Y8 Maths

Unit 8 Review Name: ________________________________

CALCULATORS ALLOWED
1 A fair 10-sided dice is rolled once. Each face has one number on it from 1 to 10.
a What is the probability of getting

i a square number
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ii a number which is not a multiple of 4

iii the number 12?

(5 marks)

2 A garden plant can produce pink, white or blue flowers. The probability of the plant having pink
flowers is 0.5. Blue and white flowers are equally likely. What is the probability of a plant having
white flowers?

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(2 marks)

3 Two spinners are spun together and the numbers obtained are multiplied together.

a Complete the table of outcomes (scores)

2 3 3
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3
4

b What is the probability of scoring a total of 4?

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4 a 5 What is the probability that she
The probability that Ayla correctly completes a Sudoku puzzle is    .
does not complete the puzzle?

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b 7 Is Ayla better at Sudoku or Kakuro
The probability that Ayla correctly completes a Kakuro puzzle is    .
puzzles? Explain your reasoning. 9
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(3 marks)

5 The probability that Fergus wins a game of football Top Trumps is 0.9
The probability that he wins a game of pop stars Top Trumps is 0.4
a Complete this tree diagram.

b What is the probability that Fergus will win both games?

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c What is the probability that he will win only one of the games?

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d Use your answers to parts b and c (or otherwise) to work out the probability that Fergus will lose both
games. Show your working.

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(9 marks)
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6 Eddie and Liam each take a card from a complete pack of 52.

Which of these rules make the game fair? Explain

a) Eddie wins if he gets a red card. Liam wins if he gets a black card.

b) Eddie wins if he gets a picture card. Liam wins if he gets a number card.

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(4 marks)

7 Lucy worked at Sam’s Pizza Restaurant and drew up the Venn diagram below which shows people’s
choice of pepperoni (P), ham (H) and mushrooms (M) as pizza toppings

a) Are these events mutually exclusive? Explain your answer

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How many people had

i) three toppings ………………………………….

ii) only one topping? ………………………………….

b) How many people had pizza? ………………………………….

c) What is the probability that one of these people, picked at random, had exactly two toppings

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8 Here is a spinner. Max spins it 900 times and the records the colour it lands on each time.

The table below shows the number of times the spinner landed on the different colours.

a) Complete the table

b) Estimate the probability that the spinner will land on blue or yellow

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c) Max spins the spinner 2700 times. How many times would you expect the spinner to land on pink?

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(5 marks)

9 Catrin’s jewellery box contains 7 pairs of silver earrings and 5 pairs of gold earrings. She always picks

a pair of earrings at random. Once she’s worn a pair she does not return the earrings to the box.

On day 1 she picks a silver pair of earrings.

What is the probability that, on day 2, the pair of earrings she takes from the box are silver?

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(2 marks)
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10 Lilli takes examinations in Maths and English. The probability that she passes Maths is 0.7.

The probability that she passes English is 0.8. The results in each subject are independent of each

other

a) What is the probability that Lilli fails Maths? ____________________

b) Draw a tree diagram below to show the probabilities of Lilli passing and failing Maths and English.

c) Calculate the probability that

i) Lilli passes both subjects;

ii) Lilli passes Maths and fails English

(6 marks)

TOTAL: 48 marks
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