EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Each child in a group of 80 was asked whether they regularly read R or regularly watch a movie M The results are given in the Venn diagram opposite. One child is selected at random from the group. Event R is 'a child who regularly reads is selected' and event M is 'a child who regularly watches a movie is selected'.

Determine, with justification, whether events R and M are independent.

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Important Questions on Probability

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two fair 4-sided dice, both with faces marked 1, 2, 3 and 4, are rolled.
Event A is 'the sum of the numbers obtained is a prime number'.
Event B is 'the product of the numbers obtained is an even number'

Find, in simplest form, the value of P(A), of P(B) and of P(AB).

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two fair 4-sided dice, both with faces marked 1, 2, 3 and 4, are rolled.
Event A is 'the sum of the numbers obtained is a prime number'.
Event B is 'the product of the numbers obtained is an even number'

Determine, with justification, whether events A and B are independent.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two fair 4-sided dice, both with faces marked 1, 2, 3 and 4, are rolled.
Event A is 'the sum of the numbers obtained is a prime number'.
Event B is 'the product of the numbers obtained is an even number'

Give a reason why events A and B are not mutually exclusive.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two ordinary fair dice are rolled.
Event X is 'the product of the two numbers obtained is odd'.
Event Y is 'the sum of the two numbers obtained is a multiple of 3 '.

Determine, giving reasons for your answer, whether X and Y are independent.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two ordinary fair dice are rolled.
Event X is 'the product of the two numbers obtained is odd'.
Event Y is 'the sum of the two numbers obtained is a multiple of 3 '.

Are events X and Y mutually exclusive? Justify your answer.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
A fair 8 -sided die has faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 . The score when the die is rolled is the number on the face that the die lands on. The die is rolled twice.
Event V is 'one of the scores is exactly 4 less than the other score'.
Event W is 'the product of the scores is less than 13 '.
Determine whether events V and W are independent, justifying your answer.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two hundred children are categorised by gender and by whether or not they own a bicycle. Of the 108 males, 60 own a bicycle, and altogether 90 children do not own a bicycle.

Tabulate these data.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two hundred children are categorised by gender and by whether or not they own a bicycle. Of the 108 males, 60 own a bicycle, and altogether 90 children do not own a bicycle.

Determine, giving reasons for your answer, whether ownership of a bicycle is independent of gender for these 200 children.