Year 10 Sets and Probability Revision Sheet

1. Give your answers to this question as fractions.

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(a) Each time Christina throws a ball at a target, the probability that she hits the target is .
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She throws the ball three times. Find the probability that she hits the target

(i) three times,

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(ii) at least once.

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(b) Each time Eduardo throws a ball at the target, the probability that he hits the target is .
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He throws the ball until he hits the target. Find the probability that he first hits the target with his

(i) 4th throw,

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(ii) nth throw.

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2. n( U) = 21, n(A  B) = 19, n(A  B’ ) = 8 and n(A) = 12.

Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.

Answer
A B

....... ....... ....... .......

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3. (a) Shade the region A  B.

A B

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(b) Shade the region (A  B)′.

A B

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(c) Shade the complement of set B.

A B

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4. U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,16} P = {2,3,5,7,11} S = {1,4,9,16} M = {3,6,9}

(a) Draw a Venn diagram to show this information.

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(b) Write down the value of n(M ′  P).

Answer (b) ……….….…………

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5. Rooms in a hotel are numbered from 1 to 19. Rooms are allocated at random as guests arrive.

(a) What is the probability that the first guest to arrive is given a room which is a prime number? (1 is
not a prime number.)

Answer (a) ……….………………….……

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(b) The first guest to arrive is given a room which is a prime number.
What is the probability that the second guest to arrive is given a room which is a prime number?

Answer (b) ……….………………….……

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6. In a survey, 100 students are asked if they like basketball (B), football (F) and swimming (S).

The Venn diagram shows the results. (a) Find the values of p, q and r.
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F
B
(b) How many students like

25 q (i) all three sports,

20
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17 (ii) basketball and swimming but

12 p not football?

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8 (c) Find
r

S
(i) n(B′ ),

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42 students like swimming. 40 students (ii) n((B  F )  S ′ ).

like exactly one sport.
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(d) One student is chosen at random from the 100 students.

Find the probability that the student

(i) only likes swimming,

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(ii) likes basketball but not swimming.

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(e) Two students are chosen at random from those who like basketball. Find the probability that they
each like exactly one other sport.
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7. Revina has to pass a written test and a driving test before she can drive a car on her own.
The probability that she passes the written test is 0.6.
The probability that she passes the driving test is 0.7.

(a) Complete the tree diagram below.

Written test Driving test

0.7 Pass

Pass
0.6
....... Fail

0.7 Pass
....... Fail

....... Fail

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(b) Calculate the probability that Revina passes only one of the two tests.

Answer (b) ………..………………….……

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8.

The diagram shows a six-sided spinner.

(b) Joel spins his blue spinner 99 times

and gets a two 17 times.
Write down the relative frequency
of getting a two with Joel’s spinner.

(a) Amy spins a biased spinner and the [1]

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probability she gets a two is . (c) The relative frequency of getting a
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two with Piero’s spinner is .
Find the probability she 102
Which of the three spinners,
(i) does not get a two, Amy’s, Joel’s or Piero’s, is most
[1] likely to give a two?

(ii) gets a seven,

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(iii) gets a number on the spinner

less than 7. [1]
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9. Give your answers to this question as fractions.

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The probability that it rains today is .
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3
If it rains today, the probability that it will rain tomorrow is .
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If it does not rain today, the probability that it will rain tomorrow is .
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The tree diagram below shows this information.

Today Tomorrow
3
4
rain
2
3 rain
t no rain
1
6 rain
s no rain
u no rain

(i) Write down, as fractions, the values of s, t and u.

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(ii) Calculate the probability that it rains on both days.

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(iii) Calculate the probability that it will not rain tomorrow.

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