2 Hannah is going to play one game of chess and one game of backgammon.

The probability she will win the game of chess is 0.6

The probability she will win the game of backgammon is 0.7.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

Chess Backgammon

Hannah
wins

Hannah
wins
Hannah does
not win

Hannah
wins

Hannah
does not
win
Hannah does
not win

(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Hannah will win both games.

(2)
(Total for question 2 is 4 marks)
3 Rachel has two bags.

In the first bag there are 4 red balls and 6 green balls.
In the second bag there are 3 red balls and 5 green balls.

Rachel takes at random a ball from the first bag.

She then takes at random a ball from the second bag.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

First Bag Second Bag

Red

Red

Green

Red

Green

Green
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Rachel takes two green balls.

(2)
(Total for question 3 is 4 marks)
4 Jo is going to play one tennis match and match of squash.
4
The probability she will win the tennis match is
5

7
The probability she will win the squash match is
10

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

Tennis Squash

Jo wins

Jo wins

Jo does
not win

Jo wins

Jo does
not win

Jo does
not win

(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Jo will win both matches.

(2)
(Total for question 4 is 4 marks)
5 Each day Paul wears either a black tie or a red tie to work.
5
On any day the probability he wears a black tie is
9
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.

Monday Tuesday

Black
Tie

Black
Tie

Red
Tie

Black
Tie
Red
Tie

Red
Tie
(2)

(b) Work out the probability Paul wears different coloured ties on Monday and Tuesday .

(2)
(Total for question 5 is 4 marks)
6 Jon plays a game where he can win, draw or lose.

The probability Jon wins any game 0.5.

The probability Jon draws any game is 0.3

Jon plays two games.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram

First game Second game

Win

Win Draw

0.5 Lose

Win

0.3
Draw Draw

Lose

Win

Lose Draw

Lose

(b) Work out the probability Jon wins both games. (2)

(2)
(Total for question 6 is 4 marks)
11 A biased spinner can land on red, blue, yellow and green.

The table shows the probabilities that the spinner will land on red, blue and yellow.

Colour Red Blue Yellow Green

Probability 0.3 0.25 0.15

(a) Complete the table.

(2)
Kelly is going to spin the spinner 60 times.

(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner will land on red.

(2)
(Total for question 11 is 4 marks)

12 In a bag there are only red counters, blue counters and white counters.
A counter is taken at random from the bag.
The table shows the probability of getting a red counter.

Colour Red Blue White

Probability 0.2

The probability of getting a blue counter is the same as the probability of getting a white counter.

(a) Complete the table.

There are 18 red counters in the bag. (2)

(b) Work out the total number of counters in the bag.

(2)
(Total for question 13 is 4 marks)
13 A biased spinner can land on 1, 2, 3 or 4.
The table shows the probabilities that the spinner will land on 2 and 4.

Number 1 2 3 4
Probability 0.32 0.17

The probability that the spinner will land on 1 is twice the probability that the spinner will
land on 3.

(a) Complete the table.

(2)

Johnny is going to spin the spinner 200 times.

(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner will land on 2.

(2)
(Total for question 13 is 4 marks)

14 The table shows the probabilities that a biased dice will land on 1, on 2, on 3, on 5 and on 6.

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.14 0.2 0.08 0.13 0.21

The dice is rolled 200 times.

Work out an estimate for the number of times the dice will land on 2 or on 4.

(Total for question 14 is 3 marks)

15 In a box there are only red pens, blue pens, black pens and green pens.

A pen is taken at random from the box.

The table shows the probabilities that the pen will be red or will be green.

Colour Red Blue Black Green

Probability 0.42 0.14

The probability that the pen will be black is three times the probability that the pen will be blue.

There are 28 green pens in the box.

Work out the number of black pens in the box.

(Total for question 15 is 4 marks)

16 In a bag there are only red counters, blue counters, green counters and yellow counters.

A counter is taken at random from the bag.

The table shows the probabilities that the counter will be green or will be yellow.

Colour Red Blue Green Yellow

Probability 0.35 0.20

The probability that the counter will be red is twice the probability that the counter will be blue.

There are 21 green counters in the bag.

Work out the number of red counters in the bag.

(Total for question 16 is 4 marks)

6. A gym runs two fitness classes, spinning and circuits.

On Saturday 100 people visited the gym.

18 people attended the spinning class.
10 people attended both classes.
56 people did not attend either class.

(a) Represent this information on a Venn diagram

(3)

A person who attended the gym is selected at random.

Find the probability that this person

(b) attended only circuits

............................
(2)

(c) attended exactly one class

............................
(2)

(d) attended spinning, given that they attended circuits

............................
(2)

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7. Jennifer asked 80 people which sports they enjoy from Football, Hockey and
Rugby.

(a) How many people enjoy all three sports?

............................
(1)

(b) How many people enjoy football and hockey but not rugby?

............................
(2)

(c) How many people enjoy football and rugby but not hockey?

............................
(2)

(d) Work out which sport is enjoyed by the most number of people.

............................
(3)

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12. A PE test has two sections, theory and practical.

Everyone in a class who took the PE test passed at least one section.
62% passes the theory section and 83% passed the practical section.

(a) Represent this information on a Venn diagram

(3)

A student is selected at random.

Work out the probability that this person

(a) passed the theory section, given they passed the practical section.

............................
(2)

(b) passed the practical section, given they passed only one section.

............................
(2)

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