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1 The diagram shows two sets of cards.

Set A 1 1 2 2 2

Set B 0 1 1 1 2

(a) Jojo chooses two cards at random from Set A without replacement.

Find the probability that the two cards have the same number.

................................................... [3]

(b) Jojo replaces the two cards.

Kylie then chooses one card at random from Set A and one card at random from Set B.

Find the probability that the two cards have the same number.

................................................... [3]

(c) Who is the most likely to choose two cards that have the same number?
Show all your working.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 7]
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2 Paul and Sammy take part in a race.

The probability that Paul wins the race is .

The probability that Sammy wins the race is 26%.

Who is more likely to win the race?

Give a reason for your answer.

Answer .........................................because ............................................................................................ [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,

................................................... [1]

(b) a blue ball.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 2]

4 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

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(a) Complete the table.

[2]

(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.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 3]

5 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.

................................................... [1]

(b) (i) Complete the tree diagram.

[2]
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(ii) Find the probability that a seed chosen at random produces red flowers.

................................................... [2]

(iii) Tanya chooses a seed at random.

Find the probability that this seed does not produce red flowers and does not produce yellow
flowers.

................................................... [3]

(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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[Total: 11]

6 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 .

[3]

(iii) Solve by factorisation .

r = .............................. or r = .............................. [3]

(iv) Find the probability that Benoit does not cycle to school.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 9]

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.

................................................... [1]

(ii) Write down the fraction of boys who choose Running.

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(iii) Work out how many boys choose Judo.

................................................... [2]

(iv) One of the boys is chosen at random.

Work out the probability that his favourite sport is not Judo.

................................................... [1]

(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.

[2]
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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]

[Total: 10]

8 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.

................................................... [1]

(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

[2]

[Total: 3]

9 The 262 students at a college each study one of the languages shown in the table.
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French German Spanish Italian Japanese Total

Boys 27 48 19 123

Girls 32 54 12

Total 53 30 262

(a) Complete the table. [3]

(b) Find the probability that

(i) a girl, chosen at random, studies Spanish,

................................................... [1]

(ii) a boy, chosen at random, studies French or Italian,

................................................... [1]

(iii) a student, chosen at random, does not study German.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 6]
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10 The probability that a tin of paint is dented is 0.07 .

Out of 3000 tins of paint, how many would you expect to be dented?

Answer ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

11 A bag contains different coloured counters.

Sasha takes a counter at random, records its colour, and replaces it.
She does this 90 times and records her results in the pie chart below.

Green

Red

136°
148°

Blue

(a) Write down the relative frequency of Sasha choosing a red counter.

Answer(a) ................................................... [1]

(b) Work out the number of times a green counter is chosen.

Answer(b) ................................................... [3]

[Total: 4]
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12 A random sample of 200 families was taken from the families in a city.
The number of children in each family was recorded.
The results are shown in the table below.

Number of children in
0 1 2 3 4 5 or more
a family

Number of families 25 41 73 42 13 6

(a) Find the relative frequency of families with 2 children.

Answer(a) ................................................... [1]

(b) There are 5400 families in the city.

Find an estimate of the number of families with 2 children.

Answer(b) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 3]

13 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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[Total: 1]

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The probability that Jane wins a game is .
Jane plays this game 50 times.

Find the number of times she is expected to win the game.

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[Total: 1]

15 On any day, the probability that Marcus will get a seat on the school bus is 0.93 .
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(a) Write down the probability that he will not get a seat on the school bus today.

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(b) There are 200 school days in a year.

Work out the expected number of days in a year that Marcus will not get a seat.

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[Total: 2]

16 Sofia has a bag containing 8 blue beads and 7 red beads only.
She takes one bead out of the bag at random and replaces it.
She does this 90 times.

Find the number of times she expects to take a red bead.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

17 In a survey of 50 visitors to a leisure centre, 18 used the gym.

One day, 1500 people visited the leisure centre.

Calculate an estimate for the number of people who used the gym on this day.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

18 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

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(a) Complete the table.

[2]

(b) Which colour is the most likely to be taken?

................................................... [1]

(c) There are 50 balls in this bag.

Work out the number of black balls.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 4]