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Advanced problem solving with conditional probability

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Advanced problem solving with conditional probability”, from the unit “Conditional probability” (Year 11 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. There are 5 children sat around one table and 6 children sat around another table. The teacher chooses 1 child from each table. In how many different ways could the teacher do this?
  2. Here is a restaurant menu for three courses. A customer can choose one starter and one main course in ___ different ways.
  3. Here is a restaurant menu for three courses. A customer can choose one main course and one dessert in ___ different ways.
  4. Alex has a pack of 7 cards. He deals one card to himself and deals one card to Sam. In how many different ways can this happen?
  5. Izzy has a pack of 5 cards. She takes 2 cards at random from the pack. In how many different ways can this happen?
  6. Alex draws 2 different cards from set A and 2 different cards from set B. There are ___ different ways are there of doing this.
  7. Which diagram is most appropriate to use to solve the following problem: A bag contains 12 blue and 8 red counters. Two counters are taken at random. What is the probability that they are both red?
  8. A bag contains 12 blue counters and 8 red counters. Two counters are taken at random (without replacement). What is the probability that they are both red?
  9. Each of these spinners is spun once. Find P(the sum of the outcomes is greater than 5).
  10. Each of these spinners is spun once. Find P(the sum of the outcomes is 4 given B lands on 2).
  11. A bag contains only red counters and blue counters. Jun picks two counters at random from the bag. The tree diagram shows some probabilities. There were ___ counters in the bag at the start.
  12. There are n cards in a pack. 6 of the cards are black cards and the rest are red. Sam draws two cards at random from the pack. There were ___ cards in the pack at the start.

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