QUESTIONS

Basic
This question type shows you how to use the Binomial Distribution
Formula in a simple way to compute basic probability calculations.
They ask something in this way Every Exam, so this is basically free
marks.
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 ‘Smallest Value of n’
This common question has the same structure every time it is asked in
exams. They always ask you to find ‘the smallest value of n’ using
your binomial distribution formula. Complete this section to
understand how to answer this question. (You will see how similar
the answers are…)

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 Probability Mix
This section shows you how they mix binomial distribution
probability calculations with other probability calculations. It will
teach you how to identify when to use the binomial distribution
formula and when to not.
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 QUESTIONS
Q1 s2020_51

Q2 s2020_53

Q3 w2020_51
Q4 w2020_52

Q5 w2020_53

Q6 s2021_52
Q7 s2021_53

Q8 w2021_51

Q9 w2021_52

Q10 s2022_53
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The Normal Distribution Question – Type 1
Question Description: In this question type they ask you what I
would consider simpler normal distribution calculations. Three styles
in type 1 are seen in key bellow.

Key:
- Normal distribution probability calculations

- Finding a constant

- Finding ‘expected/estimate/average value’

QUESTIONS
Q1 w18_p61

Q2 w18_p63
Q3 s18_p63

Q4 w16_p61

Q5 w15_p62

Q6 s19_p62

Q7 w16_p61
Q8 w19_p62

Q9 s16_p62

Q10 w16_p62
Q11 w16_p63

Q12 w17_p62

Q13 w17_p63
Q14 w18_p62

Q15 s19_p61

Q16 s19_p63
Q17 w19_p61

Q18 s15_p62

Q19 w19_p63
Q20 w17_p61
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The Normal Distribution Question – Type 2
Question Description: In this question type they mix binomial and
normal distribution to form questions. You will see that they do this
most of the time by making you approximate the binomial distribution
with the normal distribution.

QUESTIONS

1 s15_p61

2 s16_p61
3 w18_p61

4 s16_p62

5 w17_p62

6 s18_p61
7 s18_p63

8 w19_p63

9 s19_p61
10 w19_p62

11 s17_p63

12 s16_p63

13 s15_p63

14 w18_p63
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The Normal Distribution Question – Type 3
Question Description: In this question type they ask you to find or
use an unknown mean and standard deviation. The key bellow shows
you all the different styles they can do this.

Key:
Finding the mean
Finding the standard deviation
Using equation relating µ and σ
Finding both mean and standard deviation

QUESTIONS
1 s2015_p61

2 s2015_p63
3 w2016_p61

4 w2015_p62

5 s2016_p61

6 w2015_p63

7 s2015_p63
8 s2018_p63

9 w2018_p63

10 s2017_p63

11 s2017_p61

12 w2015_p62

13 s2018_p61

14 w2018_p62
15 s2017_p63

16 s2015_p62

17 w2015_p61

18 w2017_p62

19 s2018_p61

20 w2018_p61

21 w2019_p62
22 s2019_p62
 QUESTIONS

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Representing Data Question – Histograms
Question Description: Every year in your Statistics 1 exam there is
a question on Representing Data. Bellow is all the exam questions of
when they ask you to represent data by “drawing a histogram”.

QUESTIONS

Q1 s2015_p61

Q2 s2015_p63
Q3 w2015_p61

Q4 w2015_p63

Q5 w2016_p62
Q6 s2017_p61
Q7 s2018_p62
Q8 s2018_p63
Q9 w2019_p62
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Data Representation Question – Cumulative
Frequency Graphs
Question Description: Every year in your Statistics 1 exam there is
a question on Representing Data. Bellow is all the exam questions
when they ask you to represent data by drawing a “cumulative
frequency graph”.

QUESTIONS

Q1 s2015_p63

Q2 s2016_p61
Q3 w2016_p63
Q4 s2017_p62
Q5 s2017_p63
Q6 w2017_p61
Q7 w2017_p62
Q8 w2018_p61
Q9 s2019_p61
Q10 w2019_p61
Q11 w2019_p63
 WORKSHEET
Data Representation Question – Box and Whisker
Plots
Question Description: Every year in your Statistics 1 exam there is
a question on Representing Data. Below are all the exam questions
when they ask you to represent data by drawing a “Box and Whisker
Plot”.

QUESTIONS

Q1 s2016_p63
Q2 s2018_p61
Q3 w2018_p62
Q4 s2019_p62
Q5 s2015_p62
Q6 w2017_p63
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Data Representation Question – Stem and Leaf
Diagrams
Question Description: Every year in your Statistics 1 exam there is
a question on Representing Data. Below are all the exam questions
when they ask you to represent data by drawing a “Stem and Leaf
diagram”.

QUESTIONS
Q1 w2015_p62
Q2 s2016_p62

Q3 w2016_p61

Q4 w2017_p63
Q5 w2018_p63

Q6 s2019_p63
 QUESTIONS

Q1 w2015_p62

Q2 w2015_p63

Q3 w2017_p62

Q4 w2017_p63

Q5 s2018_p61
Q6 w2015_p61

Q7 s2016_p63

Q8 s2017_p61
Q9 w2017_p61

Q10 w2018_p62

Q11 w2019_p61
Q12 s2015_p61

Q13 s2018_p63

Q14 s2019_p61
Q15 w2018_p63
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Probability Distribution Table Question
Question Description: This style of question asks you to “draw up a
probability distribution table”. Below are many times they have asked
this style with the included exam paper they are extracted from. As
you can also see they will ask you to find the expectation and variance
using your probability distribution table.

From Formula Sheet:

QUESTIONS

Q1 s2016_p62

Q2 s2016_p63
Q3 w2017_p63

Q4 s2018_p62

Q5 s2018_p63

Q6 w2018_p62
Q7 w2018_p63

Q8 s2019_p63

Q9 w2019_p62

Q10 s2018_p61
Q11 w2017_p62

Q12 s2017_p62

Q13 w2016_p62

Q14 w2018_p61
Q15 w2019_p61

Q16 w2017_p61
 WORKSHEET
Probability Question – Tree Diagrams
Question Description: Question involves you constructing tree
diagrams and making probability calculations from them. They can
either ask you this directly or you must draw one to help you make
calculations.

QUESTIONS

Q1 s2016_p62
Q2 s2017_p61

Q3 w2017_p61

Q4 w2017_p63
Q5 s2019_p63

Q6 s2018_p63
Q7 w2018_p63
Q8 s2015_p61

Q9 s2015_p62
Q10 s2016_p61

Q11 w2016_p62

Q12 s2017_p62

Q13 w2017_p61
Q14 w2019_p61

Q15 w2019_p62
 WORKSHEET
Probability Question – Final Cases
Question Description: This is collection of the other ways they can
ask you on probability. By doing this worksheet after the “Probability
Distribution Table Worksheet”, “Probability Tree Diagram
Worksheet” and “Binomial Distribution Worksheet” you will
understand fully how they ask on Probabilities in this S1 exam. The
following final probability questions really touch on this part of the
syllabus.

QUESTIONS
Q1 s2015_p62

Q2 w2018_p63
Q3 w2015_p63

Q4 w2015_p62

Q5 w2016_p61
Q6 w2017_p62

Q7 s2018_p61

Q8 s2018_p62

Q9 s2019_p61

Q10 w2015_p62
Q11 s2017_p62

Q12 s2017_p63

ANSWERS
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Q1 s2015_p61

Q2 s2015_p62

Q3 s2015_p63

Q4 w2015_p61
Q5 w2015_p62

Q6 w2015_p63

Q7 s2016_p61
Q8 s2016_p62

Q9 s2016_p63

Q10 w2016_p61

Q11 w2016_p62
Q12 w2016_p63

Q13 s2017_p61

Q14 s2017_p62
Q15 s2017_p63

Q16 w2017_p61

Q17 w2017_p62
Q18 w2017_p63

Q19 s2018_p61

Q20 s2018_p62
Q21 s2018_p63

Q22 w2018_p61

Q23 w2018_p62

Q24 s2019_p61
Q25 s2019_p62

Q26 s2019_p63

Q27 w2019_p61

Q28 w2019_p62
Q29 w2019_p63

Q30 w2019_p63
 Hardest Questions – Part One
Collection of some of the hardest exam questions found in past
papers for the CIE AS-Level Pure Mathematics Paper 1 exam.

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 Hardest Questions – Part Two
Collection of some of the hardest exam questions found in past
papers for the CIE AS-Level Pure Mathematics Paper 1 exam.

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 Hardest Questions – Part Three
Collection of some of the hardest exam questions found in past
papers for the CIE AS-Level Pure Mathematics Paper 1 exam.

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