Math Problem Statement

  1. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white, and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is the probability that it will be (a) white? (b) blue? (c) red?
  2. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting (a) a prime number (b) a number lying between 2 and 6 (c) an odd number.
  3. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is (a) red ? (b) not red?
  4. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (a) red ? (b) white ? (c) not green?
  5. A bag has 4 red balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn from the bag without looking into the bag. What is probability of getting a red ball?
  6. Cards are marked with numbers 1 to 25 are placed in the box and mixed thoroughly. One card is drawn at random from the box. What is the probability that the cards are marked with (a) a prime number (b) an even number (c) a number multiple of 5 (d) a number divisible by 6 and (e) a number 4.

Solution

Let's solve each problem one by one.

Question 5

A box contains 3 blue, 2 white, and 4 red marbles.

  • Total marbles = 3 (blue) + 2 (white) + 4 (red) = 9 marbles.

(a) Probability of drawing a white marble = P(white)=29P(\text{white}) = \frac{2}{9}

(b) Probability of drawing a blue marble = P(blue)=39=13P(\text{blue}) = \frac{3}{9} = \frac{1}{3}

(c) Probability of drawing a red marble = P(red)=49P(\text{red}) = \frac{4}{9}


Question 6

A die is thrown once. The possible outcomes are {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.

(a) Probability of getting a prime number (prime numbers between 1 and 6 are 2, 3, and 5): P(prime)=36=12P(\text{prime}) = \frac{3}{6} = \frac{1}{2}

(b) Probability of getting a number between 2 and 6 (inclusive) {3, 4, 5}: P(between 2 and 6)=56P(\text{between 2 and 6}) = \frac{5}{6}

(c) Probability of getting an odd number (odd numbers are 1, 3, 5): P(odd)=36=12P(\text{odd}) = \frac{3}{6} = \frac{1}{2}


Question 7

A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls.

  • Total balls = 3 (red) + 5 (black) = 8 balls.

(a) Probability of drawing a red ball = P(red)=38P(\text{red}) = \frac{3}{8}

(b) Probability of not drawing a red ball (which means drawing a black ball) = P(not red)=58P(\text{not red}) = \frac{5}{8}


Question 8

A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles, and 4 green marbles.

  • Total marbles = 5 (red) + 8 (white) + 4 (green) = 17 marbles.

(a) Probability of drawing a red marble = P(red)=517P(\text{red}) = \frac{5}{17}

(b) Probability of drawing a white marble = P(white)=817P(\text{white}) = \frac{8}{17}

(c) Probability of drawing a marble that is not green (red or white) = P(not green)=5+817=1317P(\text{not green}) = \frac{5 + 8}{17} = \frac{13}{17}


Question 9

A bag has 4 red balls and 2 yellow balls.

  • Total balls = 4 (red) + 2 (yellow) = 6 balls.

Probability of drawing a red ball = P(red)=46=23P(\text{red}) = \frac{4}{6} = \frac{2}{3}


Question 10

Cards are marked with numbers from 1 to 25.

  • Total cards = 25.

(a) Probability of drawing a prime number (prime numbers between 1 and 25 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23): P(prime)=925P(\text{prime}) = \frac{9}{25}

(b) Probability of drawing an even number (even numbers are {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24}): P(even)=1225P(\text{even}) = \frac{12}{25}

(c) Probability of drawing a multiple of 5 (multiples of 5 between 1 and 25 are {5, 10, 15, 20, 25}): P(multiple of 5)=525=15P(\text{multiple of 5}) = \frac{5}{25} = \frac{1}{5}

(d) Probability of drawing a number divisible by 6 (multiples of 6 between 1 and 25 are {6, 12, 18}): P(divisible by 6)=325P(\text{divisible by 6}) = \frac{3}{25}

(e) Probability of drawing the number 4: P(4)=125P(\text{4}) = \frac{1}{25}


Do you have any questions or need further details? Here are 5 related questions to explore further:

  1. What is the probability of drawing two blue marbles consecutively without replacement from Question 5?
  2. In Question 6, what is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
  3. What would the probability be in Question 7 if two balls were drawn with replacement?
  4. For Question 8, what is the probability of drawing a marble that is neither red nor white?
  5. In Question 10, what is the probability of drawing a card that is either even or a multiple of 5?

Tip: When calculating probability, always ensure that the events considered are mutually exclusive (can't happen at the same time) when adding probabilities together.

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Probability
Combinatorics
Prime Numbers
Counting Methods

Formulas

P(event) = (number of favorable outcomes) / (total number of outcomes)

Theorems

Basic Probability Theorem
Prime Number Theorem (for identifying prime numbers)

Suitable Grade Level

Grades 6-8