Mutually Exclusive Events Worksheet
Explore mutually exclusive events in probability for Grade 6, including identification and calculation of probabilities.
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Understanding Mutually Exclusive Events
Mutually exclusive events are events that cannot happen at the same time. For example, when you flip a coin, you can either get heads or tails, but not both at once. These are mutually exclusive events.
1. Rolling a 3 and rolling an even number on a standard six-sided die are mutually exclusive events.
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False
2. Drawing a red card and drawing a king from a standard deck of cards are mutually exclusive events.
True
False
3. Which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive?
Drawing a Queen and drawing a Heart
Rolling an odd number and rolling a prime number on a die
Flipping a coin and getting heads and flipping a coin and getting tails
Picking a blue marble and picking a striped marble from a bag of mixed marbles
4. If two events cannot happen at the same time, they are called events.
5. The probability of two mutually exclusive events both occurring is .
6. Describe an example of two events that are NOT mutually exclusive.
7. Look at the Venn Diagram below. Are events A and B mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.