GCSE Maths Probability

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  • Created on: 01-11-13 16:01
What forms can a probability be given in?
Decimal, fraction or percentage
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What is relative frequency?
It is a probability that is found through experiment
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What is the OR rule?
P(A+B) = P(A) + P(B)
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What are mutually exclusive events
Ones which cannot happen at the same time, such as tossing a coin and getting a head and a tails
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Two events are mutually exhaustive. What do their probabilities total?
1
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What is the AND rule?
P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B)
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On a probability space diagram, what does each pair of branches have to equal?
1
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The probability that you get heads when you throw a biased coin is 0.8. What is the probability that you get tails?
0.2
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You roll a dice and throw a coin. They are not biased. What is the probability that you roll a 4 and throw tails?
1/12 (1/6 x 1/2)
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The probability that you throw a 2 on a dice is 1/6. What is the probability that you do not throw a 2.
5/6
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What is relative frequency?

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It is a probability that is found through experiment

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What is the OR rule?

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What are mutually exclusive events

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Two events are mutually exhaustive. What do their probabilities total?

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daviesg

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A great qiiz on probability terms

Ark_Revises

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Oh my god thanks this really helped me to grow my knowledge on probability.

Unicorn75

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Great resource , love flash cards 

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