10/19/24, 5:50 PM Tree Diagrams

Tree Diagrams
Calculate the probability of independent and
dependent combined events using tree diagrams.

1. In a box there are two red balls and three yellow Red
balls. On Monday Dylan picked a ball at random from
the box, played with it then put it back. On Tuesday
2
Red
he picked a ball at random from the box.
5
a) Complete the tree diagram. Yellow
b) What is the probability that on both days he picked
a red ball? /
2
c) What is the probability that on both days he picked Red
5
a yellow ball? / 3
d) Calculate the probability that on Monday he picked Yellow
5
a red ball and on Tuesday he picked a yellow ball.
Yellow
/

Monday Tuesday

2. In a round tin there are three cream cakes and six Cream
plain cakes. In a square based tin there are six cream
cakes and seven plain cakes. The tree diagram shows
3
Cream
the probabilities of picking one cake from each tin.
9
a) Complete the tree diagram. Plain
b) What is the probability of picking two cream cakes?
/
c) What is the probability of picking two plain cakes? Cream
/
d) Calculate the probability of picking two different Plain
types of cake. /
Plain

Round Tin Square Tin

3. In a packet there are four lemon sweets and five Lemon

lime sweets. This morning Dylan ate one sweet from
the packet before breakfast and he ate another after Lemon
breakfast. Both sweets were picked randomly from
what was in the packet at the time. Lime
a) Complete the tree diagram.
b) What is the probability of picking two lemon
sweets? / Lemon
c) What is the probability of picking a lemon sweet 5
followed by a lime sweet? / Lime
9
d) Calculate the probability of picking a lime sweet 4 Lime
followed by a lemon sweet?. / 8
Before Breakfast After Breakfast

1
4. The probability that the first bus is late is 17 . If Late
the first bus is late, the probability of the second bus
1 1 Late
being late is 16 otherwise it is 15 (buses are either
on time or late, they are never early!). On Time
a) Complete the tree diagram.
b) What is the probability of both buses being late?
/
c) What is the probability of both buses being on Late
time? /
On Time

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d) What is the probability of at least one bus being on On Time
time? /
First Bus Second Bus

5. In a bag there are five red, six blue and seven Red
green counters. Two counters are taken out and not
replaced. Red
a) Complete the tree diagram.
b) What is the probability of both counters being red? Not red
/
c) What is the probability of both counters not being
red? / Red
d) What is the probability of at least one counter
being red? / Not red

Not red

First Counter Second Counter

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Answers
The following fractions, or any equivalent to them, are acceptable:
4 9 6 233 18 42 57 6 6 7 6 7 12 20 20 4 3 5 4 1 224 271 1 16 1 15 1 14 20
Question1 25 25 25 5 5 5 Question2 117 117 117 9 13 13 13 13 Question3 72 72 72 9 8 8 8 Question4 272 255 272 17 17 16 16 15 15 Question5 306

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