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Combined Events and Conditional ProbabilityAQA GCSE Maths: Subtopic test

10 questions, 26 marks

AQA GCSE Maths

Combined Events and Conditional Probability

Total 26 marks

Name

Class

Date

  1. 1
    A box contains 10 pens: 6 blue and 4 black. Two pens are picked at random, one after another, without replacement.
    (a)
    Find the probability that both pens picked are blue.
    [1 mark]
    • A13\frac{1}{3}
    • B35\frac{3}{5}
    • C610\frac{6}{10}
    • D215\frac{2}{15}
    (b)
    Find the probability that the first pen picked is blue and the second is black.
    [1 mark]
    • A13\frac{1}{3}
    • B415\frac{4}{15}
    • C625\frac{6}{25}
    • D29\frac{2}{9}
    (c)
    Find the probability that at least one of the two pens picked is black.
    [1 mark]
    • A12\frac{1}{2}
    • B13\frac{1}{3}
    • C415\frac{4}{15}
    • D23\frac{2}{3}

    Total for question 1: 3 marks

  2. 2
    In a survey of 80 people, 50 own a car and 45 own a bicycle. 20 people own both a car and a bicycle.
    (a)
    Find the number of people who own neither a car nor a bicycle.
    [2 marks]
    (b)
    Find the probability that a randomly selected person owns exactly one of the two (a car or a bicycle, but not both).
    [2 marks]

    Total for question 2: 4 marks

  3. 3
    A doctor's surgery finds that 30% of patients who come in have flu. Of those with flu, 80% have a fever. Of those without flu, 10% have a fever.
    (a)
    Find the probability that a randomly selected patient has flu and a fever.
    [3 marks]
    (b)
    Given that a patient has a fever, find the probability that they have flu, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.
    [3 marks]

    Total for question 3: 6 marks

  4. 4
    A factory produces phone screens using two machines, Machine A and Machine B. Machine A produces 60% of the screens and Machine B produces 40%. 5% of screens from Machine A are defective, and 8% of screens from Machine B are defective.
    (a)
    Find the probability that a randomly selected screen is defective.
    [4 marks]
    (b)
    Given that a randomly selected screen is defective, find the probability that it was produced by Machine B, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.
    [4 marks]
    (c)
    The factory inspects two randomly selected screens from the day's output. Find the probability that exactly one of the two screens is defective, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.
    [5 marks]

    Total for question 4: 13 marks

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