Basic ProbabilityAQA GCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
AQA GCSE Maths
Basic Probability
Total 26 marks
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- 1A bag contains 12 counters: 5 red, 4 blue and 3 green. A counter is picked at random.(a)Find the probability that the counter picked is red.[1 mark]
- A
- B
- C
- D
(b)Find the probability that the counter picked is blue or green.[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
(c)A counter is picked and replaced 60 times. Find how many times a red counter would be expected to be picked.[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2A biased coin is spun. The probability of landing heads is .(a)Find the probability that the biased coin lands on tails.[2 marks](b)The coin is spun 200 times. Find the expected number of times it lands on tails.[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3In a class of 40 students, each student studies exactly one of French, Spanish or German. The probability that a randomly selected student studies French is , and the probability that they study Spanish is .(a)Explain why the probability that a randomly selected student studies German is , showing your working.[3 marks](b)Find the number of students in the class who study German.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A charity runs a raffle with 250 tickets, of which 15 win a prize. A player buys 1 ticket.(a)Find the probability, as a fraction in its simplest form, that the player's ticket wins a prize.[4 marks](b)The charity sells an additional 50 non-winning tickets, keeping the same 15 winning tickets. Find the probability that a player's ticket does not win a prize, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 decimal places.[4 marks](c)Two players each buy one ticket from the new pool of 300 tickets, without replacement. Find the probability that neither of them wins a prize, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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