1.! A bag contains a green bead (G), a white bead (W) and a purple bead (P).

! A coin can land on tails (T) or heads (H).

! A bead is chosen at random from the bag and the coin is flipped.
! One of the possible outcomes is a green bead and a tail (GT).

! List all the other possible outcomes.

! GT, .........................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

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2.! Molly visits a restaurant with her friends.

! This is a menu.

! Molly chooses one starter and one main.

!
! List all the possible combinations.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

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3.! Micky goes to a coffee shop.
! He chooses one drink and one snack.

!
! Write down all the possible combinations.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

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4.! Orla has four types of vegetable.

!
! ! Peas
! ! Carrots
! ! Turnip
! ! Spinach

! Orla is going to choose 2 different types of vegetable.

! Write down all the possible combinations of vegetable she can choose.!

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

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5.! There are two bags.
! Each bag has three counters inside.

! In bag 1, there is one red counter, one green counter and one pink counter.
! In bag 2, there is one blue counter, one yellow counter and one red counter.

! Rob takes a counter at random from bag 1 and a counter at random from bag 2.

! (a) Write a list of all the possible combinations of the two counters that Rob can
! take.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

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

! (b) Find the probability that Rob takes two counters that are the same colour.

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(1)
6.! Magnus flips a fair coin once and rolls an ordinary dice once.

! (a) Write down all the possible outcomes.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

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

! (b) Find the probability that Magnus gets a head and a 3.

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(1)

7.! Two coins are flipped.

! List all the possible outcomes.

! Use T for tails and H for heads.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................
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8.! Mohammad flips a fair coin and rolls a fair dice.

! List all the possible combinations

! ................................................................................................................................

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

! (b) Find the probability that Mohammad gets a tail and a prime number.

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(1)
9.! William is going to attend a two day summer camp at his local leisure centre.
! He can take part in one activity on Monday and one activity on Tuesday.

! List all the possible combinations of activity he can take part in.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................
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10.! Sarah has made up a game for a school fayre to raise money for charity.
! There are two boxes of counters.
! Each counter has a number on it.

! The person playing the game will select one counter at random from box 1.
! Then they will select one counter at random from box 2.

! (a) Write down all the possible combinations of counters picked.

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................

! ................................................................................................................................
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!
! The person playing the game wins when the numbers add up to 10.

! During the school fayre, the game is played 240 times.

! The game costs £1 to play.
! Each prize costs £2.50

! (b) Work out how much money Sarah raises for charity.

£........................
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1.! The diagram shows a fair spinner.

! (a) Which colour is the arrow most likely to land on?

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(1)

! (b) Mark the scale with an arrow to show the probability of landing on green.

(1)

2.

! Which word from the box best describes the likelihood of each of these events?

! (a) A new-born baby is a girl.

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(1)
! (b) You thrown an ordinary dice and get a two.

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3.!

! Use a word from the box which best describes the probability of each of the
! following events

! (a) You roll a 10 on an ordinary six sided dice.

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! (b) You roll a number greater than 1 on an ordinary six sided dice.

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(1)

4.! A fair six-sided dice is thrown.

! The probabilities of the following events have been marked on the probability
! scale below.

! A: A number less than 7 is thrown.

! B: A “6” is thrown.

! C: An odd number is thrown.

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5.! Amir makes a fair spinner with six sectors.

! Use a word from the box which best describes the probability of each of the
! following events

! (a) The spinner will land on 6

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(1)

! (b) The spinner will land on 3

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(1)

! (c) The spinner will land on 2

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(1)

! (d) The spinner will land on a number greater than 1

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6.! A fair six sided dice is rolled.
! The probability of one of the following events is marked with an arrow on the
! scale below.

! A! The dice lands showing a number less than three.

! B! The dice lands showing the number three.
! C! The dice lands showing an even number

! (a) Label the arrow to show which event it represents.

(1)

! (b) Mark and label the scale to show the probabilities of the other two events.

(2)

7.! The following cards are placed in a box.

! A card is selected at random.

! Find the probability that the number on the card is

! (a) 3

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(1)
! (b) an odd number

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8.! A fair spinner has eight equal sections.
! The sections are labelled A, B, C, D and E as shown below.

! The arrow is spun.

! (a) Which is the most likely letter that the arrow will land on?

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(1)

! (b) What is the probability that the arrow lands on a B?

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(1)

! (c) What is the probability that the arrow lands on an A?

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9.! Thomas has 12 cards, each with a letter on it.

! He picks a card at random.

!
! Write down the probability that the chosen card is

! (a) the letter h

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(1)

! (b) the letter t

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(1)

! (c) not the letter e

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(2)

! (d) the letter b or the letter t

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(2)

! (e) a vowel

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10.! A bag contains 10 discs.
! Each disc is labelled with a different number from 1 to 10.
! A disc is chosen from the bag at random.

! Write down the probability that the chosen disc is

! (a) the number 3

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(1)
! (b) a number less than four

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(2)
! (c) a square number

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(2)
! (d) a prime number

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(2)

11.! Liam rolls an ordinary fair six sided dice.

! Write down the probability that he gets

! (a) the number 4

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(1)
! (b) a number less than 5

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12.! Sean has a box of pens.
! The box contains 6 blue pens, 8 black pens and 3 red pens.

! (a) What is the probability that he will pick a blue pen?

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(1)

! (b) What is the probability that he will pick a green pen?

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(1)

! Some more blue pens are added to the box.

! The probability of selecting a blue pen is now ½

! (c) How many blue pens were added to the box?

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13.! Tony makes a fair six-sided spinner.
! The spinner has the numbers 7, 8 and 9 on it.

! The probability the spinner will land on 7 is greater than the probability that the
! spinner will land on 8.

! The probability that the spinner will land on 9 is ⅓

! Write the numbers on the spinner.

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14.! Elizabeth has a bunch of red, yellow and white roses.
! She chooses a rose at random.

! The probability that she chooses a yellow rose is 0.1

! The probability that she chooses a white rose is 0.2

! (a) What is the probability that Elizabeth chooses a rose that is either yellow or
! white?

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(1)

! (b) What is the probability that Elizabeth chooses a red rose?

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(2)

! (c) There were ten roses in the bunch originally.

How many roses were red?
!

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15.! Mia has five numbered cards.

! One of these cards is chosen at random.

! Mia says:
! ! The probability of an odd number is ⅗
! ! The probability of a 7 is ⅖
! ! The range of the numbers is 10
! ! The probability of a 2 is 0.

! Fill in three numbers that could be on Miaʼs cards.

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(3)

16.! Counters labelled A, B, C, D and E are placed in a bag.

! The table shows the probabilities of picking each letter at random.

! (a) Calculate the missing probability in the table.

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(2)
! (b) Calculate the probability of a B or C.

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17.! A bag contains 400 coloured counters.
! The counters are either yellow, brown or green.
! There are 92 yellow counters in the bag.
! The probability that a brown counter is chosen from the bag is 0.13

! Calculate the number of green counters in the bag.

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(4)

18.! Each boy at a school plays one of four sports.

! The table shows the probability a student chosen at random plays rugby,
football, hockey or cricket.

! A student is chosen at random.

! (a) Work out the probability that the student plays cricket.

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(2)
! There are 600 boys at the school
! (b) Work out the number of boys who play rugby.

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19.! A game is played with a five sided spinner.
! Each section is a different colour.
! The spinner is biased.
! The table shows some of the probability of the spinner landing on each colour.

! The probability of green is equal to the probability of pink.

! Calculate the probability the spinner lands on pink.

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(3)

20.! Dennis has a bag of counters.

! The counters are red, green, white and pink.
! There are 200 counters in the bag.
! The probability of a pink counter is 0.15
! The probability of a green counter is 0.25
! The probability of a red counter is twice the probability of a white counter.

! Calculate the number of red counters in the bag.

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21.! A rugby team can win, draw or lose a match.
! The table shows the probabilities of each result.

! (a) Calculate the missing probability in the table.

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(2)

! Each win is worth 2 points.

! Each draw is worth 1 point.
! Each loss is worth 0 points.
! The rugby team plays 20 games in a season.

! (b) Work out how many points the rugby team should receive in one season.

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22.! Susan has some beads in a bag.

! ! 5 of the beads are orange.

! ! 3 of the beads are purple.
! ! The rest of the beads are pink.

! Susan takes a bead from the bag at random.

! The probability that she takes a pink bead is ⅗

! How many pink beads are in the bag before Susan takes a bead?

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(2)

23.! The probability of James winning a competition is 0.03

! What is the probability that James does not win the competition.

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24.! Mrs Jenkins is organising a charity raffle.

! She sells 300 tickets for £3 each.

! The probability that someone wins a prize is 0.2
! Each prize cost £8
! The profit is donated to charity.

! Work out how much money Mrs Jenkins donates to charity.

£.........................
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25.! Below is a biased four-sided spinner.

! The probability of landing on a 2 is 0.25

! The probability of landing on a 4 is 0.15
! The probability of landing on a 1 is double the probability of a 3.

! The spinner is spun 500 times.

! Calculate the number of times you would expect it to land on 3

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(4)

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