Maths Year 2 Assignment 10

Due Date: Friday 24th February 2023

NAME…………………………………… CLASS……………

Instructions to Students
All questions must be attempted – get help from one of the Maths team if
you encounter any problems.
You should present your solutions on 5mm squared paper and submit
them with a copy of this question paper.
All work is to be handed in to your teacher on or before the due date
above – work handed in late may NOT be marked.

Teacher’s Mark: Grade:

This assignment is checking that you can……

• Calculate given probabilities using a two-way table

• Calculate given probabilities using a tree diagram

• Calculate conditional probabilities

• Calculate probabilities under the normal distribution using Normal CD on the calculator

• Use the Inverse Normal function to calculate the value of X from a given probability

• Use the Inverse Normal function to calculate µ or σ from given probabilities

Comments or Actions for Improvement:

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 Maths Year 2 Assignment 10

1. A group of teenagers bought, in total, 25 items of clothing at two shops, Ace Gear and Boo Teak.
The following table shows how many tops, jeans and sweaters were bought at each of the two shops.

Tops Jeans Sweaters

Ace Gear 3 7 5
Boo Teak 2 5 3

One item of clothing is chosen at random from these 25 items.

(a) Find the probability that the chosen item:

(i) is a top;
(1)
(ii) was bought from Boo Teak;
(1)
(iii) is a top and was bought from Boo Teak.
(1)
(b) Given that the chosen item is not a top, find the conditional probability that it was bought from Boo Teak.
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

2. The senior driving examiner at a test centre decides to collect some data about the candidates who are
taking a driving test for the first time. The candidates are asked how many driving lessons they had before
they took the test. The results are given in the table below.

Gender
Number of lessons Male Female
20 or fewer 35 47
between 21 and 50 87 75
more than 50 8 21

A candidate is selected at random.

M is the event “the candidate is male”.

T is the event “the candidate had 20 or fewer lessons”.
S is the event “the candidate had more than 50 lessons”.
M is the event “not M”.
S is the event “not S”.

(a) Find:

(i) P(M  S);

(1)
(ii) P(T);
(1)
(iii) P(M  T);
(2)
(iv) P(M T);
(2)
(v) P(M  S).
(3)
(b) Define the event M  S in words as simply as possible.
(2)
(Total 11 marks)

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3. When Gordon and Louise play a board game, the probability that Gordon wins is 0.6 and the probability
that Louise wins is 0.4. They agree to play a series of games. The winner of the series will be the first
player to win three games. The result of each game is independent of the result of any other game.

Find the probability that:

(a) Gordon wins the series by three games to nil;

(2)
(b) more than three games are necessary to decide who wins the series;
(3)
(c) Louise wins the series by three games to one, given that she wins the first game;
(3)
(d) Louise wins the series, given that the final score is three games to two;
(2)
(Total 10 marks)

4. (a) Describe two of the main features of the shape of a normal distribution.
(2)
(b) The percentage impurity of a chemical can be modelled by a normal distribution with a mean of 5.8
and a standard deviation of 0.5. Obtain the probability that a sample of the chemical has percentage
impurity between 5 and 6.
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

5. The weight of a particular variety of orange is normally distributed with a mean of 155 grams and a
standard deviation of 10 grams.

(a) Determine the proportion of oranges with weights between 145 grams and 165 grams.
(3)
(b) Determine the weight exceeded by 67 per cent of the oranges.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

6. The weights of hens’ eggs are normally distributed with a mean of 65 grams and a standard deviation of
10 grams.

Eggs whose weights are less than 56.5 grams are classified as small.

(a) Calculate the proportion of eggs classified as small.

(2)
Those eggs which are not classified as small are classified as medium or large in equal proportion.

(b) Calculate, to one decimal place, the weight above which eggs are classified as large.
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

7. The content, in milligrams, of vitamin C in a litre carton of cranberry juice can be modelled by a normal
distribution with a mean of 32 and a standard deviation of 2.

(a) Determine the probability that, for a carton chosen at random, the vitamin C
content is less than 30 mg.
(3)
(b) Find, to the nearest milligram, the value of the mean required to ensure that the percentage of
cartons with a vitamin C content of less than 30 mg is 2.5.
(5)
(Total 8 marks)

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8. A steel rolling mill has two machines, A and B, for cutting steel bars. For each machine the length of a cut
bar can be modelled by a normal distribution.

(a) Bars cut by machine A have a mean length of 1212 mm and a standard deviation of 5 mm.

(i) Determine the probability that the length of a bar is greater than 1205 mm.
(4)
(ii) Calculate the length exceeded, on average, by one bar in five hundred.
(5)
Bars with lengths less than 1200 mm are rejected as too short, and bars with lengths greater than 1225 mm
are rejected as too long.

(b) Of the bars cut by machine B, 1.5 per cent are rejected as too short and 1.9 per cent are rejected as
too long. Calculate, to one decimal place, the mean and standard deviation of the lengths of the bars
cut by this machine.
(7)
(Total 16 marks)

9. A coin-operated machine dispenses soft drinks into cups when a button is pressed.

(a) After the machine has been overhauled the amount, X millilitres, of soft drink dispensed on each press
of the button may be modelled by a normal distribution with mean 490 and standard deviation 10.

(i) Find the probability that X lies between 475 and 510.
(5)
(ii) Find the value of X which will be exceeded on 97% of presses of the button.
(4)
(b) The owner of the machine receives complaints that some cups are underfilled and suspects that the
machine is due for an overhaul. Investigation shows that the amount, Y millilitres, of soft drink
dispensed is less than 475 on 15% of presses of the button.

Find the mean of Y, assuming that it may be modelled by a normal distribution with standard
deviation 10.
(4)
(Total 13 marks)

10. A teacher travels from home to work by car each weekday by one of two routes, X or Y.

(a) For route X, her journey times are normally distributed with a mean of 30.4 minutes and a standard
deviation of 3.6 minutes.

(i) Calculate the probability that her journey time on a particular day takes between 25 minutes
and 35 minutes.
(4)
(ii) Determine the 80th percentile of her journey times.
(3)
(b) For route Y, her journey times are normally distributed with a mean of 33.0 minutes, and 30 per
cent of journeys take between 33 minutes and 35 minutes.

Determine, to one decimal place, the standard deviation of these journey times.
(4)
(Total 11 marks)

11. The time, Y minutes, taken by Sid Slow to install a satellite dish may also be assumed to be a normal
random variable, but with

P(Y < 170) = 0.14 and P(Y > 200) = 0.03.

Determine, to the nearest minute, values for the mean and standard deviation of Y.
(Total 6 marks)

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