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Probability Practice Questions

This document contains 6 practice questions about probability. Each question provides contextual information and asks students to complete probability tree diagrams and calculate probabilities. The questions cover topics like independent and dependent events, binomial probabilities, and conditional probabilities.

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Probability Practice Questions

This document contains 6 practice questions about probability. Each question provides contextual information and asks students to complete probability tree diagrams and calculate probabilities. The questions cover topics like independent and dependent events, binomial probabilities, and conditional probabilities.

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Practice Questions on Probability

1. James goes to an arcade.

He has one go on the Teddy Grabber.


He has one go on the Penny Drop.

The probability that he wins on the Teddy Grabber is 0.2.


The probability that he wins on the Penny Drop is 0.3.

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

(2)

(b) Work out the probability that James wins on the Teddy Grabber and he also
wins on the Penny Drop.

..........................
(2)
2. Natalie has 8 socks in a drawer.

5 of the socks are black.


3 of the socks are white.

Natalie takes out a sock at random, writes down its colour and puts it back into
the drawer.
Then Natalie takes out a second sock, at random, and writes down its colour.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(2)

(b) Work out the probability that the two socks are the same colour.

..........................
(2)
3. There are green and blue counters in a container.

Kevin takes at random a counter from the container.


He replaces the counter in the container.

Kevin takes at random a second counter from the container.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Kevin picks counters that are different colour.

..........................
(2)
4. Jennifer is playing darts.
She throws two darts aiming for a Bullseye.

The probability Jennifer hits the Bullseye on her first throw is ¼.


The probability she hits the Bullseye on her second throw ⅓.

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

(b) Work out the probability Jennifer hits the Bullseye at least once.

..........................
(2)
5. In a small village, one bus arrives a day.

The probability of rain in the village is 0.3.

If it rains, the probability of a bus being late is 0.4.


If it does not rain, the probability of a bus being late is 0.15.

(a) Complete the tree diagram

(2)

(b) Work out the number of days the bus will be late over a period of 80 days.

..........................
(3)
6. Sally and Laura sit their driving tests.

The probability of Sally passing her driving test is 0.7


The probability of both Sally and Laura passing is 0.56

(a) Work out the probability of Laura passing her driving test.

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

(b) Complete the tree diagram.

(2)

(c) Find the probability of both women failing.

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

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