1. Julie and Pat are going to the cinema.

The probability that Julie will arrive late is 0.2

The probability that Pat will arrive late is 0.6
The two events are independent.

(a) Complete the diagram.

Pat

la te
0 .6
J u lie

la te
0 .2
not
la te

la te

not
la te

not
la te
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Julie and Pat will both arrive late.

……………………………
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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2. Salika travels to school by train every day.

The probability that her train will be late on any day is 0.3

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.

M onday T uesday
0 .3 la te

la te
0 .3
not
la te

la te

not
la te
not
la te
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that her train will be late on at least one of these two days.

……………………………
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

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3. Jacob has 2 bags of sweets.

Bag P Bag Q

Bag P contains 3 green sweets and 4 red sweets.

Bag Q contains 1 green sweet and 3 yellow sweets.

Jacob takes one sweet at random from each bag.

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

B ag P B ag Q

g re e n

3 g re e n
7
y e llo w

g re e n

re d

y e llo w
(2)

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 (b) Calculate the probability that Jacob will take 2 green sweets.

………………….
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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4. Amy is going to play one game of snooker and one game of billiards.
1
The probability that she will win the game of snooker is 3
3
The probability that she will win the game of billiards is 4
The probability tree diagram shows this information.

Amy played one game of snooker and one game of billiards on a number of Fridays.
She won at both snooker and billiards on 21 Fridays.

Work out an estimate for the number of Fridays on which Amy did not win either game.

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(Total 3 marks)

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5. Lucy and Jessica take a test.

The probability that Lucy will pass the test is 0.7

The probability that Jessica will pass the test is 0.4

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

L ucy J e s s ic a
pass
0 .4

pass
0 .7
fa il
pass

fa il

fa il
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that only one of the 2 girls will pass the test.

..............................
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

6. There are 3 boys and 7 girls at a playgroup.

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 Mrs Gold selects two children at random.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram below.

1 s t c h ild 2 n d c h ild
boy
............

3 boy
10 ............ g irl

boy
............
............ g irl

g irl
............
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Mrs Gold selects two girls.

.....................................
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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7. Ivan plays a game of darts and a game of snooker.

3
The probability that he will win at darts is 7

6
The probability that he will win at snooker is 11

Complete the probability tree diagram.

D a r ts Snook er

6
11 W in

3
7 W in

.............. N o t W in

.............. W in

N o t W in

..............

N o t W in
..............
(Total 2 marks)

8. Nicola is going to travel from Swindon to London by train.

1
The probability that the train will be late leaving Swindon is 5

7
If the train is late leaving Swindon, the probability that it will arrive late in London is 10

1
If the train is not late leaving Swindon, the probability that it will arrive late in London is 10

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 (a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

le a v e s S w in d o n a r r iv e s in L o n d o n

la te
............

1 la te
5 ............ n o t la te

la te
............
............ n o t la te

............ n o t la te
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Nicola will arrive late in London.

..........................
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

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9. There are 3 strawberry yoghurts, 2 peach yoghurts and 4 cherry yoghurts in a fridge.

Kate takes a yoghurt at random from the fridge.

She eats the yoghurt.
She then takes a second yoghurt at random from the fridge.

Work out the probability that both the yoghurts were the same flavour.

.....................................
(Total 4 marks)

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10. William has two 10-sided spinners.
The spinners are equally likely to land on each of their sides.

BLU E R ED BLU E RED

RED BLU E
G REEN BLU E
B LU E R ED G REEN B LU E

R ED B LU E
B LU E BLU E
G REEN RED BLU E R ED

A B

Spinner A has 5 red sides, 3 blue sides and 2 green sides.

Spinner B has 2 red sides, 7 blue sides and 1 green side.

William spins spinner A once.

He then spins spinner B once.

Work out the probability that spinner A and spinner B do not land on the same colour.

..........................
(Total 4 marks)

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11. There are 4 bottles of orange juice,
3 bottles of apple juice,
2 bottles of tomato juice.

Viv takes a bottle at random and drinks the juice.

Then Caroline takes a bottle at random and drinks the juice.

Work out the probability that they both take a bottle of the same type of juice.

....................................
(Total 4 marks)

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