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"Successive dependent events, i.e. sampling without

replacement (including tree diagrams)." (Standar

Question 1
There are only red marbles and green marbles in a bag.
There are 5 red marbles and 3 green marbles.

Dwayne takes at random a marble from the bag.

He does not put the marble back in the bag.

Dwayne takes at random a second marble from the bag.

Complete the probability tree diagram.

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(2 marks)

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Question 2
Matt has a bag with 3 red counters and 7 green counters.

Matt picks a counter at random, and then picks another counter.

Using the tree diagram drawn above, work out the probability that Matt does not get any red
counters.

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Question 3
A bag contains 3 white discs and 1 black disc.
John takes at random 2 discs from the bag without replacement.

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Find the probability that both discs are white.

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(2 marks)

Question 4
Joaquim takes part in two cycle races.

The probability that he wins the first race is 0.6.

The probability that he wins the second race is 0.7.

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Work out the probability that Joaquim wins both races.

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(2 marks)

Question 5
There are 10 chocolates in a box.
7 of the chocolates have soft centres and 3 of the chocolates have hard centres. Kyla
takes at random a chocolate from the box and eats it.
She then takes at random another chocolate from the box and eats it.

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Calculate the probability that at least one of the chocolates Kyla eats has a hard centre.

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(3 marks)

Question 6
There are 52 cards in a pack.
12 cards are picture cards.
40 cards are number cards.

Melina takes at random a card from the pack.

She keeps the card and then takes at random a second card from the remainder of the
pack.

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Work out the probability that the two cards Melina takes are both picture cards or both
number cards.

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(3 marks)

Question 7
There are 9 counters in a bag.

7 of the counters are green.

2 of the counters are blue.

Ria takes at random two counters from the bag.

Work out the probability that Ria takes one counter of each colour.

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(4 marks)

Question 8

Phil has 20 sweets in a bag.

5 of the sweets are orange.

7 of the sweets are red.
8 of the sweets are yellow.

Phil takes at random two sweets from the bag.

Work out the probability that the sweets will not be the same colour.

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(4 marks)

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Answers

Question 1
3 3 5 2
a= , b= , c= , d=
8 7 7 7

Question 2
42
90

Question 3
1
2

Question 4
0.42

Question 5
48
90

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Question 6
141
221

Question 7
28
72

Question 8
131
190

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