JOHN PAUL’S SCHOOL SCORE
MATHEMATICS PRIMARY 6
HOMEWORK
2024-2025
UNIT 9 PROBABILITY
Answer all questions. The number of marks for each question or
part of the question is shown in brackets [ ].
1 Arun, Marcus, Sofia, and Zara have been investigating probability.
They are taking shapes out of bags without looking.
a Draw a line from each child to the number of bags.
[2]
1
b One of these bags of shapes does not belong to any of the
children. Complete the statements for this extra bag of shapes.
The probability of taking a prism from the bag is ……. out of ……
The probability of taking a 3D shape from the bag is …. out of ….
The probability of taking a pyramid from the bag is ….. out of …..
[2]
2 Here is a set of cards used in a game.
Tasha is going to investigate the chance of taking a card with
a triangle symbol.
a Circle the cards with a triangle symbol. [1]
b Put an X next to the events below that could not occur at the
same time as taking a card with a triangle symbol.
[2]
2
3 This is a net of a six-sided dice.
Tick (✓) the correct statement below.
[1]
4 Kapil says that rolling a ‘4’ on an ordinary 6-sided dice and rolling
an odd number on a dice are mutually exclusive.
Is Kapit correct? ……………
Complete the sentence.
Two events are mutually exclusive when they
…………………………………………………………………………. [1]
a What is the chance of spinning a 2? ……………………….. [1]
b If you spin the spinner 50 times, how many 2s would you
expect to see? ………………………………………………... [1]
3
6 Some children are members of a tennis club.
This Carroll diagram shows the children in the club.
a How many children are members of the club? ……………. [1]
b One child is chosen at random for a lesson.
What is the chance that:
i The child is a girl under 13 years old? ……………………
ii The child is a boy not under 13 years old? ………………
iii The child is a boy? …………………………………………
iv The child is not a boy under 13 years old? ……………... [2]
7 Lola has six t-shirts. She takes a t-shirt at random.
These are four events that could occur when Lola takes a t-shirt.
Tick (✓) the events that are mutually exclusive for a set of t-shirts.
[2]
4
8 Marco has put 4 different coloured balls into a bag.
He is going to conduct a chance experiment and record outcomes
when he takes and replaces a ball 100 times from the bag.
These are his predictions:
• I expect to take a red ball 20 times.
• I expect that none of the balls I take will be blue.
• I expect to take a yellow ball 25 times.
• I expect to take a purple ball 50 times.
• I expect to take a green ball 5 times.
a Colour the picture to show what colour balls Marco put into bag.
[1]
b If you experimented would you expect your results to be exactly
as you predicted? Why?
…………………………………………………………………………...
………………………………………………………………………. [1]
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Mark Scheme
1a
b The third bag does not belong to either of the children.
The probability of taking a prism from the bag is 3 out of 4.
The probability of taking a 3D shape from the bag is 4 out of 4.
The probability of taking a pyramid from the bag is 1 out of 4.
2a
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b
4 Yes, (Learners’ explanations), for example:
Two events are mutually exclusive when they cannot happen at the
same time.
5 a 1/5 or 1 out of 5 b 10
6a8 b i 1/8 or 1 out of 8 ii 3/8 or 3 out of 8
iii 5/8 or 5 out of 8 iv 5/8 or 5 out of 8 v 6/8 = ¾ or 3 out of 4
8 a Balls coloured: 4 red, 0 blue, 5 yellow, 10 purple and 1 green.
b No, because each time a ball is selected, the outcome is random.
As the experiment continues, the pattern of outcomes may become
closer to the predictions.
