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Probability Tree Diagrams
Probability Tree Diagrams
P a t
l a t e
0 . 6
J u l i e
l a t e
0 . 2
n o t
l a t e
l a t e
n o t
l a t e
n o t
l a t e
(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Julie and Pat will both arrive late.
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(2)
(Total 4 marks)
Teddington School 1
2. Salika travels to school by train every day.
The probability that her train will be late on any day is 0.3
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.
M o n d a y T u e s d a y
0 . 3 l a t e
l a t e
0 . 3
n o t
l a t e
l a t e
n o t
l a t e
n o t
l a t e
(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 5 marks)
Teddington School 2
3. Jacob has 2 bags of sweets.
Bag P Bag Q
B aPg B a Qg
g r e e n
3 g r e e n
7
y e l l o w
g r e e n
r e d
y e l l o w
(2)
Teddington School 3
(b) Calculate the probability that Jacob will take 2 green sweets.
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(2)
(Total 4 marks)
Teddington School 4
4. Amy is going to play one game of snooker and one game of billiards.
1
The probability that she will win the game of snooker is 3
3
The probability that she will win the game of billiards is 4
The probability tree diagram shows this information.
Amy played one game of snooker and one game of billiards on a number of Fridays.
She won at both snooker and billiards on 21 Fridays.
Work out an estimate for the number of Fridays on which Amy did not win either game.
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(Total 3 marks)
Teddington School 5
5. Lucy and Jessica take a test.
L u c y J e s s i c a
p a s s
0 . 4
p a s s
0 . 7
f a i l
p a s s
f a i l
f a i l
(2)
(b) Work out the probability that only one of the 2 girls will pass the test.
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(3)
(Total 5 marks)
Teddington School 6
6. There are 3 boys and 7 girls at a playgroup.
Mrs Gold selects two children at random.
1 s t c h i l d 2 n
b o y
. . . . . . . . . . . .
3 b o y
1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . g i r l
b o y
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . g i r l
g i r l
. . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Mrs Gold selects two girls.
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(2)
(Total 4 marks)
Teddington School 7
7. Ivan plays a game of darts and a game of snooker.
3
The probability that he will win at darts is 7
6
The probability that he will win at snooker is 11
D a r t s S n o o k e r
6
1 1 W i n
3
7 W i n
. . . . . . . . . . . . .N . o t W i n
. . . . . . . . . . . . .W . i n
N o t W i n
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
N o t W i n
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total 2 marks)
1
The probability that the train will be late leaving Swindon is 5
7
If the train is late leaving Swindon, the probability that it will arrive late in London is 10
1
If the train is not late leaving Swindon, the probability that it will arrive late in London is 10
Teddington School 8
(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.
l e a v e s S w i n d o n
l a t e
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1 l a t e
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . n o t l a t e
l a t e
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . n o t l a t e
n o t l a t e
. . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)
(b) Work out the probability that Nicola will arrive late in London.
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(3)
(Total 5 marks)
Teddington School 9
9. There are 3 strawberry yoghurts, 2 peach yoghurts and 4 cherry yoghurts in a fridge.
Work out the probability that both the yoghurts were the same flavour.
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(Total 4 marks)
Teddington School 10
10. William has two 10-sided spinners.
The spinners are equally likely to land on each of their sides.
B L U R EE D B L U R EE D
R E D B L U E
G R E E N B L U E
B L U E R E D G R E E N B L U E
R E D B L U E
B L U E B L U E
G R E RE EN D B L U RE E D
Work out the probability that spinner A and spinner B do not land on the same colour.
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(Total 4 marks)
Teddington School 11
11. There are 4 bottles of orange juice,
3 bottles of apple juice,
2 bottles of tomato juice.
Work out the probability that they both take a bottle of the same type of juice.
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(Total 4 marks)
Teddington School 12