9) November 2011 V3

9
Set A S U M S
Set B M I N U S
The diagram shows two sets of cards.

(a) One card is chosen at random from Set A and replaced.

(i) Write down the probability that the card chosen shows the letter M.

Answer(a)(i) [1]

(ii) If this is carried out 100 times, write down the expected number of times the card chosen
shows the letter M.

Answer(a)(ii) [1]

(b) Two cards are chosen at random, without replacement, from Set A.

Find the probability that both cards show the letter S.

Answer(b) [2]

(c) One card is chosen at random from Set A and one card is chosen at random from Set B.

Find the probability that exactly one of the two cards shows the letter U.

Answer(c) [3]

(d) A card is chosen at random, without replacement, from Set B until the letter shown is either
I or U.

Find the probability that this does not happen until the 4th card is chosen.

Answer(d) [2]
273
13) November 2012 V1

3 90 students are asked which school clubs they attend.

D = {students who attend drama club}

M = {students who attend music club}
S = { students who attend sports club}

39 students attend music club.

26 students attend exactly two clubs.
35 students attend drama club.

D M

10
........ 13

........ ........
........
23

(a) Write the four missing values in the Venn diagram. [4]

(b) How many students attend

(i) all three clubs,

Answer(b)(i) [1]

(ii) one club only?

Answer(b)(ii) [1]

(c) Find

(i) n(D ∩ M ),

Answer(c)(i) [1]

(ii) n((D ∩ M ) ∩ S' ).

Answer(c)(ii) [1]

278
(d) One of the 90 students is chosen at random.

Find the probability that the student

(i) only attends music club,

Answer(d)(i) [1]

(ii) attends both music and drama clubs.

Answer(d)(ii) [1]

(e) Two of the 90 students are chosen at random without replacement.

Find the probability that

(i) they both attend all three clubs,

Answer(e)(i) [2]

(ii) one of them attends sports club only and the other attends music club only.

Answer(e)(ii) [3]

279
14) November 2012 V2
9 (a) = {25 students in a class}

F = {students who study French}

S = {students who study Spanish}

16 students study French and 18 students study Spanish.

2 students study neither of these.

(i) Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.

F S

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

[2]
(ii) Find n(F ').
Answer(a)(ii) [1]

(iii) Find n(F ∩ S)'.

Answer(a)(iii) [1]

(iv) One student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student studies both French and Spanish.

Answer(a)(iv) [1]

(v) Two students are chosen at random without replacement.

Find the probability that they both study only Spanish.

Answer(a)(v) [2]
280
(b) In another class the students all study at least one language from French, German and Spanish.

No student studies all three languages.

The set of students who study German is a proper subset of the set of students who study
French.

4 students study both French and German.

12 students study Spanish but not French.

9 students study French but not Spanish.

A total of 16 students study French.

(i) Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information.

[4]

(ii) Find the total number of students in this class.

Answer(b)(ii) [1]

281
15) November 2012 V3
7 (a)
1 2 2 3 4

Two discs are chosen at random without replacement from the five discs shown in the diagram.

(i) Find the probability that both discs are numbered 2 .

Answer(a)(i) [2]

(ii) Find the probability that the numbers on the two discs have a total of 5 .

Answer(a)(ii) [3]

(iii) Find the probability that the numbers on the two discs do not have a total of 5.

Answer(a)(iii) [1]

(b) A group of international students take part in a survey on the nationality of their parents.

E = {students with an English parent} E F

F = {students with a French parent}

n( ) = 50, n(E) = 15, n(F ) = 9 and n(E ∪ F )' = 33 .

(i) Find n(E ∩ F ).

Answer(b)(i) [1]

(ii) Find n(E' ∪ F ).

Answer(b)(ii) [1]

(iii) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student has an English parent and a French parent.

Answer(b)(iii) [1]

(iv) A student who has a French parent is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student also has an English parent.

Answer(b)(iv) [1]
282
18) November 2013 V1

E N L A R G E M E N T

Prettie picks a card at random from the 11 cards above and does not replace it.
She then picks a second card at random and does not replace it.

(a) Find the probability that she picks

(i) the letter L and then the letter G,

Answer(a)(i) ............................................... [2]

(ii) the letter E twice,

Answer(a)(ii) ............................................... [2]

(iii) two letters that are the same.

Answer(a)(iii) ............................................... [2]

285
(b) Prettie now picks a third card at random.

Find the probability that the three letters

(i) are all the same,

Answer(b)(i) ............................................... [2]

(ii) do not include a letter E,

Answer(b)(ii) ............................................... [2]

(iii) include exactly two letters that are the same.

Answer(b)(iii) ............................................... [5]

286
19) November 2013 V3

3
(b) The probability that Chaminda uses the internet on any day is 5 .
3
The probability that Niluka uses the internet on any day is 4 .

(i) Complete the tree diagram.

Chaminda Niluka
3
4 Uses the
internet
Uses the
3 internet
5 Does not
........ use the
internet

........ Uses the

........ internet
Does not
use the
internet Does not
........ use the
internet
[2]

(ii) Calculate the probability, that on any day, at least one of the two students uses the internet.

Answer(b)(ii) ............................................... [3]

(iii) Calculate the probability that Chaminda uses the internet on three consecutive days.

Answer(b)(iii) ............................................... [2]

287
20) June 2014 V1

T B

11 9

x
6–x

In the Venn diagram, = {children in a nursery}

B = {children who received a book for their birthday}

T = {children who received a toy for their birthday}
P = {children who received a puzzle for their birthday}

x children received a book and a toy and a puzzle.

6 children received a toy and a puzzle.

(a) 4 children received a book and a toy.

5 children received a book and a puzzle.
7 children received a puzzle but not a book and not a toy.

Complete the Venn diagram above. [3]

(b) There are 40 children in the nursery.

Using the Venn diagram, write down and solve an equation in x.

Answer(b)

[3]

288
(c) Work out

(i) the probability that a child, chosen at random, received a book but not a toy and not a puzzle,

Answer(c)(i) ................................................ [1]

(ii) the number of children who received a book and a puzzle but not a toy,

Answer(c)(ii) ................................................ [1]

(iii) n(B),

Answer(c)(iii) ................................................ [1]

(iv) n(B ∪ P),

Answer(c)(iv) ................................................ [1]

(v) n(B ∪ T ∪ P)'.

Answer(c)(v) ................................................ [1]

(d)

T B

Shade the region B ∩ (T ∪ P)'. [1]

289
22) June 2014 V2

1
9 If the weather is fine the probability that Carlos is late arriving at school is 10 .
1
If the weather is not fine the probability that he is late arriving at school is 3 .
3
The probability that the weather is fine on any day is 4 .

(a) Complete the tree diagram to show this information.

Weather Arriving at school

1
10 Late

3 Fine
4 Not late
........

........ Late
........ Not fine
Not late
........
[3]

(b) In a school term of 60 days, find the number of days the weather is expected to be fine.

Answer(b) ................................................ [1]

(c) Find the probability that the weather is fine and Carlos is late arriving at school.

Answer(c) ................................................ [2]

(d) Find the probability that Carlos is not late arriving at school.

Answer(d) ................................................ [3]

(e) Find the probability that the weather is not fine on at least one day in a school week of 5 days.

Answer(e) ................................................ [2]

291
(b) After the first race, Yeung competes in two further triathlon races.

(i) Complete the tree diagram.

First race Second race Third race

7
10 Finishes
6 Finishes
7
Does not
........ finish
Finishes
7
3 10 Finishes
5 ........ Does not
finish
Does not
........ finish
7
10 Finishes
6 Finishes
7
........ Does not
........ finish
Does not
finish 7
10 Finishes
........ Does not
finish
Does not
........ finish
[3]

(ii) Calculate the probability that Yeung finishes all three of his races.

Answer(b)(ii) ................................................ [2]

(iii) Calculate the probability that Yeung finishes at least one of his races.

Answer(b)(iii) ................................................ [3]

296
26) June 2015 V1
4 30 students were asked if they had a bicycle (B), a mobile phone (M ) and a computer (C).
The results are shown in the Venn diagram.


B M
2 4 x

7
1 6

3 2
C

(a) Work out the value of x .

Answer(a) x = ................................................. [1]

(b) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram.

Answer(b) ................................................. [1]

(c) Find n(C (M B)).

Answer(c) ................................................. [1]

(d) A student is chosen at random.

(i) Write down the probability that the student is a member of the set M  .

Answer(d)(i) ................................................. [1]

(ii) Write down the probability that the student has a bicycle.

Answer(d)(ii) ................................................. [1]

(e) Two students are chosen at random from the students who have computers.

Find the probability that each of these students has a mobile phone but no bicycle.

Answer(e) ................................................ [3]

297
27) June 2015 V2

11 Gareth has 8 sweets in a bag.

4 sweets are orange flavoured, 3 are lemon flavoured and 1 is strawberry flavoured.

(a) He chooses two of the sweets at random.

Find the probability that the two sweets have different flavours.

Answer(a) ................................................ [4]

(b) Gareth now chooses a third sweet.

Find the probability that none of the three sweets is lemon flavoured.

Answer(b) ................................................ [2]

298
31) March 2016 V2

3 (a) Davinder asked some people if they ate mangoes, pineapples or bananas last week.

M = { people who ate mangoes }

P = { people who ate pineapples }
B = { people who ate bananas }

The Venn diagram shows some of the information.

M
P
5 7

......
4
......
......

1 12

19 people said they ate mangoes.

6 people said they ate only pineapples.
18 people said they ate exactly two of the three types of fruit.

(i) Write the three missing values in the Venn diagram. [3]

(ii) Find the total number of people Davinder asked.

.................................................. [1]

(iii) Find n(M P).

.................................................. [1]

(iv) One person is chosen at random from the people who ate mangoes.

Write down the probability that this person also ate bananas.

.................................................. [2]

303