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Foundation November 2022 Paper 2 Q4

EduqasFoundationCurrent spec5 marksBasic Probability

4.

(a)
(i)

One hundred tickets are sold in a raffle.
A ticket is to be selected at random and the person with that ticket wins the prize.
Sandra buys one of the tickets.

Circle the expression that describes the chance that Sandra wins the prize in the raffle. [1]

impossible    unlikely    an even chance    likely    certain

(ii)

Henry has six pairs of shoes in his cupboard.
He picks one shoe out at random.

Circle the expression that describes the chance that Henry picks out a shoe for his left foot. [1]

impossible    unlikely    an even chance    likely    certain

(b)

Zac has a bag containing 12 marbles.
1 marble is green, 3 are red and the rest are blue.
Zac chooses one marble at random from the bag.

On the probability scale shown below, label the points A, B and C where:

  • A is the probability that Zac chooses a red marble
  • B is the probability that Zac chooses a yellow marble
  • C is the probability that Zac chooses a marble that is not green. [3]
Probability scale from 0 to 1 divided into 12 equal parts, with the halfway mark longer