Question 1

LEVEL 6

50 people are asked whether they like American football (A), Bowling (B) or Cricket (C).

All 50 people like at least 1 of the sports

10 people like all 3 sports

3 people like American football and bowling, but not cricket

16 people like bowling and cricket

17 people like American football and cricket

27 people like bowling

9 people like only American football

 

Part of a Venn diagram representing the above information has already been filled in.

Find the values of x and y

 

Select the correct answer from the list below:

A: x = 7, y = 8

B: x = 8, y = 7

C: x = 7, y = 7

D: x = 8, y = 8

 

CORRECT ANSWER:   A

WORKED SOLUTION:

We know that 17 people like American football and cricket.

We also know that 10 people like all three sports.

Therefore, there are 17 - 10 = 7 who like American football and cricket, but not bowling.

This is the value of x, so x = 7

 

We know that 27 people like bowling

There are 3 people that like American football and bowling, but not cricket

There are 10 people like all 3 sports

There are 16 people like bowling and cricket, and so 16-10=6 people that like bowling and cricket, but not American football.

Therefore, there are 27 - 3 - 10 - 6 = 8 people that like only bowling.

This is the value of y, so y = 8

 


 

Question 2

LEVEL 6

There are set A and set B are displayed in the Venn diagram below.

There are 80 items in the universal set \xi.

Find the value of x.

Select the correct answer from the list below:

A: x = 9

B: x = 7

C: x = 8

D: x = 6

 

CORRECT ANSWER:   A

WORKED SOLUTION:

(2x+6) + (4x) + (20-x) + 9 = 80

5x + 35 = 80

5x = 45

x = 9

 


 

Question 3

LEVEL 6

In the Venn diagram below, C represents students selecting Chemistry and T represents students selecting Technology.

Use the Venn diagram to find the probability that someone takes Chemistry, given that they take Technology.

 

Select the correct answer from the list below:

A: \dfrac{6}{28}

B: \dfrac{6}{38}

C: \dfrac{22}{28}

D: \dfrac{28}{38}

 

CORRECT ANSWER:   A

WORKED SOLUTION:

We know that 22+6 = 28 people take Technology.

Then there are 6 out of those people who take Chemistry.

Therefore the probability is \dfrac{6}{28}

 


 

Question 4

LEVEL 6

In the Venn diagram below, A represents people that have visited Andorra and B represents people that have visited Belgium.

Use the Venn diagram to find the probability that a person chosen at random has visited Andorra, given that they have only visited exactly one of the countries.

 

Select the correct answer from the list below:

A: \dfrac{11}{23}

B: \dfrac{12}{23}

C: \dfrac{11}{30}

D: \dfrac{11}{33}

 

CORRECT ANSWER:   A

WORKED SOLUTION:

There are 11+12=23 people that have visited exactly one of the countries.

Of these 23 people, 11 of them have visited Andorra.

Therefore the probability is \dfrac{11}{23}

 


 

Question 5

LEVEL 6

In the Venn diagram below, F represents people that like Fish, H represents people that like Ham, and C represents people that like Chicken.

Use the Venn diagram to find the probability that a person chosen at random likes all three foods, given that they like Fish.

Select the correct answer from the list below:

A: \dfrac{2}{12}

B: \dfrac{2}{3}

C: \dfrac{9}{12}

D: \dfrac{3}{12}

 

CORRECT ANSWER:   A

WORKED SOLUTION:

There are 3 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 12 people that like Fish.

Of these 12 people, there are 2 people that like all three foods.

Therefore, the probability is \dfrac{2}{12}