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MATHEMATICS
Quarter 4 – Module 8
Analyzing and Solving Routine and
Non-Routine Problems Involving
Experimental Probability
Mathematics – Grade 5
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Quarter 4 – Module 8: Analyzing and Solving Routine and Non-Routine
Problems Involving Experimental Probability
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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 8
Analyzing and Solving
Routine and Non-Routine
Problems Involving
Experimental Probability
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LEARNING COMPETENCIES:

 Analyzes data obtained from chance using

experiments involving letter cards (A to Z) and number
cards ( 0 to 20 )(M5SP-IVi-16)
 Solves routine and non-routine problems involving
experimental probability (M5SP-IVi-17)

OBJECTIVES:
K: Analyzes data obtained from chance using
experiments involving letter cards (A to Z) and
number cards ( 0 to 20 )
S: Solves routine and non-routine problems
involving experimental probability
A: Shows interest in solving experimental
probability

Read each problem carefully and answer the

questions that follow. Write only the letter of the correct
answer in your notebook.
Problem 1:
A card was drawn 15 times from a deck of 26 letter
cards (from A to Z). The table shows the table of outcomes
from the experiment.

K L B T U
E A T S I
N D K F P

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 1. What is the experimental probability that a
consonant is drawn?
11 11 12 14
A. B. C. D.
26 15 15 15

2. What is the experimental probability that a vowel is

drawn?
4 5 4 5
A. B. C. D.
26 26 15 15

3. What is the experimental probability that the letter

drawn is repeated?
2 4 2 4
A. B. C. D.
26 26 15 25

4. What is the experimental probability that the letter

drawn is X?
2 5 7
A. 0 B. C. D.
15 15 15

Problem 2:
The table shows the results of a card experiment.
Each time a card was picked, it was returned to the bag.
What is the experimental probability of picking a red
card?
Card Experiment
Outcome Number
blue 27
green 15
red 8

5. What is asked?
A. The number of trials made in picking the card
B. The number of times the blue card was picked
C. The experimental probability of picking a red
card
D. The number of times the green card was picked

6. What are the given facts?

A. 15 blue cards, 8 green cards and 27 red cards

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 B. 27 blue cards, 15 green cards and 8 red cards

C. 8 blue cards, 15 green cards and 27 red cards

D. 27 blue cards, 8 green cards and 15 red cards

7. What is the formula to be used?

A. P(E) = number of times the event occurs
total number of trials

B. P (E) = total number of trials

total number of trials

C. P(E) = ______total number of trials________

number of times the event occurs
D. P(E) = number of times the event occurs
number of times the event occurs

8. What is the answer?

8 4 8 4
A. B. C. D.
25 25 50 50

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 Analyzing and Solving Routine and
Lesson Non-Routine Problems Involving
Experimental Probability

’s In

Match the fraction in Column A to its corresponding ratio in

Column B. Write only the letter of the correct answer in your
notebook.

Column A Column B

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1. A. 13:15
4

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2. B. 3:4
12

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3. C. 1:5
9

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4. D. 7:12
15

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5. E. 5:9
5

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 ’s New

Study and analyze the problem.

Pedro writes the letters of the word below in pieces of

paper and put them in a box. He then picks one letter at
a time. What are the possible outcomes? Find the
probability of drawing P; a vowel; I or P.

P H I L I P P I N E S

is It

How to solve the problem above?

To solve problems involving experimental probability,
a 4-Step Plan is used:
 Understand
 Plan
 Solve
 Check

1. Understand.
a. What is asked?
 The number of possible outcomes of picking one
letter at a time from the word PHILIPPINES
 The probability of drawing P
 The probability of drawing a vowel
 The probability of drawing I or P
b. What are the given facts?
 The letters of the word PHILIPPINES put in the box.

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2. Plan.
What strategy can we use to solve the problem?
 We can do an experiment of drawing a letter
from the box.

3. Solve.
a. Since the word PHILIPPINES has 11 letters, then there
is a total of 11 possible outcomes.

Answer :11 possible outcomes

b. There are 3 favorable outcomes when drawing a P:

(P, P, P)
favorable outcomes 3
=
total possible outcomes 11
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Answer: The probability of drawing a P is .
11

c. There are 4 favorable outcomes when drawing a

vowel: (I, I, I, E)
favorable outcomes 4
=
total possible outcomes 11
4
Answer: The probability of drawing a vowel is .
11

d. There are 6 favorable outcomes when drawing I or

P: (I, I, I, P, P, P)
favorable outcomes 6
=
total possible outcomes 11
6
Answer: The probability of drawing I or P is .
11

4. Check.
By conducting the experiment of drawing a letter
from a box, we can actually check if our answers
are correct.

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More Example:

A bag contains 12 mangoes and 4 bananas. What is the

probability of pulling mangoes?

Solution:

1. Understand.
a. Know what is asked
 The probability of pulling mangoes
b. Know the given fact
 There are 16 fruits in the bag

2. Plan.
 There are 16 fruits inside the bag. Twelve are mangoes.
 Use the formula, and then substitute.
P(E) = Number of times the event occurs
Total number of Trials
3. Solve.
12 3
 The probability of pulling a mango is: = or 0.75 = 75%
16 4

4. Check and Look Back.

 Since the bag contains 16 fruits and 12 are mangoes, the
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probability of pulling a mango is = or 0.75 = 75%
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’s More

Read each problem carefully. Then, provide your answers in

your notebook.

Example:
A die is thrown 100 times out of which 4 appears 30 times. Find
the experimental probability of getting the number 4?

Answer:
30 3
or
100 10

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1. A box contains 15 red balls, 12 blue balls and 13 green
marbles. Find the experimental probability of not getting a
green ball?

2. A bag contains 3 red lollipops, 3 green lollipops and 3 orange

lollipop. What is the probability of picking a green lollipop?

3. If a coin tossed 15 times, head appears 3 times. Find the

experimental probability of getting a head?

4. There are 10 books in the shelf, 3 Mathematics books, 2 Filipino

books, 4 Science books and 1 English book. What is the
probability of picking Mathematics books?

5. A bag contains 3 blue, 4 red, 2 white and 1 green marbles.

You draw out a marble without looking in the bag. What is
the probability that you will not draw a red marble?

I Have Learned

How do you tell the number of favorable outcomes/chances?

 A favorable outcome is the result we want to happen in an
event.

How to solve problems involving experimental probability?

 To solve problems, use the 4-step plan:
 Plan
 Solve
 Check
 Look Back

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 I Can Do

Use the problem below to answer the questions that

follow.

Mae rolls two dice 100 times and records the sum of
the numbers on the top faces. The results are shown
below.
Rolling Two Dice
Outcome
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(Sum)
Number of
Times it 2 4 6 8 12 14 17 15 11 9 4
Happened

Which sum occurred least often? Which sum

occurred most often? What is the experimental probability
of getting a sum less than 5?

1. What is asked?
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________
2. What are the given facts?
___________________________________________________
3. What strategy can we use to solve the problem?
___________________________________________________
4. Solve
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________
5. Check
___________________________________________________

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A. Answer each question. Write the letter of the correct
answer in your notebook.

1. Kay and Kate are rolling a regular 0-5 number cube. Kay wins
if 0 is rolled. Kate wins if 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is rolled. Who do you think
will win more often?
A. Kay C. Both of them
B. Kate D. Nobody

2. A bag has 1 blue, 4 green, 2 red and 5 yellow marbles. What

is the probability that you get a green marble?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
5 4 3 2

3. Study the table of chances. A letter card was picked for

30trials.

How many times was letter card M picked?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 12

4. In a box containing 4 red balls, 6 yellow balls, 5 green balls,

and 10 white balls, what are the chances of picking a white
ball?
1 2 3 4
A. B. C. D.
5 5 5 5

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 B. Put a check mark (/) in your notebook if the given answer in
each question is correct and cross (x) if it is not.

Two dice are rolled ten times and the total number of dots are
added up. Here are the outcomes of the sum:

6 7 12 5 2 9 10 5 7 8

What is the experimental probability that the sum is an even

number?

1. What is asked?
Answer: The experimental probability that the sum is an odd
number.

2. What are the given facts?

Answer: The result of the experiment as shown in the table.

3. What strategy can we use to solve the problem?

Answer: Analyzing the given situation and applying the
formula could help us solve the problem.

4. What is the formula to be used?

Answer:
Number of Times that the Sum is an Even Number
P (E) =
Total Number of Trials
5. What is the answer?
1
Answer:
10

6. How to check the answer?

Answer: Use the inverse operation

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 Read and analyze the given data. Then, write your answer
for each in your notebook.
A spinner numbered 1 to 8 is spun. What is the probability of
spinning _________?
Example:
2 1
A number divisible by 3 = or
8 4

1. An odd number

2. A multiple of 2 7 1
3 6
3. A composite number
5 4
4. A smallest even number 2 8

5. 10

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What I Know
What’s In
1. B 5. C
1. B
2. C 6. B
2. D
3. C 7. A
3. E
4. A 8. B
4. A
5. C
What’s More Assessment
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3. A 3. /
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5. or 5. x
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References
K to 12 Most Essential Learning Competencies (2020)

Lumbre, Angelina P. et. al. (2016). 21st Century MATHletes 5

Textbook. Quezon City: Vibal Group, Inc.

Mathematics V: Learner’s Manual

Mathematics V: Teacher’s Guide

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