Probability

• This Chapter is on Probability

• We will review methods used on GCSE Maths

• There will be new ideas introduced many of

which will require diagrams to help solve

• Diagrams will include Probability Trees,

Sample Spaces and Venn Diagrams
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Probability Reminder
• An experiment is a repeatable process that gives outcomes
• An event is a collection of one (or more) outcomes
• A sample space is the set of all possible outcomes in an
experiment
No. outcomes in that event
• P(event occurring) = Total possible outcomes

• Impossible event  P = 0
• Certain event  P = 1

• Probabilities are only written as Fractions, Decimals and

Percentages.

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Probability Reminder
• Find the probability of a fair dice landing on a 5.

No. outcomes in that event

• P(event occurring) =
Total possible outcomes

• P(5) = 1
6

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Probability Reminder
• Two spinners are numbered 1-4. Both are spun and the sum of
the numbers calculated. Find P(5) and P(x > 5)

4 5 6 7 8 Draw a sample space to show the outcomes.

Spinner 2

3 4 5 6 7
P(5) = 4 1
=
2 3 4 5 6 16 4

1 2 3 4 5
P(x > 5) =
1 2 3 4 6 3
=
16 8
Spinner 1

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