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V E N N D I A G R A M
The diagram shows 11 cards.
(a) One of these cards is chosen at random.
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]
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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.
(a) Complete the Venn diagram. [2]
(b) A student is chosen at random.
Find the probability that this student likes English and likes mathematics.
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(c) Two students are chosen at random.
Find the probability that they both like mathematics.
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(d) Two students who like English are chosen at random.
Find the probability that they both also like mathematics.
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[Total: 7]
3 The probability that Shalini is late for school on any day is .
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(a) Complete the tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.
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).
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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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(c) One student is picked at random from the 50 students.
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.
Find the probability that both students have mobile phones.
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[Total: 6]
5 A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls.
Sophie takes a ball at random, notes its colour and then puts it back in the bag.
She does this a second time.
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(a) Complete the tree diagram.
First ball Second ball
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]
6 In a class activity, all the 15 students wear hats.
7 students wear red hats, 6 students wear green hats and 2 students wear white hats.
(a) One of these students is picked at random.
Find the probability that this student wears a red hat.
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(b) Two of the 15 students are picked at random.
Show that the probability that these two students wear hats of the same colour is .
[3]
(c) Three of the 15 students are picked at random.
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
(a) (i) Write down the modal class.
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(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height.
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(b) (i) One boy is chosen at random from the club.
Find the probability that this boy has a height greater than 1.8 m.
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(ii) Three boys are chosen at random from the club.
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]
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(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.
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(d) Use your diagram to find an estimate for
(i) the median height,
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(ii) the 40th percentile.
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[Total: 18]
8 The speed, v km/h, of each of 200 cars passing a building is measured.
The table shows the results.
Speed (v km/h)
Frequency 16 34 62 58 26 4
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(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean.
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(b) (i) Use the frequency table to complete the cumulative frequency table.
Speed (v km/h)
Cumulative frequency 16 50 196 200
[1]
(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram.
[3]
(iii) Use your diagram to find an estimate of
A the upper quartile,
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B the number of cars with a speed greater than 35 km/h.
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(c) Two of the 200 cars are chosen at random.
Find the probability that they both have a speed greater than 50 km/h.
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[Total: 13]
9 Tanya plants some seeds.
The probability that a seed will produce flowers is 0.8 .
When a seed produces flowers, the probability that the flowers are red is 0.6 and the probability that the
flowers are yellow is 0.3 .
(a) Tanya has a seed that produces flowers.
Find the probability that the flowers are not red and not yellow.
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(b) (i) Complete the tree diagram.
[2]
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(ii) Find the probability that a seed chosen at random produces red flowers.
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(iii) Tanya chooses a seed at random.
Find the probability that this seed does not produce red flowers and does not produce yellow
flowers.
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(c) Two of the seeds are chosen at random.
Find the probability that one produces flowers and one does not produce flowers.
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[Total: 11]
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On any Saturday, the probability that Arun plays football is .
On any Saturday, the probability that Bob plays football is .
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(a) (i) Complete the tree diagram.
[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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(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]
