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O-LevelMathematicsProbability4024/22 · May/June 2015 · Q1112 Marks

(a) Some people were asked which continent they visited on their last holiday. The results are shown in the table below. Continent | Number of people ---|--- North America (NA) | 7 Europe (E) | 15 Asia (A) | 8

  1. (a)(i)Find the probability that one of these people, chosen at random, visited North America.[1]
  2. (a)(ii)Find the probability that one of these people, chosen at random, did not go to Asia. Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.[1]
  3. (a)(iii)Two of these people are chosen at random. The tree diagram opposite shows the possible outcomes and some of their probabilities. [Figure 11.1]
  4. (a)(iii)(a)Complete the tree diagram.[2]
  5. (a)(iii)(b)What is the probability that the two people went to the same continent?[2]
  6. (b)The table shows the distribution of the total cost per person for holidays in 2014 for another group of people. Total cost per person ($c) | Frequency ---|--- 0 ≤ c < 250 | 35 250 < c < 500 | 20 500 < c < 1000 | 15 1000 < c < 2000 | 8 2000 < c < 3500 | 6
  7. (b)(i)Draw a histogram to represent this data. [Figure 11.2][3]
  8. (b)(ii)Estimate the number of people who spent less than $700 on holidays in 2014.[2]
  9. (b)(iii)Of the people who spent less than $250 on holidays in 2014, 2/5 did not go on holiday. How many people did not go on holiday in 2014?[1]

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Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2015). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] 7/30 or 0.23... or better
  2. [1] 11/15 cao
  3. [2] B1 for at least 8 correct; All probabilities correctly placed
  4. [2] M1 for (their 7/30 * their 6/29 + their 15/30 * their 14/29 + their 8/30 * their 7/29); 308/870 or 154/435 or 0.354
  5. [3] B2 for at least 3 correct bars Or B1 for at least 1 correct bar or correct frequency densities seen; Correct histogram
  6. [2] B1 for 6 or 7 seen; 61 or 62
  7. [1] 10

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Topic
Probability, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 12 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2015 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 11.

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