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A bag contains 9 identically-sized marbles: 4 white and 5 green.

l, Without replacing, Thabo takes 2 marbles at mndom, one after the other from the bag.
The tree diagram below sholvs all the possible ways in which he may pick the marbles.

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r ----__

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(a) Find the probability that the first marble Thabo takes is green. t1l
(b) Calculate the value of r. I1I

(c) Calculate the probability that the marbles taken are

(i) both green, Lzl

(ii) of different colours. l:21

"{o A group of 8 boys and 9 girls from class 5H were asked to state the number of children in their families. The
results are shown in the table below.

Number af children Number of students

in afamily Number of boys Number of girls
1 7 0
4
2 4 J

J 2' 4
4 1 2

Some students from the group were chosen to represent the school in a debate competition.

Find the probability that

(a) a student chosen at random is from a family with 3 children, I1l

(b) 2 girls chosen at random are fi'om a family ivith 4 chiidren, l
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(c) a student chosen at random is either a girl from a farnily' rvith 2 chil1ren or a bov from a tamily rvith
i child. ra
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 s A bag contains 6 black balls and 4 white bails of the same
size.
One ball is selected at random from the bag.

(a) What is the probability, in the lowest terms, that the ball selected is white?
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(b) Two balls are selected from the bag one after the other.

What is the probability, in the lowest terms, that the

balls selected
(i) are both btack,
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(ii) are of different colours?
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l+ There are two sets of traffic lights on a road. A car stops or proceeds at either the first traffic lights or
' the second traffic lights. The probability that a car stops at the first traffic lights is 0.4.

(a) What is the probability that the car will proceed at the first traffic lights? tl I

(b) A car that stopped at the first traffic lights has the probability of 0.65 that it will stop at the
second traffic lights.

A car that proceeded at the first traffic lights has probability of 0.45 thai it r,vill stop at the second
traffic lights, and probability of 0.55 that it will proceed.

Copy and complete the tree diagram below for a car that either stops or proceeds at the frvo traffic
tights.

First traffrc lights Second traffic lights

stop

proceed

proceed

proceed
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(c) Calculate the probability that a car rvill stop at both the first traffic lights and the second traffic
lights. l2l
 5 The table below shows the ages of l8 members of a chess club, l0 boys and 8 girls.

Age (years) Boys Girls

t7 2 I

l8 J 2

r9 4 2

20 I ,3
Total l0_ 8

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(a) A member is chosen at random from the club to attend a meeting.
What is the probability that the member is a girl? tl l

(b) The club selects two members to attend an under-20 workshop.

(i) How many members do not qualify to attend the rvorkshop? ll l

(ii) Calculate the probability that two girls are selected to attend the workshop. t3l
(iii) Two girls are out to atten-d the rvorkshop.
In their absence, two'of the other l6 members are selecied to compete in a tournament.

Calculate the probability that a boy and a girl are selected to compete in the tournament. I3l

6 The table below shows the number of goals scored by a group of 30 piayers in a
tournament.

Number of goals Number of players

1 7

2 11

3 8

4 4

(a) One player is chosen at random from the group.

What is the probability thai the player chosen scored 3 goals? t1l

(b) Two players are chosen at random froni the group.

What is ihe prnbabilitY that

(i) both players scored 4 goals each, 121

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(ii) one player scored 2 goals and the other scored 4 gcals? Ivj
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+ A card game uses a set r:f picture cards consisting of Jack, Queen and King from each of clubs, diamonds,
hearts and spades.

(a) How many cards are used in tlie game? t1l

(b) A player draws a card from the set without looking.

(i) What is the probability that the card drawn is a diamond'? tll
The card is returned to the set.
Another player draws a card and replaces it.
She then draws a second card.

(ii) lVhat is the probability that the first card is a diamond and the second one is the King of spades?
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(c) trn another game, one card is drawn but it is not replaced.
A second card is then dralvn.
What is the probability that

(i) both cards are Jacks, L2)

(ii) neither card is a Jack, t2)

(iii) at least. one of the cards is a Jack? t21

The diagram below shgws a one way road network which

a car can use to reach the city centre, G, the
SIIHA office, D, or the Nare complex, N.
There are three junctions A, B and C.
when a car reaches tiese junctions, the probabilities that it will
turn towards G are
respectively. l,
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At B the probability that a car will continue straight towards
c is
,f.

Giving yollr answers as fractions in their simplest form,

find the probability that a car
(a) at B will turn towards the Nare complex,
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(b) from R witl follow route A.BCG,
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c1 A bag contains 6 red discs and.3 blue discs.

A disc is drawn at random'from the bag and is not replaced.
Another disc iS then drawn at random from the bag.

(a) C"py and complete the hee diagram that shows the possible outcomes and their probabilities.

First disc Second disc

(d/
/5\ Red

Redl

Blue
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(b) Giving your answers as fractions in their simplest form, find the probability that
(i) both discs are red, t1l
' (ii) at least one of.the discs is red,
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(iii) one of the discs is yeliow and the other red. t1l

Team A of table tennis players consists of 2 girls and 4 boys.

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A mixed doubie consists of a boy and a gful.

(a) In how many ways can one boy and one girl be chosen to form a mixed double? t1l

(b) What is the probability of choosing a girl from the group? i1l

(c) Two players from the group are selected at random to represent the team.
What is the probability that the representatives are

(i) both girls, t21

(ii) a boy arid a girl? t3l

(d) Another team, B, consists of 3 girls and 2 boys.

Two players are chosen at random, the first one from team A and the second from team B.

What is the probability that

(i) they are of the same sex, l2l

(ii) the second player chosen is a boy from team B? rrl
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 il The diagram below shows drawing pins A and B.The pins have circular heads which are divided into
sectors.
Pin .4 is divided into four sectors P, Q, R and S in the ratio of 1:2:3:4.
Pin B is divided into five sectors T, {J,V,W and X in the ratio of 1:5:6:2:2.

Pin A Pin B

Pin A is spun such that it rests on one of its sectors.

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Calculate the probability that it rests on

(a) sector S, [1t

(b) either sector P or sector Q. 1,21

Pin B is also spun such that it rests on one of its sectors.

Calculate the probability that

(c) pin A rests on sector P and pin B rests on sector 7, l)t

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(d) one pin rests on its smallest sector and the other rests on its largest sector. t3l
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L2 The diagram shows a circular board, with centrc o, placed against
The board is divided into sectors A, B, C, D and E'

Thabo and Chedu take turns throwing darls at the boal'd'

B, C, D or E with a dart'
The table below shows the probability of each player hitting sectors A,

Sector A B C D E

Thabo 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1

Chedu 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

What is the probabilitY that

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(a) Chedu hits sector D or sector A,
(b) Thabo misses the board,
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(c) both Thabo and Chedu hit sector C,

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(d) one of them hits sector B and the other hits ;ector E'
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