S1 Distribution

S1 Distribution – 1 H 10 mins
1 Sam is a member of a soccer club. She is practising scoring goals. The

probability that Sam will score a goal on any attempt is 0.7,
independently of all other attempts.
(a) Sam makes 10 attempts at scoring goals. [3]
Find the probability that Sam will score goals on fewer than 8 of these
attempts.
(b) Find the probability that Sam's first successful attempt will be
before her 5th attempt. [2]
(c) Wei is a member of the same soccer club. He is also practising
scoring goals. The probability that Wei will score a goal on any attempt
is 0.6, independently of all other attempts.
Wei is going to keep making attempts until he scores 3 goals.

Find the probability that he scores his third goal on his 7th attempt. [3]
2 Salah decides to attempt the crossword puzzle in his newspaper each

day. The probability that he will complete the puzzle on any given day is
0.65, independent of other days.
(a) Find the probability that Salah completes the puzzle for the first
time on the 5th day. [1]
(b) Find the probability that Salah completes the puzzle for the second
time on the 5th day. [2]
(c) Find the probability that Salah completes the puzzle fewer than 5
times in a week (7 days). [3]
(d) Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that Salah
completes the puzzle more than 50 times in a period of 84 days. [5]
3 Hazeem repeatedly throws two ordinary fair 6 -sided dice at the same
time. On each occasion, the score is the sum of the two numbers that she
obtains.
(a) Find the probability that it takes exactly 5 throws of the two dice for
Hazeem to obtain a score of 8 or more. [2]
(b) Find the probability that it takes no more than 4 throws of the two
dice for Hazeem to obtain a score of 8 or more. [2]
(c) For 8 randomly chosen throws of the two dice, find the probability
that Hazeem obtains a score of 8 or more on fewer than 3 occasions. [3]
4 George has a fair 5 -sided spinner with sides labelled 1,2,3,4,5. He

spins the spinner and notes the number on the side on which the
spinner lands.
(a) Find the probability that it takes fewer than 7 spins for George to
obtain a 5. [2]
George spins the spinner 10 times.

(b) Find the probability that he obtains a 5 more than 4 times but fewer
than 8 times. [3]
5 80% of the residents of Kinwawa are in favour of a leisure centre

being built in the town.
20 residents of Kinwawa are chosen at random and asked, in turn,
whether they are in favour of the leisure centre.
(a) Find the probability that more than 17 of these residents are in
favour of the leisure centre. [3]
(b) Find the probability that the 5th person asked is the first person
who is not in favour of the leisure centre. [1]
(c) Find the probability that the 7th person asked is the second person
who is not in favour of the leisure centre. [2]
6 A children's wildlife magazine is published every Monday. For the

next 12 weeks it will include a model animal as a free gift. There are five
different models: tiger, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and buffalo, each
with the same probability of being included in the magazine.
Sahim buys one copy of the magazine every Monday.

(a) Find the probability that the first time that the free gift is an
elephant is before the 6th Monday. [2]
(b) Find the probability that Sahim will get more than two leopards in
the 12 magazines. [3]
(c) Find the probability that after 5 weeks Sahim has exactly one of each
animal. [3]
7 Three fair 6 -sided dice, each with faces marked 1,2,3,4,5,6, are
thrown at the same time repeatedly. The score on each throw is the sum
of the numbers on the uppermost faces.
(a) Find the probability that a score of 17 or more is first obtained on
the 6th throw. [3]
(b) Find the probability that a score of 17 or more is obtained in fewer
than 8 throws. [2]
8 Ramesh throws an ordinary fair 6-sided die.

(a) Find the probability that he obtains a 4 for the first time on his 8th
throw. [1]
(b) Find the probability that it takes no more than 5 throws for Ramesh
to obtain a 4. [2]
Ramesh now repeatedly throws two ordinary fair 6 -sided dice at the
same time. Each time he adds the two numbers that he obtains.
(c) For 10 randomly chosen throws of the two dice, find the probability
that Ramesh obtains a total of less than 4 on at least three throws. [4]
9 In a certain country, the probability of more than 10 cm of rain on any

particular day is 0.18, independently of the weather on any other day.
(a) Find the probability that in any randomly chosen 7 -day period,
more than 2 days have more than 10 cm of rain. [3]
(b) For 3 randomly chosen 7 -day periods, find the probability that
exactly two of these periods have at least one day with more than 10 cm
of rain. [3]
10 Two fair coins are thrown at the same time. The random variable 𝑋
is the number of throws of the two coins required to obtain two tails at
the same time.
(a) Find the probability that two tails are obtained for the first time on
the 7th throw. [2]
(b) Find the probability that it takes more than 9 throws to obtain two
tails for the first time. [2]
11 In a certain region, the probability that any given day in October is
wet is 0.16, independently of other days.
(a) Find the probability that, in a 10-day period in October, fewer than 3
days will be wet. [3]
(b) Find the probability that the first wet day in October is 8 October.
[2]
(c) For 4 randomly chosen years, find the probability that in exactly 1 of
these years the first wet day in October is 8 October. [2]
12 In a game, Jim throws three darts at a board. This is called a 'turn'.

The centre of the board is called the bull's-eye.
The random variable 𝑋 is the number of darts in a turn that hit the
bull's-eye. The probability distribution of 𝑋 is given in the following
table.
𝑥 0 1 2 3
P(𝑋 = 𝑥) 0.6 𝑝 𝑞 0.05
It is given that E(𝑋) = 0.55.

(a) Find the values of 𝑝 and 𝑞. [4]
(b) Find Var(𝑋). [2]
Jim is practising for a competition and he repeatedly throws three darts

at the board.
(c) Find the probability that 𝑋 = 1 in at least 3 of 12 randomly chosen
turns. [3]
(d) Find the probability that Jim first succeeds in hitting the bull's-eye
with all three darts on his 9th turn. [1]
13 The random variable 𝑋 can take only the values −2, −1,0,1,2. The
probability distribution of 𝑋 is given in the following table.
𝑥 -2 -1 0 1 2
P(𝑋 = 𝑥) 𝑝 𝑝 0.1 𝑞 𝑞
Given that P(𝑋 ⩾ 0) = 3P(𝑋 < 0), find the values of 𝑝 and 𝑞. [4]
14 Kayla is competing in a throwing event. A throw is counted as a

success if the distance achieved is greater than 30 metres. The
probability that Kayla will achieve a success on any throw is 0.25 .
(a) Find the probability that Kayla takes more than 6 throws to achieve
a success. [2]
(b) Find the probability that, for a random sample of 10 throws, Kayla
achieves at least 3 successes. [3]
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S1 Distribution – 1 H 10 mins

1 Sam is a member of a soccer club. She is practising scoring goals. The

Wei is going to keep making attempts until he scores 3 goals.

2 Salah decides to attempt the crossword puzzle in his newspaper each

4 George has a fair 5 -sided spinner with sides labelled 1,2,3,4,5. He

George spins the spinner 10 times.

5 80% of the residents of Kinwawa are in favour of a leisure centre

6 A children's wildlife magazine is published every Monday. For the

Sahim buys one copy of the magazine every Monday.

8 Ramesh throws an ordinary fair 6-sided die.

9 In a certain country, the probability of more than 10 cm of rain on any

12 In a game, Jim throws three darts at a board. This is called a 'turn'.

P(𝑋 = 𝑥) 0.6 𝑝 𝑞 0.05

It is given that E(𝑋) = 0.55.

Jim is practising for a competition and he repeatedly throws three darts

14 Kayla is competing in a throwing event. A throw is counted as a

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