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1. A bag contains a green bead (G), a white bead (W) and a purple bead (P).
A coin can land on tails (T) or heads (H).

A bead is chosen at random from the bag and the coin is ipped.
One of the possible outcomes is a green bead and a tail (GT).

List all the other possible outcomes.

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2. Molly visits a restaurant with her friends.

This is a menu.

Molly chooses one starter and one main.

List all the possible combinations.

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3. Micky goes to a coffee shop.
He chooses one drink and one snack.

Write down all the possible combinations.

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4. Orla has four types of vegetable.

Peas
Carrots
Turnip
Spinach

Orla is going to choose 2 different types of vegetable.

Write down all the possible combinations of vegetable she can choose.

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5. There are two bags.
Each bag has three counters inside.

In bag 1, there is one red counter, one green counter and one pink counter.
In bag 2, there is one blue counter, one yellow counter and one red counter.

Rob takes a counter at random from bag 1 and a counter at random from bag 2.

(a) Write a list of all the possible combinations of the two counters that Rob can
take.

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(b) Find the probability that Rob takes two counters that are the same colour.

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6. Magnus ips a fair coin once and rolls an ordinary dice once.

(a) Write down all the possible outcomes.

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(b) Find the probability that Magnus gets a head and a 3.

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7. Two coins are ipped.

List all the possible outcomes.

Use T for tails and H for heads.

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8. Mohammad ips a fair coin and rolls a fair dice.

List all the possible combinations

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(b) Find the probability that Mohammad gets a tail and a prime number.

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9. William is going to attend a two day summer camp at his local leisure centre.
He can take part in one activity on Monday and one activity on Tuesday.

List all the possible combinations of activity he can take part in.

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10. Mark is going to visit three different friends, Adam, Laura and Thomas.

Complete the list of the possible orders he could visit them.

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11. A rugby team say a code before throwing the ball in a line out.

The code is a positive number below 20 followed by a colour.

The number is a square number.

The colour is either Red (R), Green (G) or Blue (B).

Write down all the possible codes that the rugby team could say.

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12. The Logan family are planning their next two holidays.

The possible destinations are France (F), Spain (S), Portugal (P) and Turkey (T)

The two destinations can be the same or different.

List all the possible options for the two destinations.

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13. There are four rides at a funfair.

They are Bumper Cars (B), Waltzer (W), Roller-coaster (R) and Carousel (C)

Kamel is going to go on each ride once.

He will go on the Roller-coaster last.

List all the possible orders in which he could go on the four rides.

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14. Sarah has made up a game for a school fayre to raise money for charity.
There are two boxes of counters.
Each counter has a number on it.

The person playing the game will select one counter at random from box 1.
Then they will select one counter at random from box 2.

(a) Write down all the possible combinations of counters picked.

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The person playing the game wins when the numbers add up to 10.

During the school fayre, the game is played 240 times.

The game costs £1 to play.
Each prize costs £2.50

(b) Work out how much money Sarah raises for charity.

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15. Megan is having a meal with her friends.
She is going to choose one starter, one main and one dessert.
This is the menu.

Megan has £15

List all the possible combinations that Megan can afford.

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16. In a game, a player picks a marble at random from two tubs.

There are four marbles in tub 1 and three marbles in tub 2.

If a player picks at least one green marble, they win the game.

Work out the probability that the player wins the game.

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17. Freya uses a 4-digit code for her debit card.

She only uses digits greater than 3.

The rst digit is odd.

The second and third digits are the same.
The fourth digit is a square number.

List all the different 4-digit codes that follow these rules.

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