Probability
Probability
V E N N D I A G R A M
Write down the probability that the letter on the card is not A.
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(b) A card is chosen at random from these 11 cards and then replaced.
A second card is then chosen at random.
Find the probability that exactly one card has the letter N.
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[Total: 4]
2
E M
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50 students are asked if they like English (E) and if they like mathematics (M).
3 say they do not like English and do not like mathematics.
33 say they like English.
42 say they like mathematics.
Find the probability that this student likes English and likes mathematics.
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2
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[Total: 7]
Monday Tuesday
Late
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Late
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Not late
Late
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Not late
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Not late
[2]
(b) Calculate the probability that Shalini is late on Monday but is not late on Tuesday.
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[Total: 4]
4 The Venn diagram shows the number of students in a group of 50 students who wear glasses (G), who wear
trainers (T) and who have a mobile phone (M).
4
G
T
0 2 3
2
19 14
1
M 9
(a) Use set notation to describe the region that contains only one student.
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(b) Find .
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Find the probability that this student wears trainers but does not wear glasses.
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(d) Two students are picked at random from those wearing trainers.
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[Total: 6]
Red
5 Red
8
Blue
Red
Blue
Blue
[2]
(b) Work out the probability that both of the balls she takes are blue.
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[Total: 4]
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6
Show that the probability that these two students wear hats of the same colour is .
[3]
Find the probability that at least two of these three students wear red hats.
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[Total: 8]
7 The heights, h metres, of the 120 boys in an athletics club are recorded.
The table shows information about the heights of the boys.
Height
(h metres)
Frequency 7 18 30 24 27 14
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Find the probability that this boy has a height greater than 1.8 m.
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Calculate the probability that one of the boys has a height greater than 1.8 m and the other two
boys each have a height of 1.4 m or less.
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(c) (i) Use the frequency table to complete the cumulative frequency table.
Height
(h metres)
Cumulative
7 25
frequency
[2]
8
(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.
[3]
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[Total: 18]
Speed (v km/h)
Frequency 16 34 62 58 26 4
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(b) (i) Use the frequency table to complete the cumulative frequency table.
Speed (v km/h)
[1]
[3]
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Find the probability that they both have a speed greater than 50 km/h.
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[Total: 13]
Find the probability that the flowers are not red and not yellow.
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[2]
11
(ii) Find the probability that a seed chosen at random produces red flowers.
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Find the probability that this seed does not produce red flowers and does not produce yellow
flowers.
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Find the probability that one produces flowers and one does not produce flowers.
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[Total: 11]
10
On any Saturday, the probability that Arun plays football is .
[2]
(ii) Calculate the probability that, one Saturday, Arun and Bob both play football.
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(iii) Calculate the probability that, one Saturday, either Arun plays football or Bob plays football,
but not both.
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13
(b) Calculate the probability that Bob plays football for 2 of the next 3 Saturdays.
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(c) When Arun plays football, the probability that he scores the winning goal is .
Calculate the probability that Arun scores the winning goal one Saturday.
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[Total: 12]