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WJEC GCSE Mathematics Probability overview quiz quiz

16questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the range of values a probability can take?

  2. A bag has 33 red and 77 green counters. What is P(red)P(\text{red})?

  3. If P(A)=0.35P(A) = 0.35, what is P(not A)P(\text{not } A)?

  4. Two events are mutually exclusive. How do you find P(A or B)P(A \text{ or } B)?

  5. Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. How many equally likely outcomes are there?

  6. On a tree diagram, how do you combine probabilities along a single branch?

  7. A spinner lands on red with probability 0.40.4. Spun twice (independent), what is P(red, red)P(\text{red, red})?

  8. A bag has 44 red and 66 blue beads. Two are drawn without replacement. What is P(red)P(\text{red}) on the second draw if the first was red?

  9. In set notation, what does ABA \cup B represent?

  10. When filling in a Venn diagram, which region should you place first?

  11. In a class of 3030, 1818 study French, 1414 study German and 55 study both. How many study French only?

  12. A biased dice lands on five 4848 times in 200200 rolls. Estimate P(five)P(\text{five}).

  13. As the number of trials in an experiment increases, the relative frequency tends to do what?

  14. The probability of an event is 0.250.25. In 8080 trials, what is the expected frequency?

  15. What does 'expected frequency' mean?

  16. Which tool best organises the outcomes of two events happening in sequence?