SampleSpaceDiagrams

scoreon2nd
dice

scoreon2nd
dice

scoreon2nd
dice

1.Twofairdicearethrowntogetherandthescoresareaddedtogether.
a)Copyandcompletethesamplespacediagramshowingallthepossibleoutcomes

scoreon1stdice

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2
3
4
5
6
1

7
2

b)Howmanyoutcomesaretherealtogether?
c)Whatisthemostlikelyscore?
d)Whataretheleastlikelyscores?
e)Copyandcompletethetableshowingtheprobabilitiesofthrowingallthescoresfrom2
to12
score 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
prob

f)Whatistheprobabilityofascorethatis
i)
biggerthan10(doesnotinclude10)
iv) asquarenumber(1,4,9,16,25)
ii) between3and7(notinclusive)
v) aprimenumber(2,3,5,7,11,13)
iii) even
vi) atrianglenumber(1,3,6,10,15,)

2.Thesamplespacediagramshowstheoutcomesfromthrowing2dicewhenthescoresareNOT
addedtogether.

scoreon1stdice

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2
3
4
5
6
1
(1,1) (2,1) (3,1) (4,1) (5,1) (6,1)
2
(1,2) (2,2) (3,2) (4,2) (5,2) (6,2)
3
(1,3) (2,3) (3,3) (4,3) (5,3) (6,3)
4
(1,4) (2,4) (3,4) (4,4) (5,4) (6,4)
5
(1,5) (2,5) (3,5) (4,5) (5,5) (6,5)
6
(1,6) (2,6) (3,6) (4,6) (5,6) (6,6)
Whatistheprobabilitythat
a)thescoreisadouble?
b)thescoreisanevendouble?
c)thescoreononediceistwicethescoreontheotherdice?
d)atleastoneofthediceshowsa2?
e)atleastoneofthediceshowsamultipleof3?

3.Copyandcompletethediagramfortheeventthedifferencebetweenthescoreswhentwofair
sixsideddicearethrowni.e.subtractthesmallerscorefromthebiggerscore.

scoreon1stdice

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0

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size

Fortheeventdescribed,findtheprobabilitythat
a)thedifferenceis1
b)thedifferenceis0
c)thedifferenceis4
d)thedifferenceis6
e)thedifferenceisanoddnumber

4.Twofivesidedspinnersarespuntogether.
a)Drawasamplespacediagramshowingallthescoresyougetwhenthetwoscoresare
addedtogether.
b)Howmanyoutcomesarethere?
c)Findtheprobabilitythat
i)thetotalscoreis5
ii)thetotalscoreisanevennumber
iii)thetotalscoreisadouble
iv)thetotalscoreislessthan7

5.Twoeightsideddiceshowingthenumbers1to8werethrownatthesametime.

WhatistheprobabilitythatthePRODUCT(multiplication)ofthetwodiceisasquarenumber?

6.Isaacrollstwodiceandmultipliesbothnumberstogethertogivetheirproduct.Hewantstoknow
theprobabilityofrollingtwodicethatwillgivehimaproductbetween19and35.Explainwhya
samplespacediagramwillhelphim.

7.Nicwenttothegardencentretobuysomeroses.

Shefoundtheycameinsixdifferentcolourswhite,red,orange,yellow,pinkandcopper.

Shealsofoundtheycameinfivedifferentsizesdwarf,small,medium,largeclimbingandrambling.

a)Copyandcompletethesamplespacediagramshowingalltheoutcomes

colour

white red orange yellow pink copper

dwarf(D)
W&D

small(S)

R&S

medium(M)

largeclimbing(L)

rambling(R)

C&R
b)ShebuysaroseatrandomforAuntieJanet.AuntieJanetisfussyandonlylikesredandpinkroses
andshedoesnotlikeclimbingorramblingroses(toldyoushewasfussy).Whatistheprobability
thatNichasboughtarosei)thatshelikesii)thatshedoesNOTlike.

8.MrsRobertsasked:Whatistheprobabilityofrollingdiceandgettingatotalof10orless.You
mustchoosefrom:impossible,veryunlikely,evenchance,likely,verylikelyorcertain.
EvierepliedItdependsonhowmanydiceIuse.
Forhowmanydiceiseachofthepossiblechoicesananswer?