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CAIE S1 2021 June Q5
5 Every day Richard takes a flight between Astan and Bejin. On any day, the probability that the flight arrives early is 0.15 , the probability that it arrives on time is 0.55 and the probability that it arrives late is 0.3 .
  1. Find the probability that on each of 3 randomly chosen days, Richard's flight does not arrive late.
  2. Find the probability that for 9 randomly chosen days, Richard's flight arrives early at least 3 times.
  3. 60 days are chosen at random. Use an approximation to find the probability that Richard's flight arrives early at least 12 times.
CAIE S1 2021 June Q6
6
  1. Find the total number of different arrangements of the 8 letters in the word TOMORROW.
  2. Find the total number of different arrangements of the 8 letters in the word TOMORROW that have an R at the beginning and an R at the end, and in which the three Os are not all together.
    Four letters are selected at random from the 8 letters of the word TOMORROW.
  3. Find the probability that the selection contains at least one O and at least one R .
CAIE S1 2021 June Q7
7 The heights, in cm, of the 11 basketball players in each of two clubs, the Amazons and the Giants, are shown below.
Amazons205198181182190215201178202196184
Giants175182184187189192193195195195204
  1. State an advantage of using a stem-and-leaf diagram compared to a box-and-whisker plot to illustrate this information.
  2. Represent the data by drawing a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with Amazons on the left-hand side of the diagram.
  3. Find the interquartile range of the heights of the players in the Amazons.
    Four new players join the Amazons. The mean height of the 15 players in the Amazons in now 191.2 cm . The heights of three of the new players are \(180 \mathrm {~cm} , 185 \mathrm {~cm}\) and 190 cm .
  4. Find the height of the fourth new player.
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CAIE S1 2021 June Q1
1 The heights in cm of 160 sunflower plants were measured. The results are summarised on the following cumulative frequency curve.
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  1. Use the graph to estimate the number of plants with heights less than 100 cm .
  2. Use the graph to estimate the 65th percentile of the distribution.
  3. Use the graph to estimate the interquartile range of the heights of these plants.
CAIE S1 2021 June Q2
2 The random variable \(X\) can take only the values \(- 2 , - 1,0,1,2\). The probability distribution of \(X\) is given in the following table.
\(x\)- 2- 1012
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(p\)\(p\)0.1\(q\)\(q\)
Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X \geqslant 0 ) = 3 \mathrm { P } ( X < 0 )\), find the values of \(p\) and \(q\).
CAIE S1 2021 June Q3
3 A sports club has a volleyball team and a hockey team. The heights of the 6 members of the volleyball team are summarised by \(\Sigma x = 1050\) and \(\Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 193700\), where \(x\) is the height of a member in cm . The heights of the 11 members of the hockey team are summarised by \(\Sigma y = 1991\) and \(\Sigma y ^ { 2 } = 366400\), where \(y\) is the height of a member in cm .
  1. Find the mean height of all 17 members of the club.
  2. Find the standard deviation of the heights of all 17 members of the club.
CAIE S1 2021 June Q4
4 Three fair six-sided dice, each with faces marked \(1,2,3,4,5,6\), are thrown at the same time, repeatedly. For a single throw of the three dice, the score is the sum of the numbers on the top faces.
  1. Find the probability that the score is 4 on a single throw of the three dice.
  2. Find the probability that a score of 18 is obtained for the first time on the 5th throw of the three dice.
CAIE S1 2021 June Q5
5 The lengths of the leaves of a particular type of tree are modelled by a normal distribution. A scientist measures the lengths of a random sample of 500 leaves from this type of tree and finds that 42 are less than 4 cm long and 100 are more than 10 cm long.
  1. Find estimates for the mean and standard deviation of the lengths of leaves from this type of tree.
    The lengths, in cm , of the leaves of a different type of tree have the distribution \(\mathrm { N } \left( \mu , \sigma ^ { 2 } \right)\). The scientist takes a random sample of 800 leaves from this type of tree.
  2. Find how many of these leaves the scientist would expect to have lengths, in cm , between \(\mu - 2 \sigma\) and \(\mu + 2 \sigma\).
CAIE S1 2021 June Q6
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  1. How many different arrangements are there of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT? [2]
  2. How many different arrangements are there of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT in which the two Rs are together and the three Es are together?
  3. How many different arrangements are there of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT in which there are exactly three letters between the two Rs?
    Five of the 11 letters in the word REQUIREMENT are selected.
  4. How many possible selections contain at least two Es and at least one R?
CAIE S1 2021 June Q7
7 In the region of Arka, the total number of households in the three villages Reeta, Shan and Teber is 800 . Each of the households was asked about the quality of their broadband service. Their responses are summarised in the following table.
\cline { 3 - 5 } \multicolumn{2}{c|}{}Quality of broadband service
\cline { 3 - 5 } \multicolumn{2}{c|}{}ExcellentGoodPoor
\multirow{3}{*}{Village}Reeta7511832
\cline { 2 - 5 }Shan22317740
\cline { 2 - 5 }Teber126063
    1. Find the probability that a randomly chosen household is in Shan and has poor broadband service.
    2. Find the probability that a randomly chosen household has good broadband service given that the household is in Shan.
      In the whole of Arka there are a large number of households. A survey showed that \(35 \%\) of households in Arka have no broadband service.
    1. 10 households in Arka are chosen at random. Find the probability that fewer than 3 of these households have no broadband service.
    2. 120 households in Arka are chosen at random. Use an approximation to find the probability that more than 32 of these households have no broadband service.
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CAIE S1 2022 June Q1
1
  1. Find the number of different arrangements of the 8 letters in the word DECEIVED in which all three Es are together and the two Ds are together.
  2. Find the number of different arrangements of the 8 letters in the word DECEIVED in which the three Es are not all together.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q2
2 There are 6 men and 8 women in a Book Club. The committee of the club consists of five of its members. Mr Lan and Mrs Lan are members of the club.
  1. In how many different ways can the committee be selected if exactly one of Mr Lan and Mrs Lan must be on the committee?
  2. In how many different ways can the committee be selected if Mrs Lan must be on the committee and there must be more women than men on the committee?
CAIE S1 2022 June Q3
3 The times taken to travel to college by 2500 students are summarised in the table.
Time taken \(( t\) minutes \()\)\(0 \leqslant t < 20\)\(20 \leqslant t < 30\)\(30 \leqslant t < 40\)\(40 \leqslant t < 60\)\(60 \leqslant t < 90\)
Frequency440720920300120
  1. Draw a histogram to represent this information.
    \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{d69f6a47-7c88-46b3-9e8f-07727106e987-04_1201_1198_1050_516} From the data, the estimate of the mean value of \(t\) is 31.44 .
  2. Calculate an estimate of the standard deviation of the times taken to travel to college.
  3. In which class interval does the upper quartile lie?
    It was later discovered that the times taken to travel to college by two students were incorrectly recorded. One student's time was recorded as 15 instead of 5 and the other's time was recorded as 65 instead of 75 .
  4. Without doing any further calculations, state with a reason whether the estimate of the standard deviation in part (b) would be increased, decreased or stay the same.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q4
4 Jacob has four coins. One of the coins is biased such that when it is thrown the probability of obtaining a head is \(\frac { 7 } { 10 }\). The other three coins are fair. Jacob throws all four coins once. The number of heads that he obtains is denoted by the random variable \(X\). The probability distribution table for \(X\) is as follows.
\(x\)01234
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)\(\frac { 3 } { 80 }\)\(a\)\(b\)\(c\)\(\frac { 7 } { 80 }\)
  1. Show that \(a = \frac { 1 } { 5 }\) and find the values of \(b\) and \(c\).
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\).
    Jacob throws all four coins together 10 times.
  3. Find the probability that he obtains exactly one head on fewer than 3 occasions.
  4. Find the probability that Jacob obtains exactly one head for the first time on the 7th or 8th time that he throws the 4 coins.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q5
5 The lengths, in cm, of the leaves of a particular type are modelled by the distribution \(\mathrm { N } \left( 5.2,1.5 ^ { 2 } \right)\).
  1. Find the probability that a randomly chosen leaf of this type has length less than 6 cm .
    The lengths of the leaves of another type are also modelled by a normal distribution. A scientist measures the lengths of a random sample of 500 leaves of this type and finds that 46 are less than 3 cm long and 95 are more than 8 cm long.
  2. Find estimates for the mean and standard deviation of the lengths of leaves of this type.
  3. In a random sample of 2000 leaves of this second type, how many would the scientist expect to find with lengths more than 1 standard deviation from the mean?
CAIE S1 2022 June Q6
6 Janice is playing a computer game. She has to complete level 1 and level 2 to finish the game. She is allowed at most two attempts at any level.
  • For level 1 , the probability that Janice completes it at the first attempt is 0.6 . If she fails at her first attempt, the probability that she completes it at the second attempt is 0.3 .
  • If Janice completes level 1, she immediately moves on to level 2.
  • For level 2, the probability that Janice completes it at the first attempt is 0.4 . If she fails at her first attempt, the probability that she completes it at the second attempt is 0.2 .
    1. Show that the probability that Janice moves on to level 2 is 0.72 .
    2. Find the probability that Janice finishes the game.
    3. Find the probability that Janice fails exactly one attempt, given that she finishes the game.
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CAIE S1 2022 June Q1
1 The time taken, \(t\) minutes, to complete a puzzle was recorded for each of 150 students. These times are summarised in the table.
Time taken \(( t\) minutes \()\)\(t \leqslant 25\)\(t \leqslant 50\)\(t \leqslant 75\)\(t \leqslant 100\)\(t \leqslant 150\)\(t \leqslant 200\)
Cumulative frequency164486104132150
  1. Draw a cumulative frequency graph to illustrate the data.
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  2. Use your graph to estimate the 20th percentile of the data.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q2
2 Twenty children were asked to estimate the height of a particular tree. Their estimates, in metres, were as follows.
4.14.24.44.54.64.85.05.25.35.4
5.55.86.06.26.36.46.66.86.919.4
  1. Find the mean of the estimated heights.
  2. Find the median of the estimated heights.
  3. Give a reason why the median is likely to be more suitable than the mean as a measure of the central tendency for this information.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q3
3 The random variable \(X\) takes the values \(- 2,1,2,3\). It is given that \(\mathrm { P } ( X = x ) = k x ^ { 2 }\), where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Draw up the probability distribution table for \(X\), giving the probabilities as numerical fractions.
  2. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\).
CAIE S1 2022 June Q4
4 Ramesh throws an ordinary fair 6-sided die.
  1. Find the probability that he obtains a 4 for the first time on his 8th throw.
  2. Find the probability that it takes no more than 5 throws for Ramesh to obtain a 4 .
    Ramesh now repeatedly throws two ordinary fair 6-sided dice at the same time. Each time he adds the two numbers that he obtains.
  3. For 10 randomly chosen throws of the two dice, find the probability that Ramesh obtains a total of less than 4 on at least three throws.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q5
5 Farmer Jones grows apples. The weights, in grams, of the apples grown this year are normally distributed with mean 170 and standard deviation 25. Apples that weigh between 142 grams and 205 grams are sold to a supermarket.
  1. Find the probability that a randomly chosen apple grown by Farmer Jones this year is sold to the supermarket.
    Farmer Jones sells the apples to the supermarket at \(
    ) 0.24\( each. He sells apples that weigh more than 205 grams to a local shop at \)\\( 0.30\) each. He does not sell apples that weigh less than 142 grams. The total number of apples grown by Farmer Jones this year is 20000.
  2. Calculate an estimate for his total income from this year's apples.
    Farmer Tan also grows apples. The weights, in grams, of the apples grown this year follow the distribution \(\mathrm { N } \left( 182,20 ^ { 2 } \right) .72 \%\) of these apples have a weight more than \(w\) grams.
  3. Find the value of \(w\).
CAIE S1 2022 June Q6
6 Sajid is practising for a long jump competition. He counts any jump that is longer than 6 m as a success. On any day, the probability that he has a success with his first jump is 0.2 . For any subsequent jump, the probability of a success is 0.3 if the previous jump was a success and 0.1 otherwise. Sajid makes three jumps.
  1. Draw a tree diagram to illustrate this information, showing all the probabilities.
  2. Find the probability that Sajid has exactly one success given that he has at least one success.
    On another day, Sajid makes six jumps.
  3. Find the probability that only his first three jumps are successes or only his last three jumps are successes.
CAIE S1 2022 June Q7
7 A group of 15 friends visit an adventure park. The group consists of four families.
  • Mr and Mrs Kenny and their four children
  • Mr and Mrs Lizo and their three children
  • Mrs Martin and her child
  • Mr and Mrs Nantes
The group travel to the park in three cars, one containing 6 people, one containing 5 people and one containing 4 people. The cars are driven by Mr Lizo, Mrs Martin and Mr Nantes respectively.
  1. In how many different ways can the remaining 12 members of the group be divided between the three cars?
    The group enter the park by walking through a gate one at a time.
  2. In how many different orders can the 15 friends go through the gate if Mr Lizo goes first and each family stays together?
    In the park, the group enter a competition which requires a team of 4 adults and 3 children.
  3. In how many ways can the team be chosen from the group of 15 so that the 3 children are all from different families?
  4. In how many ways can the team be chosen so that at least one of Mr Kenny or Mr Lizo is included?
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CAIE S1 2023 June Q1
1 A summary of 50 values of \(x\) gives $$\Sigma ( x - q ) = 700 , \quad \Sigma ( x - q ) ^ { 2 } = 14235$$ where \(q\) is a constant.
  1. Find the standard deviation of these values of \(x\).
  2. Given that \(\Sigma x = 2865\), find the value of \(q\).
CAIE S1 2023 June Q2
2
  1. Find the number of ways in which a committee of 6 people can be chosen from 6 men and 8 women if it must include 3 men and 3 women.
    A different committee of 6 people is to be chosen from 6 men and 8 women. Three of the 6 men are brothers.
  2. Find the number of ways in which this committee can be chosen if there are no restrictions on the numbers of men and women, but it must include no more than two of the brothers.