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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.

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Important Questions on What are the Chances? (Simple Probability)

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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.

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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.

 Color  Probability  red 0.4 yellow 0.25 green 

What is the probability that Alix picks a green marble? 

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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.

 Color  Probability  red 0.4 yellow 0.25 green 

There are 5 yellow marbles in the box. How many red marbles are there?

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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.

 Color  Probability  red 0.4 yellow 0.25 green 

Alix picks a marble, then replaces it in the box and picks another.

Draw a tree diagram to show the probabilities.

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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.

 Color  Probability  red 0.4 yellow 0.25 green 

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?

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In a group of 40 people, 35 choose a main course, 10 choose a starter and 7 choose both.
Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information.

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In a group of 40 people, 35 choose a main course, 10 choose a starter and 7 choose both. What is the probability that a person picked at random chooses a main course but no starter?

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A group of 30 children are asked if they play lacrosseL, basketballB, volleyballV or none of these sports. The results are:

3 children do not play any of these sports, 2 children play all three sports, 6 play volleyball and basketball, 3 play lacrosse and basketball,  6 play lacrosse and volleyball,
16 play basketball, 12 play volleyball.

Draw a Venn diagram to display this information.