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Probability
Question Paper 5
Level IGCSE
Subject Maths (0580)
Exam Board Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
Paper Type Extended
Topic Probability
Sub-Topic Probability
Booklet Question Paper 5

Time Allowed: 54 minutes

Score: /45

Percentage: /100

Grade Boundaries:

A* A B C D E U

>85% 75% 60% 45% 35% 25% <25%

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1 In all parts of this question give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.

1
(a) (i) The probability that it will rain today is .
3

What is the probability that it will not rain today?

Answer(a)(i) [1]

2
(ii) If it rains today, the probability that it will rain tomorrow is .
5

1
If it does not rain today, the probability that it will rain tomorrow is .
6

Complete the tree diagram.

Today Tomorrow

Rain
Rain
No rain

Rain
No rain
No rain

[2]

(b) Find the probability that it will rain on at least one of these two days.

Answer(b) [3]

(c) Find the probability that it will rain on only one of these two days.

Answer(c) [3]
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2 In a flu epidemic 45% of people have a sore throat.

If a person has a sore throat the probability of not having flu is 0.4.
If a person does not have a sore throat the probability of having flu is 0.2.

Flu
Sore
0.45 throat 0.4 No flu

0.2 Flu
No sore
throat
No flu

Calculate the probability that a person chosen at random has flu.

Answer [4]
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3 In a survey of 60 cars, the type of fuel that they use is recorded in the table below.

Each car only uses one type of fuel.

Petrol
etrol D Liquid Hydrogen Electricity

40
0 2 6

(a) Write down the mode.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) Olav drew a pie chart to illustrate these figures.

Calculate the angle of the sector for Diesel.

Answer(b) [2]

(c) Calculate the probability that a car chosen at random uses Electricity.

Write your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer(c) [2]
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4 (a Emile lost 2 blue buttons from his shirt.

A bag of spare buttons contains 6 white buttons and 2 blue buttons.

Emile takes 3 buttons out of the bag at random without replacement.

Calculate the probability that

(i) all 3 buttons are white,

Answer(a)(i) [3]

(ii) exactly one of the 3 buttons is blue.

Answer(a)(ii) [3]
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(b) There are 25 buttons in another bag.

This bag contains x blue buttons.

Two buttons are taken at random without replacement.

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The probability that they are both blue is .
100

(i) Show that x2 O x O 42 = 0.

Answer (b)(i)

[4]
(ii) Factorise x2 O x O 42.

Answer(b)(ii) [2]

(iii) Solve the equation x2 O x O 42 = 0.

Answer(b)(iii) x = or x = [1]

(iv) Write down the number of buttons in the bag which are not blue.

Answer(b)(iv) [1]
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5
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]
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6 A teacher asks 36 students which musical instruments they play.

P = {students who play the piano}

G = {students who play the guitar}
D = {students who play the drums}

The Venn diagram shows the results.

P G
x 2 8
1
5 4

7
5 D

(a) Find the value of x.

Answer(a) x = [1]

(b) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student

(i) plays the drums but not the guitar,

Answer(b)(i) [1]

(ii) plays only 2 different instruments.

Answer(b)(ii) [1]

(c) A student is chosen at random from those who play the guitar.

Find the probability that this student plays no other instrument.

Answer(c) [1]