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First teaching 2023

First exams 2025

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Set Notation & Probability Diagrams (CIE IGCSE Maths: Core)

Exam Questions

1 hour15 questions
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Use set notation to describe the shaded region in each Venn diagram.

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On the Venn diagram, shade the region A intersection B.

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calligraphic E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
P= {x : x is an even number}
Q = {x : x is a prime number}

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Complete the Venn diagram.

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Use set notation to describe the shaded regions in each Venn diagram.

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On any day the probability that it rains is 1 third.

When it rains the probability that Amira goes fishing is 3 over 5.
When it does not rain the probability that Amira goes fishing is 3 over 4.

Complete the tree diagram.

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On any Saturday, the probability that Arun plays football is 3 over 4.
On any Saturday, the probability that Bob plays football is 2 over 5.

i)

Complete the tree diagram.

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ii)

Calculate the probability that, one Saturday, Arun and Bob both play football.
 

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i)
calligraphic E= {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64}
A = {square numbers}
B = {cube numbers}


Use this information to complete the Venn diagram.

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ii)
On this Venn diagram, shade the region P union Q.
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In a group of 40 students,

  • 24 students like football
  • 19 students like cricket
  • 10 students like football but not cricket.

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Complete the Venn diagram.

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calligraphic E = {children in a group}
R space= {children who own a rabbit}
H = {children who own a hamster}

There are 40 children in the group.
19 children own a rabbit.
27 children own a hamster.

Complete the Venn diagram.

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Write down n open parentheses R intersection H close parentheses.

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The Venn diagram shows information about the number of students in a class who like apples (A) and bananas (B).

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i)
Work out the number of students in the class.
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ii)
Work out the number of students who like bananas.
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iii)
Work out  n open parentheses A union B close parentheses.
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iv)
How many more students like apples than like bananas?
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v)
One of the students is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student does not like apples and does not like bananas.
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The table gives some information about the numbers of visitors at a leisure centre one day.

  Adult Child Total
Male   144 240
Female 129   260
Total 225 275 500

i)
Complete the table.

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ii)
Work out how many more child visitors than adult visitors there are.
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iii)
Write down the fraction of visitors that are adults.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.
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iv)
Write the ratio number of males : number of females.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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v)
One of these visitors is selected at random.

Find the probability that this visitor is a male child.
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calligraphic E = {x : x is a positive integer less than 20}
A = {x : x is an even number}
B = {x : x is a multiple of 3}

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i)
Write down straight n open parentheses A close parentheses.

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ii)
List the elements of set B.
B space= { ............................................... } [2]
One of these 19 numbers is picked at random.


Work out the probability that this number is

iiia)
not in set A and not in set B,
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iiib)
in A union B
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iv)
Complete the statement.

A intersection B equals open curly brackets x space colon space x space is space............................... close curly brackets

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calligraphic E = {x : x is a natural number less-than or slanted equal to15}
F = {x : x is a factor of 12}
O = {x : x is an odd number}

i)
Complete the Venn diagram to show the elements of these sets.
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ii)
Write down one number that is in set O, but not in set F.
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iii)
Find straight n open parentheses F union O close parentheses.
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iv)
A number is chosen at random from calligraphic E.
Work out the probability that this number is in set O.
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calligraphic E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
F = {x: x is a factor of 14}
P = {x: x is a prime number less than 14}

i)
Write down the elements in set F.
F = { ................................................ } [2]
 
ii)
Write down the elements in set P.
P = { ................................................ } [2]
 

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iiia)
Complete the Venn diagram.
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iiib)
Write down  straight n(F intersection P)
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iiic)
A number is chosen at random from the universal set calligraphic E.

Write down the probability that the number is in the set  F space union P .
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calligraphic E= {children who go to the park}
space T space= {children who play tennis}
G = {children who play golf}

120 children go to the park.
50 play tennis.
75 play golf.
25 do not play tennis or golf.

Complete the Venn diagram.

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Find n(T space intersection space G).

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The 262 students at a college each study one of the languages shown in the table.

  French German Spanish Italian Japanese Total
Boys 27   48 19   123
Girls   32 54   12  
Total   53   30   262

Complete the table.

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Find the probability that

i)
a girl, chosen at random, studies Spanish,

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ii)
a boy, chosen at random, studies French or Italian,

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iii)
a student, chosen at random, does not study German.
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