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CAMBRIDGE As-Level

Probability & Statistics 1

2017-2021 PAST PAPERS BOOKLET

Kenya - Copyright Priority Home Based Tuition 2015

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Cambridge International AS & A Level
CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
*2153885552*

MATHEMATICS 9709/51
Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1 May/June 2021

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
³ Answer all questions.
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³ Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
³ Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
³ Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
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number or numbers must be clearly shown.
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calculator.
³ Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

INFORMATION
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³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 A bag contains 12 marbles, each of a different size. 8 of the marbles are red and 4 of the marbles are
blue.

How many different selections of 5 marbles contain at least 4 marbles of the same colour? [4]

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2 A company produces a particular type of metal rod. The lengths of these rods are normally distributed
with mean 25.2 cm and standard deviation 0.4 cm. A random sample of 500 of these rods is chosen.

How many rods in this sample would you expect to have a length that is within 0.5 cm of the mean
length? [5]

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3 (a) How many different arrangements are there of the 8 letters in the word RELEASED? [1]

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(b) How many different arrangements are there of the 8 letters in the word RELEASED in which the
letters LED appear together in that order? [3]

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(c) An arrangement of the 8 letters in the word RELEASED is chosen at random.

Find the probability that the letters A and D are not together. [4]

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4 To gain a place at a science college, students first have to pass a written test and then a practical test.

Each student is allowed a maximum of two attempts at the written test. A student is only allowed
a second attempt if they fail the first attempt. No student is allowed more than one attempt at the
practical test. If a student fails both attempts at the written test, then they cannot attempt the practical
test.

The probability that a student will pass the written test at the first attempt is 0.8. If a student fails the
first attempt at the written test, the probability that they will pass at the second attempt is 0.6. The
probability that a student will pass the practical test is always 0.3.

(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information, showing the probabilities on the branches.
[3]

(b) Find the probability that a randomly chosen student will succeed in gaining a place at the college.
[2]

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(c) Find the probability that a randomly chosen student passes the written test at the first attempt
given that the student succeeds in gaining a place at the college. [2]

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5 The times taken by 200 players to solve a computer puzzle are summarised in the following table.

Time (t seconds) 0 ≤ t < 10 10 ≤ t < 20 20 ≤ t < 40 40 ≤ t < 60 60 ≤ t < 100

Number of players 16 54 78 32 20

(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information. [4]

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(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken by these 200 players. [2]

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6 In Questa, 60% of the adults travel to work by car.

(a) A random sample of 12 adults from Questa is taken.

Find the probability that the number who travel to work by car is less than 10. [3]

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(b) A random sample of 150 adults from Questa is taken.

Use an approximation to find the probability that the number who travel to work by car is less
than 81. [5]

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(c) Justify the use of your approximation in part (b). [1]

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7 Sharma knows that she has 3 tins of carrots, 2 tins of peas and 2 tins of sweetcorn in her cupboard.
All the tins are the same shape and size, but the labels have all been removed, so Sharma does not
know what each tin contains.

Sharma wants carrots for her meal, and she starts opening the tins one at a time, chosen randomly,
until she opens a tin of carrots. The random variable X is the number of tins that she needs to open.

6.
(a) Show that P X = 3 = 35 [2]

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(b) Draw up the probability distribution table for X . [4]

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(c) Find Var X . [3]

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MATHEMATICS 9709/52
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1 hour 15 minutes

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1 An ordinary fair die is thrown repeatedly until a 5 is obtained. The number of throws taken is denoted
by the random variable X .

(a) Write down the mean of X . [1]

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(b) Find the probability that a 5 is first obtained after the 3rd throw but before the 8th throw. [2]

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2 The weights of bags of sugar are normally distributed with mean 1.04 kg and standard deviation 3 kg.
In a random sample of 2000 bags of sugar, 72 weighed more than 1.10 kg.

Find the value of 3. [4]

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3 On each day that Alexa goes to work, the probabilities that she travels by bus, by train or by car are
0.4, 0.35 and 0.25 respectively. When she travels by bus, the probability that she arrives late is 0.55.
When she travels by train, the probability that she arrives late is 0.7. When she travels by car, the
probability that she arrives late is x.

On a randomly chosen day when Alexa goes to work, the probability that she does not arrive late
is 0.48.

(a) Find the value of x. [3]

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(b) Find the probability that Alexa travels to work by train given that she arrives late. [3]

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4 A fair spinner has sides numbered 1, 2, 2. Another fair spinner has sides numbered −2, 0, 1. Each
spinner is spun. The number on the side on which a spinner comes to rest is noted. The random
variable X is the sum of the numbers for the two spinners.

(a) Draw up the probability distribution table for X . [3]

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(b) Find E X and Var X . [3]

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5 Every day Richard takes a flight between Astan and Bejin. On any day, the probability that the flight
arrives early is 0.15, the probability that it arrives on time is 0.55 and the probability that it arrives
late is 0.3.

(a) Find the probability that on each of 3 randomly chosen days, Richard’s flight does not arrive late.
[1]

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(b) Find the probability that for 9 randomly chosen days, Richard’s flight arrives early at least 3
times. [3]

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(c) 60 days are chosen at random.

Use an approximation to find the probability that Richard’s flight arrives early at least 12 times.
[5]

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6 (a) Find the total number of different arrangements of the 8 letters in the word TOMORROW. [2]

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(b) Find the total number of different arrangements of the 8 letters in the word TOMORROW that
have an R at the beginning and an R at the end, and in which the three Os are not all together.
[3]

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Four letters are selected at random from the 8 letters of the word TOMORROW.

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7 The heights, in cm, of the 11 basketball players in each of two clubs, the Amazons and the Giants, are
shown below.

Amazons 205 198 181 182 190 215 201 178 202 196 184
Giants 175 182 184 187 189 192 193 195 195 195 204

(a) State an advantage of using a stem-and-leaf diagram compared to a box-and-whisker plot to

illustrate this information. [1]

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(b) Represent the data by drawing a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with Amazons on the
left-hand side of the diagram. [4]

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Four new players join the Amazons. The mean height of the 15 players in the Amazons is now
191.2 cm. The heights of three of the new players are 180 cm, 185 cm and 190 cm.

(d) Find the height of the fourth new player. [3]

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CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
*7050283781*

MATHEMATICS 9709/53
Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1 May/June 2021

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INFORMATION
³ The total mark for this paper is 50.
³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 The heights in cm of 160 sunflower plants were measured. The results are summarised on the following
cumulative frequency curve.

160

140

120
Cumulative frequency

100

0
0 40 80 120 160 200 240

Height (cm)

(a) Use the graph to estimate the number of plants with heights less than 100 cm. [1]

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(b) Use the graph to estimate the 65th percentile of the distribution. [2]

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2 The random variable X can take only the values −2, −1, 0, 1, 2. The probability distribution of X is
given in the following table.

x −2 −1 0 1 2
P X = x p p 0.1 q q

Given that P X ≥ 0 = 3P X < 0, find the values of p and q. [4]

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3 A sports club has a volleyball team and a hockey team. The heights of the 6 members of the volleyball
team are summarised by Σ x = 1050 and Σ x2 = 193 700, where x is the height of a member in cm.
The heights of the 11 members of the hockey team are summarised by Σ y = 1991 and Σ y2 = 366 400,
where y is the height of a member in cm.

(a) Find the mean height of all 17 members of the club. [2]

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(b) Find the standard deviation of the heights of all 17 members of the club. [3]

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4 Three fair six-sided dice, each with faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, are thrown at the same time,
repeatedly. For a single throw of the three dice, the score is the sum of the numbers on the top faces.

(a) Find the probability that the score is 4 on a single throw of the three dice. [3]

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(b) Find the probability that a score of 18 is obtained for the first time on the 5th throw of the three
dice. [3]

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5 The lengths of the leaves of a particular type of tree are modelled by a normal distribution. A scientist
measures the lengths of a random sample of 500 leaves from this type of tree and finds that 42 are less
than 4 cm long and 100 are more than 10 cm long.

(a) Find estimates for the mean and standard deviation of the lengths of leaves from this type of tree.
[5]

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The lengths, in cm, of the leaves of a different type of tree have the distribution N -, 3 2 . The scientist
takes a random sample of 800 leaves from this type of tree.

(b) Find how many of these leaves the scientist would expect to have lengths, in cm, between - − 23
and - + 23. [4]

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6 (a) How many different arrangements are there of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT? [2]

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(b) How many different arrangements are there of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT in
which the two Rs are together and the three Es are together? [1]

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(c) How many different arrangements are there of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT in
which there are exactly three letters between the two Rs? [3]

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Five of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT are selected.

(d) How many possible selections contain at least two Es and at least one R? [4]

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7 In the region of Arka, the total number of households in the three villages Reeta, Shan and Teber is 800.
Each of the households was asked about the quality of their broadband service. Their responses are
summarised in the following table.

Quality of broadband service

Excellent Good Poor
Reeta 75 118 32
Village Shan 223 177 40
Teber 12 60 63

(a) (i) Find the probability that a randomly chosen household is in Shan and has poor broadband
service. [1]

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(ii) Find the probability that a randomly chosen household has good broadband service given
that the household is in Shan. [2]

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In the whole of Arka there are a large number of households. A survey showed that 35% of households
in Arka have no broadband service.

(b) (i) 10 households in Arka are chosen at random.

Find the probability that fewer than 3 of these households have no broadband service. [3]

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(ii) 120 households in Arka are chosen at random.

Use an approximation to find the probability that more than 32 of these households have no
broadband service. [5]

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CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
*7297762714*

MATHEMATICS 9709/51
Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1 May/June 2020

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INFORMATION
³ The total mark for this paper is 50.
³ The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 The score when two fair six-sided dice are thrown is the sum of the two numbers on the upper faces.

1.
(a) Show that the probability that the score is 4 is 12 [1]

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The two dice are thrown repeatedly until a score of 4 is obtained. The number of throws taken is
denoted by the random variable X .

(b) Find the mean of X . [1]

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(d) Find P X < 8. [2]

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2 (a) Find the number of different arrangements that can be made from the 9 letters of the word
JEWELLERY in which the three Es are together and the two Ls are together. [2]

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(b) Find the number of different arrangements that can be made from the 9 letters of the word
JEWELLERY in which the two Ls are not next to each other. [4]

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3 A company produces small boxes of sweets that contain 5 jellies and 3 chocolates. Jemeel chooses
3 sweets at random from a box.

(a) Draw up the probability distribution table for the number of jellies that Jemeel chooses. [4]

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The company also produces large boxes of sweets. For any large box, the probability that it contains
more jellies than chocolates is 0.64. 10 large boxes are chosen at random.

(b) Find the probability that no more than 7 of these boxes contain more jellies than chocolates. [3]

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4 In a music competition, there are 8 pianists, 4 guitarists and 6 violinists. 7 of these musicians will be
selected to go through to the final.

How many different selections of 7 finalists can be made if there must be at least 2 pianists, at least
1 guitarist and more violinists than guitarists? [4]

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5 On Mondays, Rani cooks her evening meal. She has a pizza, a burger or a curry with probabilities
0.35, 0.44, 0.21 respectively. When she cooks a pizza, Rani has some fruit with probability 0.3.
When she cooks a burger, she has some fruit with probability 0.8. When she cooks a curry, she never
has any fruit.

(a) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to represent this information. [2]

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(b) Find the probability that Rani has some fruit. [2]

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6 The lengths of female snakes of a particular species are normally distributed with mean 54 cm and
standard deviation 6.1 cm.

(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen female snake of this species has length between
50 cm and 60 cm. [4]

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The lengths of male snakes of this species also have a normal distribution. A scientist measures the
lengths of a random sample of 200 male snakes of this species. He finds that 32 have lengths less than
45 cm and 17 have lengths more than 56 cm.

(b) Find estimates for the mean and standard deviation of the lengths of male snakes of this species.
[5]

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7 The numbers of chocolate bars sold per day in a cinema over a period of 100 days are summarised in
the following table.

Number of chocolate bars sold 1 − 10 11 − 15 16 − 30 31 − 50 51 − 60

Number of days 18 24 30 20 8

(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information. [5]

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(b) What is the greatest possible value of the interquartile range for the data? [2]

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MATHEMATICS 9709/52
Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1 May/June 2020

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

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1 For n values of the variable x, it is given that

Σ x − 50 = 144 and Σ x = 944.
Find the value of n. [3]

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2 A total of 500 students were asked which one of four colleges they attended and whether they preferred
soccer or hockey. The numbers of students in each category are shown in the following table.

Soccer Hockey Total

Amos 54 32 86
Benn 84 72 156
Canton 22 56 78
Devar 120 60 180
Total 280 220 500

(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen student is at Canton college and prefers hockey.
[1]

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(b) Find the probability that a randomly chosen student is at Devar college given that he prefers
soccer. [2]

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(c) One of the students is chosen at random. Determine whether the events ‘the student prefers
hockey’ and ‘the student is at Amos college or Benn college’ are independent, justifying your
answer. [2]

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3 Two machines, A and B, produce metal rods of a certain type. The lengths, in metres, of 19 rods
produced by machine A and 19 rods produced by machine B are shown in the following back-to-back
stem-and-leaf diagram.

A B
21 1 2 4
7 6 3 0 22 2 4 5 5 6
8 7 4 3 1 1 23 0 2 6 8 9 9
5 5 5 3 2 24 3 3 4 6
4 3 1 0 25 6

Key: 7 22 4 means 0.227 m for machine A and 0.224 m for machine B.

(a) Find the median and the interquartile range for machine A. [3]

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It is given that for machine B the median is 0.232 m, the lower quartile is 0.224 m and the upper
quartile is 0.243 m.

(b) Draw box-and-whisker plots for A and B. [3]

(c) Hence make two comparisons between the lengths of the rods produced by machine A and those
produced by machine B. [2]

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4 Trees in the Redian forest are classified as tall, medium or short, according to their height. The heights
can be modelled by a normal distribution with mean 40 m and standard deviation 12 m. Trees with a
height of less than 25 m are classified as short.

(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen tree is classified as short. [3]

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Of the trees that are classified as tall or medium, one third are tall and two thirds are medium.

(b) Show that the probability that a randomly chosen tree is classified as tall is 0.298, correct to
3 decimal places. [2]

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5 A fair three-sided spinner has sides numbered 1, 2, 3. A fair five-sided spinner has sides numbered
1, 1, 2, 2, 3. Both spinners are spun once. For each spinner, the number on the side on which it
lands is noted. The random variable X is the larger of the two numbers if they are different, and their
common value if they are the same.

7.
(a) Show that P X = 3 = 15 [2]

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(b) Draw up the probability distribution table for X . [3]

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(c) Find E X and Var X . [3]

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6 (a) Find the number of different ways in which the 10 letters of the word SUMMERTIME can be
arranged so that there is an E at the beginning and an E at the end. [2]

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(b) Find the number of different ways in which the 10 letters of the word SUMMERTIME can be
arranged so that the Es are not together. [4]

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(c) Four letters are selected from the 10 letters of the word SUMMERTIME. Find the number of
different selections if the four letters include at least one M and exactly one E. [3]

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7 On any given day, the probability that Moena messages her friend Pasha is 0.72.

(a) Find the probability that for a random sample of 12 days Moena messages Pasha on no more
than 9 days. [3]

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(b) Moena messages Pasha on 1 January. Find the probability that the next day on which she
messages Pasha is 5 January. [1]

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(c) Use an approximation to find the probability that in any period of 100 days Moena messages
Pasha on fewer than 64 days. [5]

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1 Juan goes to college each day by any one of car or bus or walking. The probability that he goes by
car is 0.2, the probability that he goes by bus is 0.45 and the probability that he walks is 0.35. When
Juan goes by car, the probability that he arrives early is 0.6. When he goes by bus, the probability
that he arrives early is 0.1. When he walks he always arrives early.

(a) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to represent this information. [2]

(b) Find the probability that Juan goes to college by car given that he arrives early. [4]

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2 In a certain large college, 22% of students own a car.

(a) 3 students from the college are chosen at random. Find the probability that all 3 students own a
car. [1]

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(b) 16 students from the college are chosen at random. Find the probability that the number of these
students who own a car is at least 2 and at most 4. [3]

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3 In a certain town, the time, X hours, for which people watch television in a week has a normal
distribution with mean 15.8 hours and standard deviation 4.2 hours.

(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen person from this town watches television for less
than 21 hours in a week. [2]

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(b) Find the value of k such that P X < k = 0.75. [3]

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4 A fair four-sided spinner has edges numbered 1, 2, 2, 3. A fair three-sided spinner has edges numbered
−2, −1, 1. Each spinner is spun and the number on the edge on which it comes to rest is noted. The
random variable X is the sum of the two numbers that have been noted.

(a) Draw up the probability distribution table for X . [3]

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(b) Find Var X . [3]

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5 A pair of fair coins is thrown repeatedly until a pair of tails is obtained. The random variable X
denotes the number of throws required to obtain a pair of tails.

(a) Find the expected value of X . [1]

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(b) Find the probability that exactly 3 throws are required to obtain a pair of tails. [1]

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On a different occasion, a pair of fair coins is thrown 80 times.

(d) Use an approximation to find the probability that a pair of tails is obtained more than 25 times.
[5]

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6 The annual salaries, in thousands of dollars, for 11 employees at each of two companies A and B are
shown below.

Company A 30 32 35 41 41 42 47 49 52 53 64
Company B 26 47 30 52 41 38 35 42 49 31 42

(a) Represent the data by drawing a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with company A on the
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(b) Find the median and the interquartile range of the salaries of the employees in company A. [3]

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A new employee joins company B. The mean salary of the 12 employees is now $38 500.

(c) Find the salary of the new employee. [3]

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7 (a) Find the number of different possible arrangements of the 9 letters in the word CELESTIAL.
[1]

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(b) Find the number of different arrangements of the 9 letters in the word CELESTIAL in which the
first letter is C, the fifth letter is T and the last letter is E. [2]

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(c) Find the probability that a randomly chosen arrangement of the 9 letters in the word CELESTIAL
does not have the two Es together. [4]

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5 letters are selected at random from the 9 letters in the word CELESTIAL.

(d) Find the number of different selections if the 5 letters include at least one E and at most one L.
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Paper 5 Mechanics 2 (M2) May/June 2019
1 hour 15 minutes
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A
0.8 m
0.15 m
O P
v m s−1

A particle P of mass 0.3 kg is attached to a fixed point A by a light inextensible string of length 0.8 m.
The fixed point O is 0.15 m vertically below A. The particle P moves with constant speed v m s−1 in a
horizontal circle with centre O (see diagram).

(i) Show that the tension in the string is 16 N. [2]

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(ii) Find the value of v. [3]

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2 A particle is projected with speed V m s−1 at an angle of 1Å above the horizontal. At the instant 4 s after
projection the speed of the particle is 16 m s−1 and its direction of motion is 30Å above the horizontal.
Find V and 1. [5]

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0.2 m

A
0.2 m

0.7 m

The diagram shows the cross-section through the centre of mass of a uniform solid object. The object
is a cylinder of radius 0.2 m and length 0.7 m, from which a hemisphere of radius 0.2 m has been
removed at one end. The point A is the centre of the plane face at the other end of the object. Find the
distance of the centre of mass of the object from A. [5]

[The volume of a hemisphere is 23 0r3 .]

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4 A small ball is projected with speed 25 m s−1 at an angle of 30Å above the horizontal from a point O
on horizontal ground. At time t s after projection the horizontal and vertically upwards displacements
of the ball from O are x m and y m respectively.

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5 A particle P of mass 0.4 kg is attached to one end of a light elastic string of natural length 0.5 m and
modulus of elasticity 6 N. The other end of the string is attached to a fixed point O. The particle P is
released from rest at the point 0.5 + x m vertically below O. The particle P comes to instantaneous
rest at O.

(i) Find x. [3]

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(ii) Find the greatest speed of P. [5]

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A

0.3 m

B C
0.6 m

ABC is a uniform lamina in the form of a triangle with AB = 0.3 m, BC = 0.6 m and a right angle at
B (see diagram).

(i) State the distances of the centre of mass of the lamina from AB and from BC. [2]

Distance from AB ...........................................................................................................................

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Distance from BC ..........................................................................................................................

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The lamina is freely suspended at B and hangs in equilibrium.

(ii) Find the angle between AB and the horizontal. [2]

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A force of magnitude 12 N is applied along the edge AC of the lamina in the direction from A
towards C. The lamina, still suspended at B, is now in equilibrium with AB vertical.

(iii) Calculate the weight of the lamina. [3]

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7 A particle P of mass 0.5 kg is attached to a fixed point O by a light elastic string of natural length
1 m and modulus of elasticity 16 N. The particle P is projected vertically upwards from O with speed
6 m s−1 . A resisting force of magnitude 0.1x2 N acts on P when P has displacement x m above O.
After projection the upwards velocity of P is v m s−1 .

dv
(i) Show that, before the string becomes taut, v = −10 − 0.2x2 . [2]
dx

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(ii) Find the velocity of P at the instant the string becomes taut. [4]

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(iii) Find an expression for the acceleration of P while it is moving upwards after the string becomes
taut. [2]

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(iv) Verify that P comes to instantaneous rest before the extension of the string is 0.5 m. [4]

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MATHEMATICS 9709/62
Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 1 (S1) May/June 2019
1 hour 15 minutes
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1 Two ordinary fair dice are thrown and the numbers obtained are noted. Event S is ‘The sum of the
numbers is even’. Event T is ‘The sum of the numbers is either less than 6 or a multiple of 4 or both’.
Showing your working, determine whether the events S and T are independent. [4]

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2 The volume of ink in a certain type of ink cartridge has a normal distribution with mean 30 ml and
standard deviation 1.5 ml. People in an office use a total of 8 cartridges of this ink per month. Find
the expected number of cartridges per month that contain less than 28.9 ml of this ink. [4]

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3 The probability that Janice will buy an item online in any week is 0.35. Janice does not buy more than
one item online in any week.

(i) Find the probability that, in a 10-week period, Janice buys at most 7 items online. [3]

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(ii) The probability that Janice buys at least one item online in a period of n weeks is greater than 0.99.
Find the smallest possible value of n. [3]

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4 It is known that 20% of male giant pandas in a certain area weigh more than 121 kg and 71.9% weigh
more than 102 kg. Weights of male giant pandas in this area have a normal distribution. Find the
mean and standard deviation of the weights of male giant pandas in this area. [5]

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5 Maryam has 7 sweets in a tin; 6 are toffees and 1 is a chocolate. She chooses one sweet at random
and takes it out. Her friend adds 3 chocolates to the tin. Then Maryam takes another sweet at random
out of the tin.

(i) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to illustrate this situation. [3]

(ii) Draw up the probability distribution table for the number of toffees taken. [3]

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(iii) Find the mean number of toffees taken. [1]

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(iv) Find the probability that the first sweet taken is a chocolate, given that the second sweet taken is
a toffee. [4]

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6 (i) Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using a box-and-whisker plot to represent a set of
data. [2]

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(ii) The times in minutes taken to run a marathon were recorded for a group of 13 marathon runners
and were found to be as follows.
180 275 235 242 311 194 246 229 238 768 332 227 228
State which of the mean, mode or median is most suitable as a measure of central tendency for
these times. Explain why the other measures are less suitable. [3]

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(iii) Another group of 33 people ran the same marathon and their times in minutes were as follows.
190 203 215 246 249 253 255 254 258 260 261
263 267 269 274 276 280 288 283 287 294 300
307 318 327 331 336 345 351 353 360 368 375

(a) On the grid below, draw a box-and-whisker plot to illustrate the times for these 33 people.
[4]

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(b) Find the interquartile range of these times. [1]

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7 (a) A group of 6 teenagers go boating. There are three boats available. One boat has room for
3 people, one has room for 2 people and one has room for 1 person. Find the number of different
ways the group of 6 teenagers can be divided between the three boats. [3]

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(b) Find the number of different 7-digit numbers which can be formed from the seven digits 2, 2, 3,
7, 7, 7, 8 in each of the following cases.
(i) The odd digits are together and the even digits are together. [3]

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(ii) The 2s are not together. [4]

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MATHEMATICS 9709/63
Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 1 (S1) May/June 2019
1 hour 15 minutes
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1 The time taken, in minutes, by a ferry to cross a lake has a normal distribution with mean 85 and
standard deviation 6.8.

(i) Find the probability that, on a randomly chosen occasion, the time taken by the ferry to cross the
lake is between 79 and 91 minutes. [3]

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(ii) Over a long period it is found that 96% of ferry crossings take longer than a certain time t minutes.
Find the value of t. [3]

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2 Megan sends messages to her friends in one of 3 different ways: text, email or social media. For each
message, the probability that she uses text is 0.3 and the probability that she uses email is 0.2. She
receives an immediate reply from a text message with probability 0.4, from an email with probability
0.15 and from social media with probability 0.6.

(i) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to represent this information. [2]

(ii) Given that Megan does not receive an immediate reply to a message, find the probability that the
message was an email. [4]

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3 Mr and Mrs Keene and their 5 children all go to watch a football match, together with their friends
Mr and Mrs Uzuma and their 2 children. Find the number of ways in which all 11 people can line up
at the entrance in each of the following cases.

(i) Mr Keene stands at one end of the line and Mr Uzuma stands at the other end. [2]

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(ii) The 5 Keene children all stand together and the Uzuma children both stand together. [3]

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4 (i) Find the number of ways a committee of 6 people can be chosen from 8 men and 4 women if
there must be at least twice as many men as there are women on the committee. [3]

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(ii) Find the number of ways a committee of 6 people can be chosen from 8 men and 4 women if 2
particular men refuse to be on the committee together. [3]

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5 On average, 34% of the people who go to a particular theatre are men.

(i) A random sample of 14 people who go to the theatre is chosen. Find the probability that at most
2 people are men. [3]

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(ii) Use an approximation to find the probability that, in a random sample of 600 people who go to
the theatre, fewer than 190 are men. [5]

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6 A fair five-sided spinner has sides numbered 1, 1, 1, 2, 3. A fair three-sided spinner has sides numbered
1, 2, 3. Both spinners are spun once and the score is the product of the numbers on the sides the
spinners land on.

(i) Draw up the probability distribution table for the score. [4]

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(ii) Find the mean and the variance of the score. [3]

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(iii) Find the probability that the score is greater than the mean score. [2]

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7 The times in minutes taken by 13 pupils at each of two schools in a cross-country race are recorded
in the table below.

Thaters School 38 43 48 52 54 56 57 58 58 61 62 66 75
Whitefay Park School 45 47 53 56 56 61 64 66 69 73 75 78 83

(i) Draw a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to illustrate these times with Thaters School on the
left. [4]

(ii) Find the interquartile range of the times for pupils at Thaters School. [2]

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The times taken by pupils at Whitefay Park School are denoted by x minutes.

(iii) Find the value of Σ x − 602 . [2]

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(iv) It is given that Σ x − 60 = 46. Use this result, together with your answer to part (iii), to find the
variance of x. [2]

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MATHEMATICS 9709/61
Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 1 (S1) May/June 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
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Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case of angles in
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1 In a statistics lesson 12 people were asked to think of a number, x, between 1 and 20 inclusive. From
the results Tom found that Σ x = 186 and that the standard deviation of x is 4.5. Assuming that Tom’s
calculations are correct, find the values of Σ x − 10 and Σ x − 102 . [3]

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2 In a survey 55 students were asked to record, to the nearest kilometre, the total number of kilometres
they travelled to school in a particular week. The results are shown below.

5 5 9 10 13 13 13 15 15 15 15
16 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 21
21 21 21 23 25 25 27 27 29 30 33
35 38 39 40 42 45 48 50 50 51 51
52 55 57 57 60 61 64 65 66 69 70

(i) On the grid, draw a box-and-whisker plot to illustrate the data. [5]

An ‘outlier’ is defined as any data value which is more than 1.5 times the interquartile range above the
upper quartile, or more than 1.5 times the interquartile range below the lower quartile.

(ii) Show that there are no outliers. [2]

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3 Andy has 4 red socks and 8 black socks in his drawer. He takes 2 socks at random from his drawer.

(i) Find the probability that the socks taken are of different colours. [2]

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The random variable X is the number of red socks taken.

(ii) Draw up the probability distribution table for X . [3]

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(iii) Find E X . [1]

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4 (a) The distance that car tyres of a certain make can travel before they need to be replaced has a
normal distribution. A survey of a large number of these tyres found that the probability of this
distance being more than 36 800 km is 0.0082 and the probability of this distance being more
than 31 000 km is 0.6915. Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution. [5]

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(b) The random variable X has the distribution N -, 32 , where 33 = 4- and - ≠ 0. Find P X < 3-.
[3]

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5 In Pelmerdon 22% of families own a dishwasher.

(i) Find the probability that, of 15 families chosen at random from Pelmerdon, between 4 and 6
inclusive own a dishwasher. [3]

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(ii) A random sample of 145 families from Pelmerdon is chosen. Use a suitable approximation to
find the probability that more than 26 families own a dishwasher. [5]

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6 Vehicles approaching a certain road junction from town A can either turn left, turn right or go straight
on. Over time it has been noted that of the vehicles approaching this particular junction from town A,
55% turn left, 15% turn right and 30% go straight on. The direction a vehicle takes at the junction is
independent of the direction any other vehicle takes at the junction.

(i) Find the probability that, of the next three vehicles approaching the junction from town A, one
goes straight on and the other two either both turn left or both turn right. [4]

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(ii) Three vehicles approach the junction from town A. Given that all three drivers choose the same
direction at the junction, find the probability that they all go straight on. [4]

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7 Find the number of different ways in which all 9 letters of the word MINCEMEAT can be arranged in
each of the following cases.

(i) There are no restrictions. [1]

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(ii) No vowel (A, E, I are vowels) is next to another vowel. [4]

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5 of the 9 letters of the word MINCEMEAT are selected.

(iii) Find the number of possible selections which contain exactly 1 M and exactly 1 E. [2]

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(iv) Find the number of possible selections which contain at least 1 M and at least 1 E. [3]

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

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This document consists of 12 printed pages.

1 Each of a group of 10 boys estimates the length of a piece of string. The estimates, in centimetres,
are as follows.

37 40 45 38 36 38 42 38 40 39

(i) Find the mode. [1]

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

(ii) Find the median and the interquartile range. [3]

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

2 In a group of students, 43 are male. The proportion of male students who like their curry hot is 35 and
the proportion of female students who like their curry hot is 45 . One student is chosen at random.

(i) Find the probability that the student chosen is either female, or likes their curry hot, or is both
female and likes their curry hot. [4]

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

(ii) Showing your working, determine whether the events ‘the student chosen is male’ and ‘the student
chosen likes their curry hot’ are independent. [2]

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

3 (i) The volume of soup in Super Soup cartons has a normal distribution with mean - millilitres
and standard deviation 9 millilitres. Tests have shown that 10% of cartons contain less than
440 millilitres of soup. Find the value of -. [3]

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

(ii) A food retailer orders 150 Super Soup cartons. Calculate the number of these cartons for which
you would expect the volume of soup to be more than 1.8 standard deviations above the mean.
[3]

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

4 Mrs Rupal chooses 3 animals at random from 5 dogs and 2 cats. The random variable X is the number
of cats chosen.

(i) Draw up the probability distribution table for X . [4]

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

(ii) You are given that E X = 67 . Find the value of Var X . [2]

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

5 The lengths, t minutes, of 242 phone calls made by a family over a period of 1 week are summarised
in the frequency table below.

Length of phone 0<t≤1 1<t≤2 2<t≤5 5 < t ≤ 10 10 < t ≤ 30

call (t minutes)
Frequency 14 46 102 a 40

(i) Find the value of a. [1]

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

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of these phone calls. [2]

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

(iii) On the grid, draw a histogram to illustrate the data in the table. [4]

6 (a) Find the number of ways in which all 9 letters of the word AUSTRALIA can be arranged in each
of the following cases.
(i) All the vowels (A, I, U are vowels) are together. [3]

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

(ii) The letter T is in the central position and each end position is occupied by one of the other
consonants (R, S, L). [3]

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

(b) Donna has 2 necklaces, 8 rings and 4 bracelets, all different. She chooses 4 pieces of jewellery.
How many possible selections can she make if she chooses at least 1 necklace and at least 1
bracelet? [4]

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

7 In a certain country, 60% of mobile phones sold are made by Company A, 35% are made by Company B
and 5% are made by other companies.

(i) Find the probability that, out of a random sample of 13 people who buy a mobile phone, fewer
than 11 choose a mobile phone made by Company A. [3]

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

(ii) Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that, out of a random sample of 130 people
who buy a mobile phone, at least 50 choose a mobile phone made by Company B. [5]

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

(iii) A random sample of n mobile phones sold is chosen. The probability that at least one of these
phones is made by Company B is more than 0.98. Find the least possible value of n. [3]

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

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1 hour 15 minutes
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1 The masses in kilograms of 50 children having a medical check-up were recorded correct to the nearest
kilogram. The results are shown in the table.

Mass (kg) 10 − 14 15 − 19 20 − 24 25 − 34 35 − 59
Frequency 6 12 14 10 8

(i) Find which class interval contains the lower quartile. [1]

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

(ii) On the grid, draw a histogram to illustrate the data in the table. [4]

2 The random variable X has the distribution N −3, 3 2 . The probability that a randomly chosen value
of X is positive is 0.25.

(i) Find the value of 3. [3]

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

(ii) Find the probability that, of 8 random values of X , fewer than 2 will be positive. [3]

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

3 The members of a swimming club are classified either as ‘Advanced swimmers’ or ‘Beginners’. The
proportion of members who are male is x, and the proportion of males who are Beginners is 0.7. The
proportion of females who are Advanced swimmers is 0.55. This information is shown in the tree
diagram.

0.55 Advanced
swimmers
Females
Beginners

Advanced
x swimmers
Males
0.70 Beginners

For a randomly chosen member, the probability of being an Advanced swimmer is the same as the
probability of being a Beginner.

(i) Find x. [3]

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

(ii) Given that a randomly chosen member is an Advanced swimmer, find the probability that the
member is male. [3]

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

4 Farfield Travel and Lacket Travel are two travel companies which arrange tours abroad. The numbers
of holidays arranged in a certain week are recorded in the table below, together with the means and
standard deviations of the prices.

Number of Mean price Standard

holidays $ deviation $
Farfield Travel 30 1500 230
Lacket Travel 21 2400 160

(i) Calculate the mean price of all 51 holidays. [2]

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

(ii) The prices of individual holidays with Farfield Travel are denoted by $xF and the prices of
individual holidays with Lacket Travel are denoted by $xL . By first finding Σ x2F and Σ xL2 , find
the standard deviation of the prices of all 51 holidays. [5]

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

5 A game is played with 3 coins, A, B and C. Coins A and B are biased so that the probability of
obtaining a head is 0.4 for coin A and 0.75 for coin B. Coin C is not biased. The 3 coins are thrown
once.

(i) Draw up the probability distribution table for the number of heads obtained. [5]

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

(ii) Hence calculate the mean and variance of the number of heads obtained. [3]

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

6 The diameters of apples in an orchard have a normal distribution with mean 5.7 cm and standard
deviation 0.8 cm. Apples with diameters between 4.1 cm and 5 cm can be used as toffee apples.

(i) Find the probability that an apple selected at random can be used as a toffee apple. [3]

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

(ii) 250 apples are chosen at random. Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that fewer
than 50 can be used as toffee apples. [5]

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

7 Find the number of ways the 9 letters of the word SEVENTEEN can be arranged in each of the
following cases.

(i) One of the letter Es is in the centre with 4 letters on either side. [2]

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

(ii) No E is next to another E. [3]

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

5 letters are chosen from the 9 letters of the word SEVENTEEN.

(iii) Find the number of possible selections which contain exactly 2 Es and exactly 2 Ns. [1]

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

(iv) Find the number of possible selections which contain at least 2 Es. [4]

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

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MATHEMATICS 9709/61
Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 1 (S1) May/June 2017
1 hour 15 minutes
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Answer all the questions.

Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case of angles in
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You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

This document consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.

1 Kadijat noted the weights, x grams, of 30 chocolate buns. Her results are summarised by

Σ x − k = 315, Σ x − k2 = 4022,

where k is a constant. The mean weight of the buns is 50.5 grams.

(i) Find the value of k. [2]

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

(ii) Find the standard deviation of x. [2]

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

2 Ashfaq throws two fair dice and notes the numbers obtained. R is the event ‘The product of the two
numbers is 12’. T is the event ‘One of the numbers is odd and one of the numbers is even’. By finding
appropriate probabilities, determine whether events R and T are independent. [5]

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

3 Redbury United soccer team play a match every week. Each match can be won, drawn or lost. At
the beginning of the soccer season the probability that Redbury United win their first match is 53 , with
equal probabilities of losing or drawing. If they win the first match, the probability that they win the
second match is 10 7 and the probability that they lose the second match is 1 . If they draw the first
10
match they are equally likely to win, draw or lose the second match. If they lose the first match, the
probability that they win the second match is 103 and the probability that they draw the second match
1.
is 20

(i) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to represent the first two matches played by Redbury United
in the soccer season. [2]

(ii) Given that Redbury United win the second match, find the probability that they lose the first
match. [4]

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

4 The times taken, t seconds, by 1140 people to solve a puzzle are summarised in the table.

Time (t seconds) 0 ≤ t < 20 20 ≤ t < 40 40 ≤ t < 60 60 ≤ t < 100 100 ≤ t < 140
Number of people 320 280 220 220 100

(i) On the grid, draw a histogram to illustrate this information. [4]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean of t. [2]

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

5 Eggs are sold in boxes of 20. Cracked eggs occur independently and the mean number of cracked
eggs in a box is 1.4.

(i) Calculate the probability that a randomly chosen box contains exactly 2 cracked eggs. [3]

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

(ii) Calculate the probability that a randomly chosen box contains at least 1 cracked egg. [2]

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

(iii) A shop sells n of these boxes of eggs. Find the smallest value of n such that the probability of
there being at least 1 cracked egg in each box sold is less than 0.01. [2]

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

6 (a) The random variable X has a normal distribution with mean - and standard deviation 3. You are
given that 3 = 0.25- and P X < 6.8 = 0.75.
(i) Find the value of -. [4]

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

(ii) Find P X < 4.7. [3]

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

(b) The lengths of metal rods have a normal distribution with mean 16 cm and standard deviation
0.2 cm. Rods which are shorter than 15.75 cm or longer than 16.25 cm are not usable. Find the
expected number of usable rods in a batch of 1000 rods. [4]

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

7 (a) Eight children of different ages stand in a random order in a line. Find the number of different
ways this can be done if none of the three youngest children stand next to each other. [3]

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

(b) David chooses 5 chocolates from 6 different dark chocolates, 4 different white chocolates and
1 milk chocolate. He must choose at least one of each type. Find the number of different
selections he can make. [4]

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

(c) A password for Chelsea’s computer consists of 4 characters in a particular order. The characters
are chosen from the following.
³ The 26 capital letters A to Z
³ The 9 digits 1 to 9
³ The 5 symbols # ~ * ? !
The password must include at least one capital letter, at least one digit and at least one symbol.
No character can be repeated. Find the number of different passwords that Chelsea can make.
[4]

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

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Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 1 (S1) May/June 2017
1 hour 15 minutes
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1 Rani and Diksha go shopping for clothes.

(i) Rani buys 4 identical vests, 3 identical sweaters and 1 coat. Each vest costs $5.50 and the coat
costs $90. The mean cost of Rani’s 8 items is $29. Find the cost of a sweater. [3]

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

(ii) Diksha buys 1 hat and 4 identical shirts. The mean cost of Diksha’s 5 items is $26 and the
standard deviation is $0. Explain how you can tell that Diksha spends $104 on shirts. [2]

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

2 Anabel measured the lengths, in centimetres, of 200 caterpillars. Her results are illustrated in the
cumulative frequency graph below.

200

160
Cumulative frequency

120

0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Length in centimetres

(i) Estimate the median and the interquartile range of the lengths. [3]

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

(ii) Estimate how many caterpillars had a length of between 2 and 3.5 cm. [1]

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

(iii) 6% of caterpillars were of length l centimetres or more. Estimate l. [2]

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

3 In a probability distribution the random variable X takes the value x with probability kx2 , where k is
a constant and x takes values −2, −1, 2, 4 only.

(i) Show that P X = −2 has the same value as P X = 2. [1]

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

(ii) Draw up the probability distribution table for X , in terms of k, and find the value of k. [3]

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

(iii) Find E X . [2]

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

4 Two identical biased triangular spinners with sides marked 1, 2 and 3 are spun. For each spinner, the
probabilities of landing on the sides marked 1, 2 and 3 are p, q and r respectively. The score is the
1 and
sum of the numbers on the sides on which the spinners land. You are given that P score is 6 = 36
P score is 5 = 19 . Find the values of p, q and r. [6]

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

5 The lengths of videos of a certain popular song have a normal distribution with mean 3.9 minutes.
18% of these videos last for longer than 4.2 minutes.

(i) Find the standard deviation of the lengths of these videos. [3]

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

(ii) Find the probability that the length of a randomly chosen video differs from the mean by less
than half a minute. [4]

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

The lengths of videos of another popular song have a normal distribution with the same mean of
3.9 minutes but the standard deviation is twice the standard deviation in part (i). The probability that
the length of a randomly chosen video of this song differs from the mean by less than half a minute is
denoted by p.

(iii) Without any further calculation, determine whether p is more than, equal to, or less than your
answer to part (ii). You must explain your reasoning. [2]

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

6 A library contains 4 identical copies of book A, 2 identical copies of book B and 5 identical copies of
book C. These 11 books are arranged on a shelf in the library.

(i) Calculate the number of different arrangements if the end books are either both book A or both
book B. [4]

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

(ii) Calculate the number of different arrangements if all the books A are next to each other and none
of the books B are next to each other. [5]

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

7 During the school holidays, each day Khalid either rides on his bicycle with probability 0.6, or on his
skateboard with probability 0.4. Khalid does not ride on both on the same day. If he rides on his
bicycle then the probability that he hurts himself is 0.05. If he rides on his skateboard the probability
that he hurts himself is 0.75.

(i) Find the probability that Khalid hurts himself on any particular day. [2]

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

(ii) Given that Khalid hurts himself on a particular day, find the probability that he is riding on his
skateboard. [2]

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

(iii) There are 45 days of school holidays. Show that the variance of the number of days Khalid rides
on his skateboard is the same as the variance of the number of days that Khalid rides on his
bicycle. [2]

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

(iv) Find the probability that Khalid rides on his skateboard on at least 2 of 10 randomly chosen days
in the school holidays. [3]

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

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1 A biased die has faces numbered 1 to 6. The probabilities of the die landing on 1, 3 or 5 are each
equal to 0.1. The probabilities of the die landing on 2 or 4 are each equal to 0.2. The die is thrown
twice. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers it lands on is 9. [4]

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

2 The probability that George goes swimming on any day is 31 . Use an approximation to calculate the
probability that in 270 days George goes swimming at least 100 times. [5]

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

3 A shop sells two makes of coffee, Café Premium and Café Standard. Both coffees come in two sizes,
large jars and small jars. Of the jars on sale, 65% are Café Premium and 35% are Café Standard. Of
the Café Premium, 40% of the jars are large and of the Café Standard, 25% of the jars are large. A jar
is chosen at random.

(i) Find the probability that the jar is small. [2]

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

(ii) Find the probability that the jar is Café Standard given that it is large. [3]

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

4 (a) The random variable X has the distribution N -, 3 2 , where - = 1.53 . A random value of X is
chosen. Find the probability that this value of X is greater than 0. [3]

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

(b) The life of a particular type of torch battery is normally distributed with mean 120 hours and
standard deviation s hours. It is known that 87.5% of these batteries last longer than 70 hours.
Find the value of s. [3]

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

5 Hebe attempts a crossword puzzle every day. The number of puzzles she completes in a week (7 days)
is denoted by X .

(i) State two conditions that are required for X to have a binomial distribution. [2]

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

On average, Hebe completes 7 out of 10 of these puzzles.

(ii) Use a binomial distribution to find the probability that Hebe completes at least 5 puzzles in a
week. [3]

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

(iii) Use a binomial distribution to find the probability that, over the next 10 weeks, Hebe completes
4 or fewer puzzles in exactly 3 of the 10 weeks. [3]

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

6 (a) Find how many numbers between 3000 and 5000 can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5,
(i) if digits are not repeated, [2]

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

(ii) if digits can be repeated and the number formed is odd. [3]

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

(b) A box of 20 biscuits contains 4 different chocolate biscuits, 2 different oatmeal biscuits and 14
different ginger biscuits. 6 biscuits are selected from the box at random.
(i) Find the number of different selections that include the 2 oatmeal biscuits. [2]

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

(ii) Find the probability that fewer than 3 chocolate biscuits are selected. [4]

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

7 The following histogram represents the lengths of worms in a garden.

Frequency density

0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Length (cm)

(i) Calculate the frequencies represented by each of the four histogram columns. [2]

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

(ii) On the grid on the next page, draw a cumulative frequency graph to represent the lengths of
worms in the garden. [4]

(iii) Use your graph to estimate the median and interquartile range of the lengths of worms in the
garden. [3]

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

[Question 7 (iv) is printed on the next page.]

(iv) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of worms in the garden. [2]

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

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