Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2021

Last exams 2024

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Probability Diagrams - Tree & Venn Diagrams (CIE IGCSE Maths: Extended)

Exam Questions

1 hour17 questions
1a
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A bag contains 15 red beads and 10 yellow beads.
Ariana picks a bead at random, records its colour and replaces it in the bag.
She then picks another bead at random.

Find the probability that she picks two red beads.

1b
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Find the probability that she does not pick two red beads.

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2a
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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.

Complete the tree diagram.

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2b
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Calculate the probability that, one Saturday, Arun and Bob both play football.

2c
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Calculate the probability that, one Saturday, either Arun plays football or Bob plays football, but not both.

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3a
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calligraphic E equals{students in a school}
F equals{students who play football}
B equals{students who play baseball}
 
There are 240 students in the school.
 
• 120 students play football
• 40 students play baseball 
• 90 students play football but not baseball.

Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.
 

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3b
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A student in the school is chosen at random.
 
Find the probability that this student plays baseball but not football.

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The Venn diagram below shows information about the number of gardeners who grow melons (M ), potatoes (P ) and carrots (C ).

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A gardener is chosen at random from the gardeners who grow melons.
 
Find the probability that this gardener does not grow carrots.

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A soccer team plays two matches.
The tree diagram shows the probability of the team winning or losing the matches. 

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Find the probability that the soccer team wins at least one of the two matches.

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Tanya plants some seeds.
The probability that a seed will produce flowers is 0.8.
When a seed produces flowers, the probability that the flowers are red is 0.6 and the probability that the flowers are yellow is 0.3.

Complete the tree diagram.

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1b
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Find the probability that a seed chosen at random produces red flowers.

1c
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Tanya chooses a seed at random.
 
Find the probability that this seed does not produce red flowers and does not produce yellow flowers.

1d
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Two of the seeds are chosen at random.
 
Find the probability that one produces flowers and one does not produce flowers.

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2a
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On any Saturday, the probability that Bob plays football is 2 over 5.
 
Calculate the probability that Bob plays football for 2 of the next 3 Saturdays.

2b
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On any Saturday, the probability that Arun plays football is 3 over 4.
When Arun plays football, the probability that he scores the winning goal is 1 over 7.
 
Calculate the probability that Arun scores the winning goal one Saturday.

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3a
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40 children were asked if they have a computer or a phone or both.
The Venn diagram shows the results.

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A child is chosen at random from the children who have a computer.
 
Write down the probability that this child also has a phone.

3b
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Complete the Venn diagram.
 

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At a fitness centre, the number of members using the exercise machines (E), the swimming pool (S) and the tennis courts (T) is shown on the Venn diagram.

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A member using the swimming pool is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this member also uses the tennis courts and the exercise machines.

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5a
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The Venn diagram shows information about the number of elements in sets A, B and calligraphic E.
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straight n left parenthesis A union B right parenthesis equals 23

Find the value of x.

x equals................................................

5b
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An element is chosen at random from calligraphic E.

Find the probability that this element is in left parenthesis A union B right parenthesis apostrophe.

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6a
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There are 32 students in a class.

5 do not study any languages.
15 study German (G).
18 study Spanish (S).

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Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.

6b
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A student is chosen at random.
 
Find the probability that the student studies Spanish but not German.

6c
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A student who studies German is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student also studies Spanish.

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Box A and box B each contain blue and green pens only.
Raphael picks a pen at random from box A and Paulo picks a pen at random from box B.
The probability that Raphael picks a blue pen is 2 over 3.
The probability that both Raphael and Paulo pick a blue pen is 8 over 15.

Find the probability that Paulo picks a blue pen.

1b
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Find the probability that both Raphael and Paulo pick a green pen.

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The diagram shows six discs.
Each disc has a colour and a number.

Two of the six discs are picked at random with replacement.

Find the probability that both discs have the same colour.

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3a
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The probability that Andrei cycles to school is r.

Write down, in terms of r, the probability that Andrei does not cycle to school. 

3b
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The probability that Benoit does not cycle to school is 1.3 minus r.
The probability that both Andrei and Benoit do not cycle to school is 0.4.

i)
Complete the equation in terms of r.
 
 left parenthesis......................... right parenthesis space cross times space left parenthesis......................... right parenthesis space equals space 0.4  
 
[1]
ii)
Show that this equation simplifies to 10 r squared minus 23 r plus 9 equals 0. 
 
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iii)
Solve by factorisation 10 r squared minus 23 r plus 9 equals 0. 
 
r = ................... or r = ................... [3]
iv)
Find the probability that Benoit does not cycle to school. 
 
[1]

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The probability that the school bus is late is 9 over 10.
If the school bus is late, the probability that Seb travels on the bus is 15 over 16.
If the school bus is on time, the probability that Seb travels on the bus is 3 over 4.

Find the probability that Seb travels on the bus.

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5a
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Harris is taking a driving test.
The probability that he passes the driving test at the first attempt is 0.6.
If he fails, the probability that he passes at any further attempt is 0.75.

Calculate the probability that Harris passes the driving test at the second attempt.

5b
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Calculate the probability that Harris takes no more than three attempts to pass the driving test.

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6a
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The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 5 over 8.
If it rains, the probability that Rafael walks to school is 1 over 6.
If it does not rain, the probability that Rafael walks to school is 7 over 10.

Complete the tree diagram.
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6b
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Calculate the probability that it will rain tomorrow and Rafael walks to school.

6c
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Calculate the probability that Rafael does not walk to school.

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