Practice — what type is this question? (Probability)
Read each question and decide what type it is before revealing the answer.
Grade 11Paper 1Level 2 — Routine Procedures
In a class of 40 learners, 18 take Geography (G), 15 take History (H), and 6 take both. Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information, and calculate the probability that a learner chosen at random takes NEITHER subject.
Practice question — not sourced from a past paper.
Grade 11Paper 1Level 2 — Routine Procedures
8.2.1 Events A and B are such that P(A) = 0,4, P(B) = 0,3 and P(A or B) = 0,58. Determine, with reasons, whether events A and B are mutually exclusive.
Source: DBE Mathematics Paper 1, Grade 11, November 2017, Question 8.2.1
Grade 11Paper 1Level 3 — Complex Procedures
8.2.2 Events A and B are such that P(A) = 0,4, P(B) = 0,3 and P(A or B) = 0,58. Determine, with reasons, whether events A and B are independent.
Source: DBE Mathematics Paper 1, Grade 11, November 2017, Question 8.2.2
Grade 11Paper 1Level 3 — Complex Procedures
8.1 A bag contains 3 blue marbles and 2 red marbles. A marble is drawn, the colour is noted, and then put aside. A second marble is then drawn. 8.1.2 Calculate the probability of drawing first a red marble and then a blue marble, in that order.
Source: DBE Mathematics Paper 1, Grade 11, November 2017, Question 8.1