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A-Level Maths H1 Quiz - Statistics Probability

Name: ____________________
Class: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Score: ________ / 52

Duration: 90 Minutes
Total Marks: 52
Instructions: Answer all questions. You may use an approved graphing calculator (GC). Show all necessary working.

Section 1: Probability & Counting (Questions 1–7)

A committee of 4 people is to be chosen from 6 men and 5 women. Find the number of ways the committee can be formed if it must contain exactly 2 women. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
Five distinct books are arranged on a shelf. Find the number of arrangements where two specific books must not be next to each other. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
Events $A$ and $B$ are such that $P(A) = 0.6$ , $P(B) = 0.4$ , and $P(A \cup B) = 0.8$ . Find $P(A \cap B)$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
Given $P(X) = 0.3$ and $P(Y) = 0.5$ , and that $X$ and $Y$ are independent events, find $P(X \cup Y)$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
A bag contains 7 red balls and 3 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement. Find the probability that both balls are of the same color. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]
$P(A) = 0.7$ and $P(B|A) = 0.4$ . Find $P(A \cap B)$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
In a group of 100 students, 60 study Economics, 50 study Psychology, and 20 study neither. Find the probability that a randomly selected student studies both. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]

Section 2: Discrete & Continuous Distributions (Questions 8–14)

A fair coin is tossed 15 times. Find the probability of getting exactly 8 heads. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
In a large population, 25% of adults are left-handed. In a random sample of 12 adults, find the probability that at least 2 are left-handed. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]
A random variable $X$ follows a binomial distribution $B(20, 0.35)$ . State the mean and variance of $X$ . $\text{Mean: } \underline{\hspace{2cm}} \text{ Variance: } \underline{\hspace{2cm}}$ [2]
The weights of apples in a warehouse are normally distributed with mean $\mu = 150\text{g}$ and standard deviation $\sigma = 12\text{g}$ . Find the probability that a randomly chosen apple weighs more than $165\text{g}$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]
For a normal distribution $N(\mu, \sigma^2)$ , it is known that $P(X < 10) = 0.1591$ and $P(X > 20) = 0.0228$ . Find the values of $\mu$ and $\sigma$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [4]
Let $X$ be a normal random variable with $E(X) = 50$ and $\text{Var}(X) = 16$ . Find $E(3X - 2)$ and $\text{Var}(3X - 2)$ . $E: \underline{\hspace{2cm}} \text{ Var: } \underline{\hspace{2cm}}$ [3]
A continuous random variable $Y$ is normally distributed. Given $P(Y > 80) = 0.10$ and $\sigma = 5$ , find the mean $\mu$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]

Section 3: Sampling & Hypothesis Testing (Questions 15–20)

A random sample of 8 values is taken from a population: $12, 15, 11, 18, 14, 16, 13, 17$ . Calculate the unbiased estimate of the population mean. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
Using the data from Question 15, calculate the unbiased estimate of the population variance. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]
A population has a mean $\mu$ and variance $\sigma^2 = 25$ . A random sample of size $n = 64$ is taken. Find the variance of the sample mean $\bar{X}$ . $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [2]
A researcher wants to test if the mean height of a population is greater than $170\text{cm}$ . State the null hypothesis $H_0$ and the alternative hypothesis $H_1$ . $H_0: \underline{\hspace{3cm}} H_1: \underline{\hspace{3cm}}$ [2]
In a hypothesis test for the mean with a significance level of $5\%$ (one-tailed), the critical value is $1.645$ . If the calculated test statistic is $z = 2.10$ , state the conclusion regarding the null hypothesis. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{4cm}}$ [3]
A surveyor needs to select a sample of 50 residents from a town of 2000. Describe a systematic sampling method they could use. $\text{Answer: } \underline{\hspace{6cm}}$ [4]

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A-Level Maths H1 Quiz - Statistics Probability (Answers)

$\binom{5}{2} \times \binom{6}{2} = 10 \times 15 = 150$ [2 marks: 1 for correct combinations, 1 for final answer]
Total arrangements = $5! = 120$ . Arrangements where 2 specific books are together = $2! \times 4! = 48$ . $120 - 48 = 72$ . [2 marks: 1 for total/together, 1 for subtraction]
$P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cap B) \implies 0.8 = 0.6 + 0.4 - P(A \cap B) \implies P(A \cap B) = 0.2$ . [2 marks: 1 for formula, 1 for answer]
$P(X \cup Y) = P(X) + P(Y) - P(X)P(Y) = 0.3 + 0.5 - (0.3 \times 0.5) = 0.8 - 0.15 = 0.65$ . [2 marks: 1 for independent property, 1 for answer]
$P(\text{Red, Red}) + P(\text{Blue, Blue}) = (\frac{7}{10} \times \frac{6}{9}) + (\frac{3}{10} \times \frac{2}{9}) = \frac{42}{90} + \frac{6}{90} = \frac{48}{90} = \frac{8}{15} \approx 0.533$ . [3 marks: 1 for each path, 1 for sum]
$P(A \cap B) = P(A) \times P(B|A) = 0.7 \times 0.4 = 0.28$ . [2 marks: 1 for formula, 1 for answer]
Let $E$ be Economics, $P$ be Psychology. $n(E \cup P) = 100 - 20 = 80$ . $n(E \cap P) = n(E) + n(P) - n(E \cup P) = 60 + 50 - 80 = 30$ . $P(\text{Both}) = \frac{30}{100} = 0.3$ . [3 marks: 1 for union, 1 for intersection, 1 for probability]
$X \sim B(15, 0.5)$ . $P(X=8) = \binom{15}{8}(0.5)^8(0.5)^7 = 6435 \times (0.5)^{15} \approx 0.196$ . [2 marks: 1 for formula, 1 for answer]
$X \sim B(12, 0.25)$ . $P(X \geq 2) = 1 - [P(X=0) + P(X=1)]$ . $P(X=0) = (0.75)^{12} \approx 0.0317$ ; $P(X=1) = 12(0.25)(0.75)^{11} \approx 0.1267$ . $1 - (0.0317 + 0.1267) = 0.8416$ . [3 marks: 1 for complement, 1 for individual probs, 1 for final]
Mean $\mu = np = 20 \times 0.35 = 7$ . Variance $\sigma^2 = np(1-p) = 20 \times 0.35 \times 0.65 = 4.55$ . [2 marks: 1 for mean, 1 for variance]
$Z = \frac{165 - 150}{12} = 1.25$ . $P(Z > 1.25) = 1 - 0.8944 = 0.1056$ . [3 marks: 1 for z-score, 1 for table look-up, 1 for final]
$Z_1 = \frac{10-\mu}{\sigma} = -1.0$ (since $P(Z < -1) \approx 0.1587$ ); $Z_2 = \frac{20-\mu}{\sigma} = 2.0$ (since $P(Z > 2) \approx 0.0228$ ). $10 - \mu = -\sigma$ and $20 - \mu = 2\sigma$ . Subtracting: $10 = 3\sigma \implies \sigma = 3.33$ . $\mu = 10 + 3.33 = 13.33$ . [4 marks: 1 for each z-score, 1 for system of eq, 1 for values]
$E(3X - 2) = 3(50) - 2 = 148$ . $\text{Var}(3X - 2) = 3^2 \times \text{Var}(X) = 9 \times 16 = 144$ . [3 marks: 1 for mean, 2 for variance property]
$P(Z > \frac{80-\mu}{5}) = 0.10 \implies \frac{80-\mu}{5} = 1.282$ . $80 - \mu = 6.41 \implies \mu = 73.59$ . [3 marks: 1 for z-value, 1 for equation, 1 for $\mu$ ]
$\bar{x} = \frac{12+15+11+18+14+16+13+17}{8} = \frac{116}{8} = 14.5$ . [2 marks: 1 for sum, 1 for mean]
$\sum x_i^2 = 144+225+121+324+196+256+169+289 = 1724$ . $s^2 = \frac{\sum x_i^2 - n\bar{x}^2}{n-1} = \frac{1724 - 8(14.5)^2}{7} = \frac{1724 - 1682}{7} = \frac{42}{7} = 6$ . [3 marks: 1 for $\sum x^2$ , 1 for formula, 1 for answer]
$\text{Var}(\bar{X}) = \frac{\sigma^2}{n} = \frac{25}{64} \approx 0.391$ . [2 marks: 1 for formula, 1 for answer]
$H_0: \mu = 170$ ; $H_1: \mu > 170$ . [2 marks: 1 for $H_0$ , 1 for $H_1$ ]
Since $2.10 > 1.645$ , the test statistic falls in the critical region. Reject $H_0$ . There is sufficient evidence at the $5\%$ level to suggest the mean height is greater than $170\text{cm}$ . [3 marks: 1 for comparison, 1 for decision, 1 for context]
1. List all 2000 residents in a fixed order (e.g., alphabetical).
2. Calculate interval $k = 2000/50 = 40$ .
3. Select a random starting number between 1 and 40.
4. Select every 40th resident thereafter until 50 are chosen. [4 marks: 1 for ordering, 1 for interval, 1 for random start, 1 for process]