living to be 120 years old.
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d) If the probability of you going to the Moon is 131 ,
find the probability of you not going to the Moon.
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2: Give the probability of the following events as a fraction in its simplest form:
a) A drawer contains 1 black sock and 8 other socks.
What is the probability of not picking a black sock?
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b) A bag contains 5 blue sweets and 4 other sweets.
What is the probability of not picking a blue sweet?
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c) A pencil case contains 1 red pencil among a total of 8 pencils.
What is the probability of not picking a red pencil?
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d) A box contains 2 white balls among a total of 8 balls.
What is the probability of not picking a white ball?
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3: Give the probability of the following events as a fraction in its simplest form:
a) What is the probability of not picking a consonant from the letters of DODECAHEDRON?

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b) What is the probability of not picking a vowel from the letters of ABRACADABRA?

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c) What is the probability of not picking the letter 'S' from MISSISSIPPI?

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d) What is the probability of not picking a consonant from the letters of CUMULATIVE?

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4: Give the probability of the following events as a fraction in its simplest form:
a) A spinner has 10 equal sections numbered from 1 to 10.
What is the probability of not getting an even number?
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b) A spinner has 10 equal sections numbered from 1 to 10.
What is the probability of not getting a number greater than 9?
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c) A fair cubic die has 6 faces numbered from 1 to 6.
What is the probability of not getting a number less than 6?
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d) A spinner has 4 equal sections numbered from 1 to 4.
What is the probability of not getting a number less than or equal to 3?
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5: Give the probability of the following events as a fraction in its simplest form:
a) A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of not selecting the 3 of any suit?
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b) A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of not selecting the 9 of Diamonds?
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c) A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of not selecting a Club?
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d) A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of not selecting a purple card?
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Answers: Probability - not selecting an

object

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1:

a) 21
83

b) 0.31

c) 0.91

d) 12
13

2:

a) 89

b) 49

c) 78

d) 68 = 34

3:

a) 125

b) 116

c) 117

d) 105 = 12

4:

a) 105 = 12

b) 109

c) 16

d) 14

5:

12
a) 48
52 = 13

b) 51
52

3
c) 39
52 = 4

d) 52
52 = 1

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