
Of a group of five students, two will be selected for a school trip by picking names out of a hat. The five students are Jack, Mary, Rafa, Harry and Pietronella.
With the aid of a tree diagram or a table of outcomes, find the number of different possible combinations of students that could be selected.


Important Questions on What are the Chances? (Simple Probability)
Of a group of five students, two will be selected for a school trip by picking names out of a hat. The five students are Jack, Mary, Rafa, Harry and Pietronella.
Find the probability that Mary and Pietronella will go on the trip.

Alix has a box of red, yellow and green marbles. She picks a marble from the box, without looking.
The table shows the probabilities of picking the different colors.
What is the probability that Alix picks a green marble?

Alix has a box of red, yellow and green marbles. She picks a marble from the box, without looking.
The table shows the probabilities of picking the different colors.
There are yellow marbles in the box. How many red marbles are there?

Alix has a box of red, yellow and green marbles. She picks a marble from the box, without looking.
The table shows the probabilities of picking the different colors.
Alix picks a marble, then replaces it in the box and picks another.
Draw a tree diagram to show the probabilities.

Alix has a box of red, yellow and green marbles. She picks a marble from the box, without looking.
The table shows the probabilities of picking the different colors.
Alix picks a marble, then replaces it in the box and picks another.
What is the probability that at least one of the marbles is red?

In a group of people, choose a main course, choose a starter and choose both.
Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information.

In a group of people, choose a main course, choose a starter and choose both. What is the probability that a person picked at random chooses a main course but no starter?

A group of children are asked if they play lacrosse, basketball, volleyball or none of these sports. The results are:
children do not play any of these sports, children play all three sports, play volleyball and basketball, play lacrosse and basketball, play lacrosse and volleyball,
play basketball, play volleyball.
Draw a Venn diagram to display this information.
