1. A fair six-sided die has the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 written on its faces.

A fair four-sided die has

the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 written on its faces. The two dice are rolled.

The following diagram shows the possible outcomes.

(a) Find the probability that the two dice show the same number.
(2)

(b) Find the probability that the difference between the two numbers shown on the dice is 1.
(2)

(c) Find the probability that the number shown on the four-sided die is greater than the
number shown on the six-sided die, given that the difference between the two numbers is
1.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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2. For events A and B, the probabilities are P(A) = 13 and P(B) = 13 .

(a) If events A and B are mutually exclusive, write down the value of P (A  B).
(1)

(b) If events A and B are independent, find the value of P (A  B).

(2)

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(c) If P(A  B) = 13 , find the value of P(A  B).
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

3. A weighted die has 2 red faces, 3 green faces and 1 black face. When the die is thrown, the
black face is three times as likely to appear on top as one of the other five faces.
The other five faces have equal probability of appearing on top.

The following table gives the probabilities.

Red 1 Red 2 Green 1 Green 2 Green 3 Black

1 1 1 m 1 n
8 8 8 8 8 8

(a) Find the value of

(i) m;

(ii) n.
(2)

The die is thrown once.

(b) Given that the face on top is not red, find the probability that it is black.
(2)

The die is now thrown twice.

(c) Calculate the probability that black appears on top both times.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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4. A class consists of students studying Spanish or French or both. Fifteen students study Spanish
and twelve study French.

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The probability that a student studies French given that she studies Spanish is 15 .

(a) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this information.

(3)

(b) Find the probability that a student studies Spanish given that she studies one language
only.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

5. When Andy plays tennis, 65 of his first serves go into the correct area of the court.
If the first serve goes into the correct area, his chance of winning the point is 90.
If his first serve does not go into the correct area, Andy is allowed a second serve and, of these,
80 go into the correct area.
If the second serve goes into the correct area, his chance of winning the point is 60.
If neither serve goes into the correct area, Andy loses the point.

(a) Complete the tree diagram below.

W in
.....
F irs t
se rv e
in
0 .6 5 0 .1
L ose
0 .6 W in
Second
0 .3 5 se rv e
0 .8 in
F irs t 0 .4
se rv e L ose
out
0 .2
Second
se rv e .....
out L ose
(2)

(b) Find the probability that Andy loses the point.

(4)
(Total 6 marks)

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6. When Geraldine travels to work she can travel either by car (C), bus (B) or train (T). She travels
by car on one day in five. She uses the bus 50 of the time. The probabilities of her being late
(L) when travelling by car, bus or train are 0.05, 0.12 and 0.08 respectively.

(a) Copy the tree diagram below and fill in all the probabilities, where NL represents not late,
to represent this information.
(5)

L
C

0 .2 NL
L
B
NL
L
T
NL

(b) Find the probability that Geraldine travels by bus and is late.
(1)

(c) Find the probability that Geraldine is late.

(3)

(d) Find the probability that Geraldine travelled by train, given that she is late.
(3)
(Total 12 marks)

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7. Amos travels to school either by car or by bicycle. The probability of being late for school is
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10 if he travels by car and 5 if he travels by bicycle. On any particular day he is equally likely
to travel by car or by bicycle.

(a) Draw a probability tree diagram to illustrate this information.

(4)

(b) Find the probability that

(i) Amos will travel by car and be late.

(2)

(ii) Amos will be late for school.

(3)

(c) Given that Amos is late for school, find the probability that he travelled by bicycle.
(3)
(Total 12 marks)

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8. Today Philip intends to go walking. The probability of good weather (G) is 4 . If the weather is
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good, the probability he will go walking (W) is 20 . If the weather forecast is not good (NG)
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the probability he will go walking is 5 .

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram to illustrate this information.

W
17
20

G
3
4

N W
W

N G

N W

(b) What is the probability that Philip will go walking?

(Total 8 marks)

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9. In a school, 180 pupils are asked which is their favourite outdoor sport in winter. The pie chart
shows the result of the survey. The diagram is not accurately drawn.

H ockey
F o o tb a ll (4 3 )
(5 6 )

R ugby
O th e r (3 8 )

N e tb a ll
(3 4 )

(a) Calculate the angle of the sector representing rugby.

(b) Estimate the probability that a pupil’s favourite outdoor sport in winter will be hockey.

(Total 4 marks)

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