Year 10A Mathematics

Unit 1 Quiz – Probability & Data Handling

Question 1

There are 7 blue counters, 3 green counters and 1 red counter in a bag.
There are no other counters in the bag.

Hubert takes at random 2 counters from the bag.

Work out the probability that the 2 counters are different colours.

Question 2

Peter wants to pass his driving test.

The probability that he passes at his first attempt is 0.7.
When Peter passes his driving test, he does not take it again.
If he fails, the probability that he passes at the next attempt is 0.8.

Calculate the probability that Peter passes his driving test at his third or fourth attempt.
Question 3

The table gives information about the heights of 150 students.

Work out an estimate for the fraction of the students who have a height between 150 cm and 170
cm.

Question 4

Fran asks each of 40 students how many books they bought last year.
The chart below shows information about the number of books bought by each of the 40
students.

Find an estimate for the mean number of books bought.

Question 5

Here is a biased five-sided spinner.

When the spinner is spun, it can land on red, orange, yellow, green or blue.
The probabilities that it lands on red, orange and yellow are given in the table.

Jenny spins the spinner 200 times.

Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner lands on red.

Question 6

There are only red counters, blue counters and green counters in a bag.

number of red counters : number of blue counters : number of green counters = 1 : 3 : 7

A counter is going to be taken at random from the bag.

Jamie takes at random a counter from the bag and records the colour of the counter.
He then puts the counter back in the bag.

Jamie does this a number of times.

He records a total of 68 blue counters.

Work out an estimate for the total number of times Jamie takes a counter from the bag.
Question 7

The temperature (T °C) at noon at a seaside resort was recorded for a period of 60 days.
The table shows some of this information.

Calculate an estimate for the mean temperature at noon during these 60 days.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

Question 8

Here is a 4-sided spinner.

The table shows the probabilities that when the spinner is spun it will land on 1, on 3 and on 4

Jake is going to spin the spinner 60 times.

Work out an estimate for the number of times the spinner will land on 1
Question 9

Determine the interquartile range of the following set of numbers.

Question 10

For the Venn diagram above write down all the numbers in the set 𝐵′ ∩ 𝐶′

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