Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) · MATHEMATICS A · Chapter
Sets 3
18 practice questions
Practice questions
11–18 of 18
Question 11
4 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →In a group of 100 people, 65 like apples (A), 52 like bananas (B), and 29 like both apples and bananas.
(a)[1 mark]Calculate the number of people who like only apples.
(b)[2 marks]Find the probability that a person chosen at random likes neither apples nor bananas.
(c)[1 mark]Given that a person likes bananas, what is the probability that they also like apples?
Question 12
4 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →54 children were surveyed about their favourite types of fruit. The Venn diagram below shows the number of children who like oranges (O), bananas (B), and apples (A).
Fruits chosen by children (numbers from Venn diagram) Region No. of children O only 10 B only 8 A only 7 O and B only 6 B and A only 5 O and A only 4 All three fruits 9 None of these fruits ? Complete the table by finding the number of children who do not like any of these three fruits. Then, using the information, find the probability that a randomly selected child from this group likes at least two of the three fruits.
Question 13
2 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →Let , , and the universal set . Write down the set and its number of elements.
Question 14
3 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →In a set of 32 students, 18 study Physics (P), 15 study Chemistry (C), and 7 study both subjects. Work out the number of students who study either Physics or Chemistry, but not both.
Question 15
3 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →A group of students was asked if they like music (M) and if they like art (A). Explain how you would use set notation and probability to work out the probability that a randomly selected student likes at least one of music or art, and the probability that a randomly selected student likes neither.
Question 16
2 marks · Hard
Answer and see the solution →Out of 80 participants in a charity run, 48 ran the full course, 35 took part in the half course, and 18 ran both the full and half course.
What is the probability that a randomly selected participant ran at least one of the two courses?
Question 17
4 marks · Hard
Answer and see the solution →In a group of 50 students:
(a)[2 marks]36 study Mathematics (set M), 31 study Biology (set B), and 20 study both subjects. Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information, labelling the numbers in each region.
(b)Calculate the probability that a randomly chosen student studies:
(i)[1 mark]both Mathematics and Biology
(ii)[1 mark]Mathematics but not Biology
Question 18
4 marks · Hard
Answer and see the solution →In a club, every member either plays table tennis (T), badminton (B), or both. There are 60 members in total. 42 members play table tennis, 28 play badminton, and members play both.
Given that a member is chosen at random and is known to play table tennis, the probability that they also play badminton is .
(a)[2 marks]Express the number of members who play both sports in terms of the information above.
(b)[2 marks]Find the value of .