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Foundation November 2019 Unit 2 Q14

WJECFoundationCurrent spec3 marksBasic ProbabilityPie Charts

14.

(a) A person is chosen at random.
Which is the best estimate for the probability that this person was born in the month of March?
Circle the correct answer. [1]

\(\dfrac{1}{30}\)     \(\dfrac{1}{31}\)     \(\dfrac{12}{365}\)     \(\dfrac{1}{12}\)     \(\dfrac{12}{31}\)

(b) A box contains four coloured cards.
One card is blue, one is red, one is green and one is white.
A card is drawn from the box at random.

Which letter, A, B, C, D or E, represents the probability that the card drawn is not blue?
Circle the correct letter on the probability scale below. [1]
Probability scale from 0 to 1 with five equally spaced marks labelled A (at 0), B, C, D and E (at 1)
(c) The pupils at a school were asked the following question.

‘What design would you like to have on the school’s badge?’

Dragon ☐     Daffodil ☐     Leek ☐     No preference ☐

The results of the replies received are shown in the pie chart below.

Pie chart: No preference is a right angle, Dragon 120°, Daffodil 75° and Leek 75°

A pupil who answered the question is chosen at random.
What is the probability that this pupil wanted the design to be a dragon?
Circle the correct answer. [1]

\(\dfrac{1}{3}\)     \(\dfrac{1}{4}\)     \(\dfrac{1}{360}\)     4%     \(\dfrac{1}{120}\)