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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Omar rolls two fair dice, each numbered from 1 to 6, adds the numbers shown. He repeats the experiment 70 times and records the results in a frequency table.

Total Tally Frequency
2 ||  
3 ||||  
4 |||| ||||  
5 |||  
6 |||| |||| |||| ||  
7 |||| |||| |  
8 |||| ||||  
9 |||| |||  
10 |||  
11 |  
12 |  

Complete the frequency table to show all his results.

Important Questions on Introduction to Probability

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Omar rolls two fair dice, each numbered from 1 to 6, adds the numbers shown. He repeats the experiment 70 times and records the results in a frequency table.

Total Tally Frequency
2 ||  
3 ||||  
4 |||| ||||  
5 |||  
6 |||| |||| |||| ||  
7 |||| |||| |  
8 |||| ||||  
9 |||| |||  
10 |||  
11 |  
12 |  

Write down the relative frequency of a total of 5.

EASY
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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One of the six letters is taken at random: SPACES

Write down the probability that the letter is S. (write the answer in fraction)

EASY
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

One of the six letters is taken at random: SPACES

The letter is replaced and again a letter is taken at random. This is repeated 600 times. How many times would you expect the letter to be S?

EASY
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Kiah plays a game. The game involves throwing a coin onto a circular board. Points are scored for where the coin lands on the board. If the coin lands on part of a line or misses the board then 0 points are scored. The table shows the probabilities of Kiah scoring points on the board with one throw.

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Points scored 20 10 5 0
Probability x 0.2 0.3 0.45

Find the value of x.

EASY
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Kiah plays a game. The game involves throwing a coin onto a circular board. Points are scored for where the coin lands on the board. If the coin lands on part of a line or misses the board then 0 points are scored. The table shows the probabilities of Kiah scoring points on the board with one throw.

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Points scored 20 10 5 0
Probability x 0.2 0.3 0.45

Kiah throws a coin fifty times. Work out the expected number of times she scores 5 points. 

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Kiah plays a game. The game involves throwing a coin onto a circular board. Points are scored for where the coin lands on the board. If the coin lands on part of a line or misses the board then 0 points are scored. The table shows the probabilities of Kiah scoring points on the board with one throw.

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Points scored 20 10 5 0
Probability x 0.2 0.3 0.45

Kiah throws a coin two times. Calculate the probability that she scores either 5 or 0 with her first throw.

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Kiah plays a game. The game involves throwing a coin onto a circular board. Points are scored for where the coin lands on the board. If the coin lands on part of a line or misses the board then 0 points are scored. The table shows the probabilities of Kiah scoring points on the board with one throw.

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Points scored 20 10 5 0
Probability x 0.2 0.3 0.45

Kiah throws a coin two times. Calculate the probability that she scores 0 with her first throw and 5 with her second throw.

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary: IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Kiah plays a game. The game involves throwing a coin onto a circular board. Points are scored for where the coin lands on the board. If the coin lands on part of a line or misses the board then 0 points are scored. The table shows the probabilities of Kiah scoring points on the board with one throw.

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Points scored 20 10 5 0
Probability x 0.2 0.3 0.45

Kiah throws a coin two times. Calculate the probability that she scores a total of 15 points with her first two throws.