Tree Diagrams

Question 1
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National curriculum reference: HD4g,4h Date: June 2001 Paper: 5
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Jason has 10 cups.

6 of the cups are Star Battle cups.
4 of the cups are Top Pops cups.
On Monday Jason picks at random one cup from the 10 cups.
On Tuesday he also picks at random one cup from the same 10 cups.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(2 marks)

(b) Work out the probability that Jason will pick a Star Battle cup
on both Monday and Tuesday. (2 marks)

(c) Work out the probability that Jason will pick one of each type
of cup. (3 marks)

Question 2
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National curriculum reference: HD4g Date: November 2001 Paper: 5
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Every day, Kevin wears either a red tie or a blue tie, chosen at random.

On any day, the probability that he will wear a red tie is 0.7

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.
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(b) Find the probability that the colours of the ties that Kevin will wear on Monday
and Tuesday are different. (3 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4g Date: January 2003 Paper: 13
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Julie and Pat are going to the cinema.

The probability that Julie will arrive late is 0.2

The probability that Pat will arrive late is 0.6
The two events are independent.

(a) Complete the diagram.

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(b) Work out the probability that Julie and Pat will both arrive late.

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(2 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4h Date: March 2003 Paper: 13
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Salika travels to school by train every day.

The probability that her train will be late on any day is 0.3.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram for Monday and Tuesday.
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(b) Work out the probability that her train will be late on at least one
of these two days.

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(3 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4b,HD4h,HD4g Date: June 2003
Paper: 6
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Julie does a statistical experiment. She throws a dice 600 times.

She scores six 200 times.

(a) Is the dice fair? Explain your answer.

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(1 mark)

Julie then throws a fair red dice once and a fair blue dice once.
(b) Complete the probability tree diagram to show the outcomes.
Label clearly the branches of the probability tree diagram.
The probability tree diagram has been started in the space below.

(3 marks)

(c) (i) Julie throws a fair red dice once and a fair blue dice once.
Calculate the probability that Julie gets a six on both the red dice
and the blue dice.
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(ii) Calculate the probability that Julie gets at least one six.

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(5 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4g Date: June 2003 Paper: 6
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The probability that Betty will be late for school tomorrow is 0.05
The probability that Colin will be late for school tomorrow is 0.06

The probability that both Betty and Colin will be late for school tomorrow is 0.011

Fred says that the events 'Betty will be late tomorrow' and 'Colin will be late tomorrow' are
independent.

Justify whether Fred is correct or not.

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(2 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4h,HD4g Date: May 2002 Paper: 5
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A bag contains 10 coloured discs.

4 of the discs are red and 6 of the discs are black.

Asif is going to take two discs at random from the bag, without replacement.

(a) Complete the tree diagram. (2 marks)

(b) Work out the probability that Asif will take two black discs.

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(2 marks)
(c) Work out the probability that Asif takes two discs of the same colour.

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(3 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4h,HD4g Date: November 2002
Paper: 5
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Year 9 students can choose some subjects to take in Year 10.

They must choose either French or Spanish.
They must also choose either Geography or History.

In 2002 70% of the students chose French

and 60% of the students chose Geography.

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

(2 marks)

(b) Work out the probability that a student picked at random chose

(i) French and Geography;

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(ii) French and Geography or Spanish and History.

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In 2003 there will be 200 Year 9 students.

(c) Use the information for 2002 to work out an estimate for the number
of Year 9 students who will not choose French and Geography in 2003.

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(3 marks)

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National curriculum reference: HD4d,4h Date: June 1999 Paper: 4
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Sharon has 12 computer discs.

Five of the discs are red.
Seven of the discs are black.
She keeps all the discs in a box.
Sharon removes one disc at random. She records its colour and replaces it in the box.
Sharon removes a second disc at random, and again records its colour.

(a) Complete the tree diagram. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the probability that the two discs removed

i) will both be red, (2 marks)
ii) will be different colours. (3 marks)
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National curriculum reference: HD4g Date: November 2000 Paper: 6
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Helen and Joan are going to take a swimming test.

The probability that Helen will pass the swimming test is 0.95
The probability that Joan will pass the swimming test is 0.8
The two events are independent.

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram. (2 marks)

(b) Work out the probability that both Helen and Joan will pass the
swimming test. (2 marks)

(c) Work out the probability that one of them will pass the swimming
test and the other one will not pass the swimming test. (3 marks)