MAI HL

Test on Descriptive Statistics and Probability

by Christos Nikolaidis
Date: 2 March 2021

Marks: /60

Name of student: __________________________________________________

1. [Maximum mark: 6]
In a group of 20 girls, 13 take history and 8 take economics. Three girls take both
history and economics.
(a) Complete a Venn diagram to represent the information. [2]
(b) A girl is selected at random. Find the probability that she takes economics but
not history. [2]
(c) Given that the girl does not take history, find the probability that she takes
economics. [2]

1
2. [Maximum mark: 6]
Consider the following table.

Find
(a) The mode and the mean. [2]
(b) The range and the interquartile range. [2]
(c) The variance. [2]

2
3. [Maximum mark: 4]
The mean of four integers is 8, the mode is 10 and the median is 9. Find the four
integers.

4. [Maximum mark: 8]

(c) Determine whether the two events A and B are independent or not. [2]

3
5. [Maximum mark: 10]

(c) Another athlete on this sport team has a height of 180 cm. Estimate the hand
length of this athlete correct to 2 dp
(i) by using the regression line of y on x
(ii) by using the regression line of x on y. [4]

4
6. [Maximum mark: 6]
For two independent events A and B, P(A) = 0.2 and P(A B) = 0.76.
(a) Write down P(A|B). [2]
(b) Find P(B). [4]

5
7. [Maximum mark: 7]
A box contains 10 black balls and 2 red balls.
(a) Two balls are selected at random without replacement. Find the probability
that the two balls are of different colors. [3]
(b) Three balls are selected at random with replacement. Find the probability
that all three balls are black. [2]
(c) Three balls are selected at random without replacement. Find the probability
that all three balls are black. [2]

6
8. [Maximum mark: 8]

(a) Complete a tree diagram to represent this information. [2]

(b) Find the probability that Pablo leaves home before 07:00 and is late for work. [2]
(c) Find the probability that Pablo is late for work. [2]
(d) Given that Pablo is late for work, find the probability that he left home
before 07:00. [2]

7
9. [Maximum mark: 5]
Box A contains 5 red and 3 green balls. Box B contains 4 red and 5 green balls.
A ball is selected at random from box A and moved into box B. Then a ball is
selected at random from box B. Find the probability that the second ball is green.