Pick an item

Pick an item

Pencil and paper
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Using this Resource
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Marking Student Responses
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a)

John has 8 marbles in his pocket, 5 are red and 3 are blue. If John pulls one marble out of his pocket what is the probability that it is blue?
  
(A)   \(1 \over 8\)          (B)   \(3 \over 8\)          (C)   \(3 \over 5\)          (D)   \(5 \over 8\)
 
(E)   None of these. The probability it is blue is __________.

b)

A kitchen drawer contains 4 steak knives and 6 table knives. If one knife is taken from the drawer, what is the chance that it is a table knife?
   
(A)   \(1 \over 10\)          (B)   \(1 \over 6\)          (C)   \(2 \over 5\)          (D)   \(3 \over 5\)
 
(E)   None of these. The chance that it is a table knife is __________.

c) 

Mere has 6 textbooks in her bag: 2 are mathematics books, one is a social studies book and the rest are English books. She takes out one book at random. What is the probability that it is an English book?
  
(A)   \(1 \over 6\)          (B)   \(1 \over 4\)          (C)   \(1 \over 3\)          (D)   \(1 \over 2\)
 
(E)   None of these. The probability it is an English book is __________.
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Description of task: 
Students select answers from multiple choice questions to show the probability of certain events happening.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of identifying likelihoods written as fractions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (11/1997)

a) B moderate
b) D difficult
c) D difficult