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Probability ToolkitEdexcel IGCSE Maths: Subtopic test

10 questions, 26 marks

Edexcel IGCSE Maths

Probability Toolkit

Total 26 marks

Name

Class

Date

  1. 1
    A bag contains 5 red counters, 3 blue counters and 2 green counters. A counter is drawn at random.
    (a)
    What is the probability that the counter drawn is red?
    [1 mark]
    • A12\frac{1}{2}
    • B310\frac{3}{10}
    • C15\frac{1}{5}
    • D25\frac{2}{5}
    (b)
    What is the probability that the counter drawn is not blue?
    [1 mark]
    • A310\frac{3}{10}
    • B710\frac{7}{10}
    • C12\frac{1}{2}
    • D15\frac{1}{5}
    (c)
    What is the probability that the counter drawn is red or green?
    [1 mark]
    • A910\frac{9}{10}
    • B12\frac{1}{2}
    • C15\frac{1}{5}
    • D710\frac{7}{10}

    Total for question 1: 3 marks

  2. 2
    A fair coin is tossed and a fair 4-sided spinner labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 is spun.
    (a)
    List the sample space of all possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting a head and an even number.
    [2 marks]
    (b)
    Find the probability of getting a tail and a number greater than 2.
    [2 marks]

    Total for question 2: 4 marks

  3. 3
    The probability that a machine produces a faulty item is 0.08. The machine produces 500 items in a day.
    (a)
    Find the expected number of faulty items produced in a day.
    [3 marks]
    (b)
    Find the probability that an item is not faulty, and hence the expected number of non-faulty items produced in a day.
    [3 marks]

    Total for question 3: 6 marks

  4. 4
    In a class of 30 students, 18 study French, 15 study Spanish, and 8 study both French and Spanish.
    (a)
    Find the number of students who study only French, only Spanish, and neither language.
    [4 marks]
    (b)
    Find the probability that a randomly selected student studies exactly one of the two languages.
    [4 marks]
    (c)
    Find the probability that a randomly selected student studies French, Spanish, or both, by first working out the number of students in each region of a Venn diagram (French only, Spanish only, both) and adding them. Show that this matches the total found by adding the individual probabilities and subtracting the overlap once.
    [5 marks]

    Total for question 4: 13 marks

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