Wisdom College - Number & Probability - WCP2562: Surname
Wisdom College - Number & Probability - WCP2562: Surname
Wisdom College - Number & Probability - WCP2562: Surname
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Paper Reference(s)
U54616
Wisdom College - Number &
Probability - WCP2562
Paper out of 59 Marks.
Instructions To Candidate
In the boxes above, write your your surname, initial(s) and signature. The paper reference is shown at the top of this
page. Check that you have the correct question paper. Answer ALL the questions in the space provided in this
question paper. Show all the steps in any calculations.
Advice To Candidates
Write your answers neatly and in good English.
1. a) Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8
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(2)
b) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 36 and 48
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(2)
(Total 4 Marks)
2. a) Calculate 178 x 0.1
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(1)
b) Calculate 3 ÷ 0.001
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(1)
(Total 2 Marks)
3. Calculate the following
(11 − 4 × 2)3
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(2)
(Total 2 Marks)
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4. Here are five rows of numbers
a) All of the numbers are even in one of the rows. Which row?
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(1)
b) The numbers in row A are the first seven prime numbers, written in order. Write down the next prime number.
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(1)
c) Write down a square number from row D
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(1)
d) The numbers in row D are the first seven numbers of a sequence. Work out the next number in the sequence.
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(1)
(Total 4 Marks)
5. a) Work out 24
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(1)
b) Write down the cube root of 27
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(1)
(Total 2 Marks)
6. Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 72 and 90
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(2)
(Total 2 Marks)
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7. Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 72 and 90
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(2)
(Total 2 Marks)
8. a) Work out 50% of 46
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(1)
b) Work out 3 + 7 × 4
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(1)
−−
c) Write down an estimate for √55
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(1)
(Total 3 Marks)
9. Rosa measures the temperature over the course of a day in Russia.
a) The temperature at 8am was -2oC. By 11am the temperature rose by 5oC. What was the temperature at 11am?
....................................oC
(1)
b) The temperature at 7pm was 5oC. By midnight the temperature had fallen by 11oC. What was the temperature at
midnight?
....................................oC
(1)
c) The temperature at 2am was -7oC. By 4am the temperature had fallen another 5oC. What was the temperature at 4am?
....................................oC
(1)
(Total 3 Marks)
10. Complete this multiplication table:
x -2 0 3
-2
1
2
(Total 3 Marks)
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11. At a restaurant, the available starters are Soup, Melon or Prawns.
The available main courses are Chicken, Haddock or Ravioli.
The outcome (S,C) represents choosing Soup as a starter and Chicken as a main course.
a) List all of the possible choices of two course meals
(2)
b) A diner picks her starter and main course at random. Write down the probability of her choosing Prawns followed by
Haddock.
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(1)
(Total 3 Marks)
12. Two fair, six sided dice are rolled and the numbers shown on each are multiplied together.
a) Draw a sample space diagram in the area below to show the possible outcomes (the results of the multiplication)
(3)
b) What is the probability that the outcome is a multiple of 4? Give your answer in its simplest form
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(2)
(Total 5 Marks)
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13. There are red, blue and green counters in a bag.
There are 2 red counters, 9 blue counters and 3 green counters.
Niah takes a counter at random from the bag.
a)
i) Work out the probability that she takes a blue counter
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(1)
ii) Work out the probability that the counter she takes is not blue
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(2)
Niah puts the counter back in the bag.
She then puts some more green counters in the bag.
1
The probability of picking a red counter is now 9
b) Work out the number of green counters that are now in the bag.
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(2)
(Total 5 Marks)
14. Here is a menu in a restaurant.
A meal is a starter and a main course. One possible meal is spare ribs and pad thai.
Beth wants to choose a meal.
a) Make a list of all the possible meals she can have. One has been done for you.
Spare ribs and pad thai, ............................................................................................................................................
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(2)
A meal is chosen at random.
b) What is the probability that the meal will be spring rolls and red thai curry?
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(1)
The restaurant adds crispy duck as another starter. Beth says 'now there will be one more meal to choose from'.
c) Show that Beth is wrong.
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(1)
(Total 4 Marks)
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15. a) The probability scale below shows the probabilities of a spinner landing on either red or blue.
Nabil says the spinner is more likely to land on red than on blue. Is he right? You must explain your answer.
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(1)
b) There are 4 white counters and 3 black counters in a box.
Emma is going to take a counter at random from the box.
i) Write down the probability that Emma will take a black counter.
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(1)
ii) Write down the probability that Emma will take a purple counter.
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(1)
(Total 3 Marks)
16. Nine balls with the following numbers written on them are placed into a bag: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
A ball is taken out at random.
Find the probability that the ball has:
(a) 4 written on it.
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(1)
(b) an even number written on it.
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(1)
(c) a number greater than 10 written on it.
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(1)
(Total 3 Marks)
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17. A bag contains 4 black marbles, 2 green marbles and 4 blue marbles.
Arnie takes a marble from the bag. Arnie believes that the probability that the marble is NOT green is 0.44.
Explain why he is wrong. Show working to justify your answer.
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(Total 2 Marks)
18.
The diagram above shows a fair spinner. It is in the shape of a regular octagon.
The spinner can land on A or B or C.
Seba spins the spinner.
Write down the probability that the spinner will land on C.
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(2)
(Total 2 Marks)
19. Emily has a bag of 20 fruit flavour sweets.
7 of the sweets are strawberry flavour, 11 are lime flavour, 2 are lemon flavour.
Emily takes at random a sweet from the bag.
Write down the probability that Emily:
a) takes a strawberry flavour sweet
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(1)
b) does not take a lime flavour sweet
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(1)
c) takes an orange flavour sweet
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(1)
(Total 3 Marks)
20. Oliver says that "Tomorrow it will either rain or it will not. So the probability that it will rain is exactly 0.5"
Is Oliver correct? Explain your answer.
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(Total 2 Marks)
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