Foundation November 2020 Unit 2 Q3
3.
(a) Circle the best expression from those below to describe the chance of it snowing in Swansea on 1st May next year. [1]
impossible unlikely an even chance likely certain
(b) Dyfrig has a bag containing identically-sized coloured balls.
There are ten black balls and ten green balls in the bag.
Dyfrig adds red balls to the bag.
Now, when Dyfrig selects a ball at random, there is an even chance of selecting a red ball.
How many red balls did Dyfrig add to the bag? [1]
There are ten black balls and ten green balls in the bag.
Dyfrig adds red balls to the bag.
Now, when Dyfrig selects a ball at random, there is an even chance of selecting a red ball.
How many red balls did Dyfrig add to the bag? [1]
(c) A fair six-sided dice is rolled and a fair coin is thrown.
Which of the following events is least likely to occur?
Circle the correct answer. [1]
Which of the following events is least likely to occur?
Circle the correct answer. [1]
| Rolling a 1 on the dice | Getting a head on the coin | Rolling an odd number on the dice | Getting a tail on the coin | Rolling a prime number on the dice |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| unlikely | B1 |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | B1 |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling a 1 on the dice | B1 |