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6 Suleika has six cards numbered 1 to 6.

1 2 3 4 5 6
(a) She takes one card at random, records the number and replaces the card.

(i) Write down the probability that the number is 5 or 6.

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(ii) Suleika does this 300 times.

Find how many times she expects the number 5 or 6.

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(b) Suleika takes two cards at random, without replacement.

(i) Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two cards is 5.

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(ii) Find the probability that at least one of the numbers on the cards is a square number.

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4 (a) A shop gives each of 1000 people a voucher.

28 people use their voucher.
The shop now gives each of 16 500 people a voucher.

Calculate how many of these 16 500 people are expected to use their voucher.

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(b) 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.

(i) One of these students is picked at random.

Find the probability that this student wears a red hat.

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(ii) Two of the 15 students are picked at random.

37
Show that the probability that these two students wear hats of the same colour is .
105

[3]

(iii) 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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(i) Complete the tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.

Monday Tuesday

Late
........

Late

........
........
Not late

Late
........

........
Not late

........
Not late
[2]

(ii) Calculate the probability that Shalini is late on Monday but is not late on Tuesday.

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7 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.

Produces Colour
flowers
Red
...............

...............
Yes Yellow
0.8

............... Other
colours

............... No

[2]

(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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7 On any Saturday, the probability that Arun plays football is .
4
2
On any Saturday, the probability that Bob plays football is .
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(a) (i) Complete the tree diagram.

Arun Bob

............... Plays

Plays
...............
Does not play
...............

............... Plays
Does not
............... play

Does not play

...............
[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 .
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Calculate the probability that Arun scores the winning goal one Saturday.

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(c) The Venn diagram shows the number of students in a group of 30 who have brothers (B ),
sisters (S ) or cousins (C ).


B S
2 2 5

1
3 7

8 2
C

(i) Write down the number of students who have brothers.

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(ii) Write down the number of students who have cousins but do not have sisters.

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(iii) Find n (B , S , C )l .

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(iv) Use set notation to describe the set of students who have both cousins and sisters but do not
have brothers.

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(v) One student is picked at random from the 30 students.

Find the probability that this student has cousins.

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(vi) Two students are picked at random from the students who have cousins.

Calculate the probability that both these students have brothers.

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(vii) One student is picked at random from the 30 students.

Event A This student has sisters.

Event B This student has cousins but does not have brothers.

Explain why event A and event B are equally likely.

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6 In a class of 24 students, 18 students like homework (H ), 15 students like tests (T ) and 1 student does
not like homework and does not like tests.

(a) Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.

H T

...... ...... ......

1
......

[2]

(b) Write down the number of students who like both homework and tests.

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(c) Find n (H l + T).

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(d) A student is picked at random from the class.

Write down the probability that this student likes tests but does not like homework.

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(e) Two students are picked at random from the class.

Find the probability that both students do not like homework and do not like tests.

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(f) Two of the students who like homework are picked at random.

Find the probability that both students also like tests.

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(b)

V E N N D I A G R A M

The diagram shows 11 cards.

(i) 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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(ii) 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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(c)

E M

............. .......... .............

.............

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.

(i) Complete the Venn diagram. [2]

(ii) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student likes English and likes mathematics.

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(iii) Two students are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both like mathematics.

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(iv) Two students who like English are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both also like mathematics.

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