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Basic Probability MM

The document is a 20 question probability exam with 4 questions. Question 1 asks about randomly drawing beads from a bag with different colored beads over multiple trials. Question 2 asks about probabilities related to male and female teachers at a school. Question 3 asks about estimating wins from playing a game with given probabilities of outcomes. Question 4 asks about estimating totals of dice rolls with given probabilities for each side of a biased dice.

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Basic Probability MM

The document is a 20 question probability exam with 4 questions. Question 1 asks about randomly drawing beads from a bag with different colored beads over multiple trials. Question 2 asks about probabilities related to male and female teachers at a school. Question 3 asks about estimating wins from playing a game with given probabilities of outcomes. Question 4 asks about estimating totals of dice rolls with given probabilities for each side of a biased dice.

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Basic Probability

Question Paper
Section Probability
Topic Basic Probability

Time allowed: 20

Score: /11
Question 1
Sofia has a bag containing 8 blue beads and 7 red beads only.
She takes one bead out of the bag at random and replaces it.
She does this 90 times.

Find the number of times she expects to take a red bead.


[2 marks]

Question 2
One of the teachers at a school is chosen at random.

3
The probability that this teacher is female is
5
There are 36 male teachers at the school.
Work out the total number of teachers at the school.
[3 marks]

Question 3
Rhiana plays a game.
The probability that she will lose the game is 0.32
The probability that she will draw the game is 0.05
Rhiana is going to play the game 200 times.
Work out an estimate for the number of times Rhiana will win the game.
[3 marks]
Question 4
The table shows the probabilities that a biased dice will land on 2, on 3, on 4, on 5 and on 6

Number on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.17 0.18 0.09 0.15 0.1

Neymar rolls the biased dice 200 times.


Work out an estimate for the total number of times the dice will land on 1 or on 3.
[3 marks]

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