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1 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.
Colour Blue Red Yellow Green
Probability 0.15 0.2 0.43
(a) Complete the table.
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(b) Abdul takes a ball at random and replaces it in the bag.
He does this 200 times.
Find how many times he expects to take a red ball.
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[Total: 3]
2 Marco has ropes of four different colours.
He takes a rope at random.
Colour Brown White Red Green
Probability 0.35 0.04 0.2
Complete the table.
[2]
[Total: 2]
3 A bag contains green balls and red balls only.
A ball is taken at random from the bag.
The probability of taking a green ball is 0.38 .
Write down the probability of taking
(a) a red ball,
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(b) a blue ball.
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[Total: 2]
4 The probability that Alex wins a prize is 0.27 .
Find the probability that Alex does not win a prize.
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[Total: 1]
5 The probability that Andrei cycles to school is r.
(a) Write down, in terms of r, the probability that Andrei does not cycle to school.
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(b) The probability that Benoit does not cycle to school is .
The probability that both Andrei and Benoit do not cycle to school is 0.4 .
(i) Complete the equation in terms of r.
( ................................................... ) × ( ................................................... ) = 0.4 [1]
(ii) Show that this equation simplifies to .
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(iii) Solve by factorisation .
r = .............................. or r = .............................. [3]
(iv) Find the probability that Benoit does not cycle to school.
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[Total: 9]
6 The probability that it will be sunny tomorrow is 0.97 .
Work out the probability that it will not be sunny tomorrow.
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[Total: 1]
7 (a) 60 boys are asked to name their favourite sport.
The results are shown in the pie chart.
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(i) Write down the most popular sport.
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(ii) Write down the fraction of boys who choose Running.
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(iii) Work out how many boys choose Judo.
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(iv) One of the boys is chosen at random.
Work out the probability that his favourite sport is not Judo.
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(v) Complete this statement.
Three times as many boys choose .............................. than choose .............................. [1]
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(b) Two of the boys in part (a) then change their choice from Running to Swimming.
Complete the pie chart after this change.
The Tennis, Judo and Hockey sectors have been drawn for you.
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(c) 60 girls are asked to name their favourite sport.
Their results are shown in the bar chart below.
Using your pie chart in part (b) and the bar chart above, write down one similarity and one difference
between the girls’ results and the boys’ results.
Similarity ......................................................................................................................................
Difference ...................................................................................................................................... [2]
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[Total: 10]
8 A bag contains 50 counters.
10 of the counters are red.
One of the counters is taken from the bag at random.
(a) Draw an arrow (↓) on the scale to show the probability that this counter is red.
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(b) Find the probability that the counter is not red.
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[Total: 2]
9 A bag contains green counters and black counters only.
A counter is taken from the bag at random.
The probability of taking a green counter is 0.64 .
Work out the probability of taking a black counter.
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[Total: 1]
10 Ethan has a box of toys.
He takes a toy at random.
Toy Car Train Bus Other
Probability 0.2 0.45 0.08
Complete the table.
[2]
[Total: 2]
11 A bag contains 20 bulbs.
8 are yellow, 5 are red, 4 are white and 3 are pink.
Sam takes one bulb at random.
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Find the probability that the bulb he takes is
(a) white,
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(b) blue,
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(c) not pink.
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[Total: 3]
12 A bag contains brown balls, white balls, black balls and purple balls only.
A ball is taken from this bag at random.
Colour Brown White Black Purple
Probability 0.46 0.22 0.14
(a) Complete the table.
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(b) Which colour is the most likely to be taken?
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(c) There are 50 balls in this bag.
Work out the number of black balls.
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[Total: 4]
13 The 262 students at a college each study one of the languages shown in the table.
French German Spanish Italian Japanese Total
Boys 27 48 19 123
Girls 32 54 12
Total 53 30 262
(a) Complete the table.
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(b) Find the probability that
(i) a girl, chosen at random, studies Spanish,
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(ii) a boy, chosen at random, studies French or Italian,
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(iii) a student, chosen at random, does not study German.
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[Total: 6]
14 The probability that it rains tomorrow is 0.35 .
Work out the probability that it does not rain tomorrow.
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[Total: 1]
15 A bag contains 5 black counters, 8 white counters, 6 green counters and 1 yellow counter.
A counter is taken from this bag at random.
Find the probability that this counter is
(a) white,
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(b) not white.
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[Total: 2]
16 In a group of students the probability that a student is left-handed is 0.28 .
A student is chosen at random from the group.
Find the probability that this student is not left-handed.
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[Total: 1]
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17 A bag contains 5 black counters, 8 white counters, 6 green counters and 1 yellow counter.
A counter is taken from this bag at random.
Find the probability that this counter is
(a) white,
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(b) not white.
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[Total: 2]
18 Hattie has a box of coloured pens.
She takes a pen at random from the box.
The probability that she takes a red pen is 0.4 .
(a) Work out the probability that she does not take a red pen.
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(b) The box contains only blue, red and green pens.
There are 15 blue pens and 15 green pens.
Complete the table.
Colour of pen Blue Red Green
Number of pens 15 15
Probability 0.4
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[Total: 3]
19 Chico has a bag of sweets.
He takes a sweet from the bag at random.
The table shows the probabilities of taking each flavour of sweet.
Flavour Lemon Lime Strawberry Blackcurrant Orange
Probability 0.15 0.22 0.18 0.24
(a) Complete the table.
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(b) Find the probability that the sweet is lemon or lime.
Answer(b) ................................................... [1]
[Total: 3]
20 A biased 4-sided dice is rolled.
The possible scores are 1, 2, 3 or 4.
The probability of rolling a 1, 3 or 4 is shown in the table.
Score 1 2 3 4
Probability 0.15 0.3 0.35
Complete the table.
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[Total: 2]
