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Q1. NON-CALCULATOR
Amina has two bags.

In the first bag there are 3 red balls and 7 green balls.
In the second bag there are 5 red balls and 4 green balls.

Amina takes at random a ball from the first bag.

She then takes at random a ball from the second bag.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Amina takes two red balls.

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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
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Q2. NON-CALCULATOR
There are 9 counters in a bag. 7 of the counters are green. 2 of the counters are blue.
Ria takes at random two counters from the bag.
Work out the probability that Ria takes one counter of each colour. You must show your working.

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q3. NON-CALCULATOR
Graham has a fair red 6-sided dice and a fair blue 8-sided dice.
The red dice can land on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
The blue dice can land on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8

Graham is going to roll both dice.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(2)
(b) Work out the probability that neither dice will land on a 6

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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
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Q4. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
Finlay plays two tennis matches.

The probability that he will win a match and the probability that he will lose a match are shown in the
probability tree diagram.

(a) Work out the probability that Finlay wins both matches.

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(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Finlay loses at least one match.

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(2)
(Total for question is 4 marks)
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Q5. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
The diagram shows a fair 4-sided spinner. Hasmeet is going to spin the spinner twice.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(2)
(b) Work out the probability that the spinner will land on A on the first spin and will land on B on the second
spin.

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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q6. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
When a biased 6-sided dice is thrown once, the probability that it will land on 4 is 0.65
The biased dice is thrown twice.

Amir draws the probability tree diagram shown.

The diagram is not correct.
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Write down two things that are wrong with the probability tree diagram.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)
Q7. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
Here is a probability tree diagram.
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Work out the probability of winning both games.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)
Q8. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
The probability tree diagram shows the probabilities that Bismah will be late for work on two days next
week.

Calculate the probability that Bismah will be late on exactly one of the two days.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)
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Q9. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
Mary travels to work by train every day.
The probability that her train will be late on any day is 0.15

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for Thursday and Friday.

(2)
(b) Work out the probability that her train will be late on at least one of these two days.

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(3)
(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q10. CALCULATOR ALLOWED

Sameena has a round pencil case and a square pencil case.

There are 4 blue pens and 3 red pens in the round pencil case.
There are 3 blue pens and 5 red pens in the square pencil case.

Sameena takes at random one pen out of each pencil case.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
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(2)
(b) Work out the probability that the pens Sameena takes are both red.

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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q11. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
Alan has two spinners, spinner A and spinner B. Each spinner can land on only red or white.

The probability that spinner A will land on red is 0.25 The probability that spinner B will land on red is 0.6

The probability tree diagram shows this information.

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Alan spins spinner A once and he spins spinner B once. He does this a number of times.

The number of times both spinners land on red is 24. Work out an estimate for the number of times both
spinners land on white.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q12. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
There are 30 students in Mr Lear's class. 16 of the students are boys.

Two students from the class are chosen at random. Mr Lear draws this probability tree diagram for this
information.

(a) Write down one thing that is wrong with the probabilities in the probability tree diagram.

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(1)
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Owen and Wasim play for the school football team.

The probability that Owen will score a goal in the next match is 0.4
The probability that Wasim will score a goal in the next match is 0.25

Mr Slater says, "The probability that both boys will score a goal in the next match is 0.4 + 0.25"

(b) Is Mr Slater right? Give a reason for your answer.

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(1)
(Total for question = 2 marks)
Q13. CALCULATOR ALLOWED
A and B are two sets of traffic lights on a road. The probability that a car is stopped by lights A is 0.4

If a car is stopped by lights A, then the probability that the car is not stopped by lights B is 0.7

If a car is not stopped by lights A, then the probability that the car is not stopped by lights B is 0.2

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for this information.

(2)
Mark drove along this road. He was stopped by just one of the sets of traffic lights.

(b) Is it more likely that he was stopped by lights A or by lights B? You must show your working.

(3)
(Total for question = 5 marks)