Mathematics
In a single throw of a die, find the probability of getting :
(i) an odd number
(ii) a number less than 5
(iii) a number greater than 5
(iv) a prime number
(v) a number less than 7
(vi) a number divisible by 3
(vii) a number between 3 and 6
(viii) a number divisible by 2 or 3.
Related Questions
A carton consist of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major defects. Peter, a trader, will only accept the shirts which are good, but Salim, another trader, will only reject the shirts which have major defects. One shirt is drawn at random from the carton. What is the probability that
(i) it is acceptable to Peter?
(ii) it is acceptable to Salim?
A die is thrown once. What is the probability that the
(i) number is even
(ii) number is greater than 2?
A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (shown in the adjoining figure) and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at
(i) 8?
(ii) an odd number?
(iii) a number greater than 2?
(iv) a number less than 9?
