Probability Quiz - ICSE Class 5 Mathematics

Free practice quiz: Probability (ICSE Class 5 Mathematics). 59 multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations. Play online, no sign-up needed.

This ICSE Class 5 Mathematics practice quiz has 59 multiple-choice questions on Probability, and 59 of them come with an explanation. Try the 5 sample questions below (tap an option to check yourself), then play the full quiz online. No sign-up needed.

Sample questions

1. In a bag, there are 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. If you pick one ball at random, what is the probability of picking a red ball?

   1. 3/8
   2. 5/8
   3. 5/3
   4. 3/5
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   Answer: B. 5/8

   The total number of balls in the bag is 5 (red) + 3 (blue) = 8. The number of favorable outcomes (picking a red ball) is 5. Therefore, the probability of picking a red ball is the number of red balls divided by the total number of balls, which is 5/8.

2. From a group of 10 boys and 8 girls, a committee of 2 is to be chosen. What is the probability that the committee consists of 1 boy and 1 girl?

   1. 80/153
   2. 10/18
   3. 8/18
   4. 9/18
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   Answer: A. 80/153

   Total number of ways to choose 2 people from 18 is C(18, 2) = (18*17)/(2*1) = 153. Number of ways to choose 1 boy from 10 is C(10, 1) = 10. Number of ways to choose 1 girl from 8 is C(8, 1) = 8. Number of ways to choose 1 boy and 1 girl is 10 * 8 = 80. The probability is 80/153.

3. What is the probability of selecting the letter 'S' from the word 'SUCCESS'?

   1. 2/7
   2. 3/7
   3. 4/7
   4. 1/7
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   Answer: B. 3/7

   The word 'SUCCESS' has 7 letters. The letter 'S' appears 3 times. The probability of selecting 'S' is 3/7.

4. If you choose a number from 1 to 20, what is the probability that the number is a multiple of 5?

   1. 4/20
   2. 5/20
   3. 6/20
   4. 3/20
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   Answer: A. 4/20

   The multiples of 5 between 1 and 20 are 5, 10, 15, 20. There are 4 such numbers. The total number of possible outcomes is 20. The probability is 4/20.

5. What is the probability of drawing a heart from a standard deck of 52 cards?

   1. 13/52
   2. 1/4
   3. Both A and B
   4. None of the above
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   Answer: C. Both A and B

   There are 13 hearts in a standard deck of 52 cards. The probability of drawing a heart is 13/52. This fraction simplifies to 1/4 by dividing both numerator and denominator by 13. Therefore, both 13/52 and 1/4 are correct.

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1. A fair coin is tossed. What is the probability of getting a 'head'?
2. A die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4?
3. From a deck of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability of drawing an Ace?
4. In a class of 30 students, 12 have brown hair. If a student is chosen at random, what is the probability that the student has brown hair?
5. What is the probability of an impossible event?
6. If the probability of an event happening is 0.7, what is the probability of the event NOT happening?
7. A spinner has 4 equal sections colored red, blue, green, and yellow. What is the probability of landing on green?
8. In a bag, there are 7 apples and 4 oranges. If you pick one fruit at random, what is the probability of picking an apple?
9. A letter is chosen at random from the word 'MATHEMATICS'. What is the probability that the letter chosen is 'M'?
10. What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 when two fair dice are rolled?
11. A bag contains 3 red, 4 green, and 5 blue marbles. If one marble is drawn at random, what is the probability it is NOT green?
12. The probability of raining tomorrow is 0.6. What is the probability of it NOT raining tomorrow?
13. A calendar is opened to a random page. What is the probability that the page shows a Monday?
14. In a box, there are 5 identical chocolates of different flavors: strawberry, mango, orange, pineapple, and grape. If you pick one chocolate at random, what is the probability of picking the mango flavored chocolate?
15. A number is chosen from 1 to 10. What is the probability that the number is a prime number?
16. What is the probability of picking a vowel from the word 'EDUCATION'?
17. A drawer contains 6 red socks and 4 blue socks. If you pick one sock at random, what is the probability it is blue?
18. What is the probability of getting an even number when a single die is rolled?
19. There are 15 students in a class, and 9 of them got an 'A' grade. If a student is selected randomly, what is the probability that the student did NOT get an 'A' grade?
20. A bag contains 2 apples, 3 bananas, and 4 oranges. What is the probability of picking a banana?
21. If you spin a wheel with 5 equal sectors labeled 1 to 5, what is the probability of landing on a number greater than 3?
22. A team has won 4 out of their last 6 matches. Based on this, what is the experimental probability of them winning their next match?
23. From a pack of 12 marbles (6 red, 4 green, 2 blue), what is the probability of picking a blue marble?
24. What is the probability of drawing a king from a standard deck of 52 cards?
25. A number is chosen at random from the set {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 10?
26. If a letter is chosen at random from the word 'BANANA', what is the probability that the letter is 'A'?
27. What is the probability of selecting the number 5 from a bag containing slips of paper numbered 1 through 10?
28. A die is thrown. What is the probability of getting a number less than 3?
29. In a lottery, 100 tickets are sold, and 5 tickets are prize winners. If you buy one ticket, what is the probability of winning a prize?
30. What is the probability that a randomly chosen month of the year has 31 days?
31. A bag contains 8 red balls and 6 green balls. If one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is NOT red?
32. The probability of drawing a spade from a standard deck of 52 cards is 13/52. What is the probability of NOT drawing a spade?
33. A spinner has 8 equal sections, 3 of which are blue. What is the probability of landing on blue?
34. What is the probability of picking the letter 'T' from the word 'STATISTICS'?
35. In a class of 25 students, 15 are boys. If a student is chosen at random, what is the probability that the student is a girl?
36. A survey found that 7 out of 10 people prefer coffee over tea. What is the probability that a randomly chosen person from this survey prefers coffee?
37. What is the probability of rolling a number that is neither even nor odd on a standard die?
38. A box contains 5 green marbles, 3 yellow marbles, and 2 red marbles. What is the probability of picking a green marble?
39. If the probability of winning a game is 0.9, what is the probability of losing the game?
40. A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?
41. What is the probability that a randomly selected day from a week is a weekend day (Saturday or Sunday)?
42. A bag contains 4 red, 5 blue, and 6 green marbles. What is the probability of picking a marble that is not blue?
43. A number is chosen at random from the first 10 positive integers. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 3?
44. A bag contains 7 red balls, 3 green balls, and 5 yellow balls. What is the probability of picking a yellow ball?
45. If the probability of an event is 0.5, what type of event is it?
46. What is the probability of getting a sum of 11 when two fair dice are rolled?
47. A letter is chosen at random from the word 'PROBABILITY'. What is the probability that the letter chosen is 'B'?
48. In a class of 30 students, 18 scored above 80 marks. What is the probability that a randomly selected student scored above 80 marks?
49. What is the probability of drawing a queen from a standard deck of 52 cards?
50. A bag contains 6 red shirts and 4 blue shirts. If you pick one shirt at random, what is the probability it is NOT red?
51. What is the probability of getting a sum of 3 when two fair dice are rolled?
52. A number is chosen from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}. What is the probability that the number is a multiple of 4?
53. In a bag, there are 5 apples and 5 oranges. What is the probability of picking an apple?
54. A letter is selected at random from the word 'MISSISSIPPI'. What is the probability that the letter is 'S'?

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