Basic Probability
Basic Probability
Non-Calculator Questions
Basic Probability
Basic Probability / Relative & Expected Frequency
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Easy Questions
1 A box contains 3 blue pens, 4 red pens and 8 green pens only.
A pen is chosen at random from the box.
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
Work out an estimate for the number of times the dice will land on a five.
(2 marks)
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4 (a) Jane has a packet of seeds.
The probability that a seed will grow is 0.75
(1 mark)
(2 marks)
[1]
ii) the disc is red and has the number 3,
[1]
iii) the disc is blue and has the number 4.
[1]
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(3 marks)
6 The heights, metres, of the 120 boys in an athletics club are recorded.
The table shows information about the heights of the boys.
Height
1.3 < h ≤ 1.4 1.4 < h ≤ 1.5 1.5 < h ≤ 1.6 1.6 < h ≤ 1.7 1.7 < h ≤ 1.8 1.8 < h ≤ 1.9
(h metres)
Frequency 7 18 30 24 27 14
One boy is chosen at random from the club.
Find the probability that this boy has a height greater than 1.8 m.
(1 mark)
21 21 23 26 25 21 22 20 21 23 23 27 24 21
A student is chosen at random.
Find the probability that this student has a test score of more than 24.
(1 mark)
Mass
0 < p ≤ 50 50 < p ≤ 100 100 < p ≤ 125 125 < p ≤ 150 150 < p ≤ 200
(p grams)
Frequency 2 5 4 6 3
A student is chosen at random.
Find the probability that this student has a pencil case with a mass greater than 150 g.
(1 mark)
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Medium Questions
1 (a) A bag contains blue, red, yellow and green balls only.
A ball is taken from the bag at random.
The table shows some information about the probabilities.
(2 marks)
(1 mark)
2 A group of 200 people were asked which city they would like to visit next.
The table shows the results.
Write down the probability that this person would like to visit either Paris or Tokyo next.
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(2 marks)
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3 (a) There are only red counters, blue counters, white counters and black counters in a bag.
The table shows the probability that a counter taken at random from the bag will be
red or blue.
The number of white counters in the bag is the same as the number of black counters
in the bag.
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
Find the probability that the flowers are not red and not yellow.
(1 mark)
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5 Suleika has six cards numbered 1 to 6.
She takes one card at random, records the number and replaces the card.
i) Write down the probability that the number is 5 or 6.
[1]
ii) Suleika does this 300 times.
[1]
(2 marks)
[1]
ii) Write down the probability that the number of dots on this card is a prime number.
[1]
(2 marks)
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7 (a) Here is a four sided spinner.
The spinner is biased.
The table shows the probabilities that the spinner will land on 1 or on 3
Number 1 2 3 4
Probability 0.2 0.1
The probability that the spinner will land on 2 is the same as the probability that the
spinner will land on 4
(3 marks)
Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner will land on 3.
(2 marks)
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The table shows information about her results.
Outcome Frequency
J 39
K 25
L 16
Work out an estimate for the number of times that Dan will get an L.
(3 marks)
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Hard Questions
1 Bill has some counters in a bag.
2
The probability that he takes a yellow counter is
7
How many yellow counters are in the bag before Bill takes a counter?
(2 marks)
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2 (a) Karl wants to raise money for charity.
He designs a game for people to play.
Work out the probability that Ali will win the game.
(2 marks)
Work out an estimate for how much money Karl will raise for charity.
(3 marks)
3 There are only blue cubes, yellow cubes and green cubes in a bag.
There are
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Work out the probability that Hannah takes a yellow cube.
(3 marks)
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4 (a) There are only blue counters, yellow counters, green counters and red counters in a bag.
A counter is taken at random from the bag.
The table shows the probabilities of getting a blue counter or a yellow counter or a green
counter.
(1 mark)
(2 marks)
5 There are only red counters, blue counters and purple counters in a bag.
The ratio of the number of red counters to the number of blue counters is 3 : 17
(3 marks)
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6 There are 5 girls, 6 boys and some adults in a room.
Jenny selects at random one of these people.
1
The probability that Jenny selects a girl is
3
(3 marks)
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7 (a) There are 54 fish in a tank.
Some of the fish are white and the rest of the fish are red.
(2 marks)
(b) Jeevan puts the fish he took out, back into the tank.
He puts some more white fish into the tank.
Work out the number of white fish Jeevan put into the tank.
(2 marks)
1
the probability of taking at random a red counter from the bag is
3
Work out the number of red counters that Li is going to put in the bag.
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(4 marks)
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