Probabilities involving algebra | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Here are two decks of cards. A single card from Deck 1 and a single card from Deck 2 is drawn to make a pair. There are ______ possible outcomes for drawing one card from each deck.

'16' ✓
Here are two decks of cards. A single card from Deck 1 and a single card from Deck 2 is drawn to make a pair. What is the probability that this pair of cards contains an odd number?

$\frac{8}{16}$

$\frac{9}{16}$

$\frac{12}{16}$ ✓

$\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{3}{4}$ ✓
Each face on an 8-sided die has a unique integer from 1 to 8 written on it. The Venn diagram shows Event A = {factors of 15} and Event B = {even numbers}. Which of these statements are correct?

Events A and B are exhaustive.

Events A and B are not exhaustive. ✓

The outcome 7 isn’t in either event A or event B. ✓

Events A and B are mutually exclusive. ✓

Events A and B are not mutually exclusive.
Sam plays a video game that can either be won or lost. The probability that Sam wins the video game is 61%. The probability that Sam loses the video game is ______%

'39' ✓
This table shows the mutually exclusive and exhaustive set of outcomes, and the probability of each outcome, from spinning a spinner once. Find the value of $x$ .

$\frac{3}{30}$

$\frac{7}{30}$

$\frac{8}{30}$ ✓

$\frac{11}{30}$

$\frac{22}{30}$
This table shows the set of outcomes and the probability of each outcome, from spinning a spinner once. The spinner is spun 1000 times. How many times should you expect the spinner to land on C?

'250' ✓

Exit quiz

$Lucas spins a spinner with colours: {green, orange, brown}. P(green) = 30%. P(orange) = P(brown). P(brown) = <span class="blank">______</span>%.$

Lucas spins a spinner with colours: {green, orange, brown}. P(green) = 30%. P(orange) = P(brown). P(brown) = ______%.

'35' ✓
Izzy plays a game she can either win (W), lose (L), or draw (D) P(W) = 0.55. P(L) is twice as likely as P(D). P(D) = ______.

'0.15' ✓
A game can either be won by Alex, Sam, or Jacob. By constructing and solving an algebraic equation, find P(Sam wins).

0.14

0.2

0.28 ✓

0.3

0.7
A spinner with outcomes {A, B, C, D} is spun once. P(A) = 0.12. P(B) = $x$ . P(C) is twice as likely as P(B). P(D) is equally likely as P(A or C). Find an expression for P(D) in terms of $x$ .

$0.12 + x$

$0.12 + 2x$ ✓

$0.12 - 2x$

$0.12 - x$

$0.12 \times x$
A bag of marbles only contains white (W), green (G), and cyan (C) marbles. 36% of the marbles are white. P(G) : P(C) = 3 : 5. P(C) = ______%.

'40' ✓
$A bag of sweets only contains four flavours. The table shows the frequency of each type of sweet in the bag. P(cherry) = <Math>3\over10</Math>. The number of apple sweets in the bag is <span class="blank">______</span>.$

A bag of sweets only contains four flavours. The table shows the frequency of each type of sweet in the bag. P(cherry) = $3\over10$ . The number of apple sweets in the bag is ______.

'17' ✓

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Key learning points

Equations can be constructed when there is a known relationship between the probabilities of exhaustive events
Equations can be manipulated and solved to find missing probabilities
Algebraic statements can be created regardless of the way the probabilities are displayed

Common misconception

Pupils may be unsure whether a variable represents a probability, frequency or a particular outcome.

Variables can be used to represent either of these pieces of information. It can be helpful to start a problem by writing down what any variables represent (e.g. "Let x = the total number of marbles).

Keywords

Probability - The probability that an event will occur is the proportion of times the event is expected to happen in a suitably large experiment.