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Probability of a simple event: bags of marbles

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Probability = number of favourable outcomes ÷ total outcomes. Write a fraction in lowest terms.

  1. A bag has 3 red and 1 blue marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  2. A bag has 1 red and 2 blue marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  3. A bag has 3 red and 8 blue marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  4. A bag has 2 red and 2 blue marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  5. A bag has 8 red, 3 blue and 8 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  6. A bag has 2 red, 5 blue and 7 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  7. A bag has 8 red, 9 blue and 5 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  8. A bag has 2 red, 7 blue and 6 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  9. A bag has 12 red, 3 blue and 7 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is green? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  10. A bag has 8 red, 6 blue and 4 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  11. A bag has 3 red, 11 blue and 2 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is green? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  12. A bag has 6 red, 8 blue and 6 green marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  13. A bag has 15 red, 1 blue, 13 green and 8 yellow marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is yellow? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  14. A bag has 10 red, 10 blue, 11 green and 8 yellow marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  15. A bag has 12 red, 12 blue, 8 green and 6 yellow marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is yellow? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  16. A bag has 3 red, 10 blue, 12 green and 9 yellow marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is yellow? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  17. A bag has 14 red, 5 blue, 11 green, 15 yellow and 13 white marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is green? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  18. A bag has 15 red, 11 blue, 7 green, 18 yellow and 20 white marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  19. A bag has 4 red, 17 blue, 3 green, 11 yellow and 20 white marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
  20. A bag has 12 red, 18 blue, 18 green, 12 yellow and 14 white marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Write a fraction in lowest terms.
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Answer key: Probability of a simple event: bags of marbles

  1. 1/4
  2. 1/3
  3. 3/11
  4. 1/2
  5. 8/19
  6. 5/14
  7. 9/22
  8. 2/15
  9. 7/22
  10. 1/3
  11. 1/8
  12. 3/10
  13. 8/37
  14. 10/39
  15. 3/19
  16. 9/34
  17. 11/58
  18. 15/71
  19. 17/55
  20. 9/37