[discia] GCSE Maths › Probability › Two Way Tables

Two Way Tables

discia.org 10 questions · 39 marks
Name Date
  1. Either paper 3 marks

    Every member of a sports club plays either tennis or squash. The two-way table shows information about the members.

    TennisSquashTotal
    Men141529
    Women1835
    Total323264
    (a)

    Find the number of women who play squash.

    (b)

    One of the members is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that the member is a man who plays tennis.

    Show answer
    (a) \(17\)
    (b) \(\frac{7}{32}\)
    Another like this
  2. Either paper 5 marks

    Every student in Year 9 and Year 10 at a school chose either French or Spanish. The two-way table shows some information about their choices.

    FrenchSpanishTotal
    Year 9722
    Year 107
    Total1840
    (a)

    Complete the two-way table.

    (b)

    One of these students is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that the student is in Year 10 and chose French.

    Show answer
    (a) Year 9 Spanish 15, Year 10 French 11, Year 10 total 18, Spanish total 22
    (b) \(\frac{11}{40}\)
    Another like this
  3. Either paper 4 marks

    Everyone at a leisure centre one morning did exactly one activity. The two-way table shows what they did.

    SwimmingGymTennisTotal
    Adults11121134
    Children1081331
    Total21202465
    (a)

    One of these people is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that the person went swimming.

    (b)

    Find the probability that the person is a child who played tennis.

    Show answer
    (a) \(\frac{21}{65}\)
    (b) \(\frac{1}{5}\)
    Another like this
  4. Either paper 3 marks
    Tomas sells bicycles. The table shows the number of bicycles Tomas sold in each quarter of three years.
    Quarter 1Quarter 2Quarter 3Quarter 4
    201514592454
    201613225954
    201780222620
    (a)

    In which year did Tomas sell the most bicycles?

    You must show your working.

    (b)

    Tomas adds up the sales for each quarter over all three years, and uses these totals to decide how many bicycles to stock.

    At the start of which quarter should Tomas stock the most bicycles?

    Circle your answer.

    Quarter 1   Quarter 2   Quarter 3   Quarter 4

    Show answer
    (a) 2015: 2015 sold 151, 2016 sold 148, 2017 sold 148
    (b) Quarter 4: its three years total 128, more than the other quarters
    Another like this
  5. Either paper 4 marks

    Each student in Year 10 and Year 11 chose either history or geography. The two-way table shows their choices.

    HistoryGeographyTotal
    Year 10181735
    Year 11151328
    Total333063
    (a)

    One of the students who chose history is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that this student is in Year 10.

    (b)

    One of the Year 11 students is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that this student chose geography.

    Show answer
    (a) \(\frac{6}{11}\)
    (b) \(\frac{13}{28}\)
    Another like this
  6. Either paper 4 marks

    A group of Year 10 and Year 11 students chose an activity.

    There were \(75\) students altogether.

    \(32\) of them were Year 10 students.

    \(40\) of them chose rowing.

    \(17\) of the Year 10 students chose rowing.

    (a)

    Work out how many of the Year 11 students chose climbing.

    (b)

    One of the students is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that this student chose rowing.

    Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

    Show answer
    (a) \(20\)
    (b) \(\frac{8}{15}\)
    Another like this
  7. Either paper 4 marks

    108 people were each asked to choose their favourite type of book.

    Each of them chose romance, adventure, horror or thriller.

    48 of these people were children. The rest were adults.

    14 of the 24 people who chose thriller were adults.

    16 of the 27 people who chose romance were children.

    10 children chose horror.

    The number of children who chose adventure was the same as the number of adults who chose horror.

    Work out the number of adults who chose adventure.

    You must show how you get your answer.

    Show answer
    \(23\)
    Another like this
  8. Either paper 3 marks

    Every member of a sports club plays either tennis or squash. The two-way table shows information about the members.

    TennisSquashTotal
    Men20727
    Women1528
    Total352055
    (a)

    Calculate the number of women who play squash.

    (b)

    One of the members is chosen at random.

    Calculate the probability that the member is a man who plays tennis.

    Show answer
    (a) \(13\)
    (b) \(\frac{4}{11}\)
    Another like this
  9. Either paper 5 marks

    Every student in Year 9 and Year 10 at a school chose either French or Spanish. The two-way table shows some information about their choices.

    FrenchSpanishTotal
    Year 91025
    Year 1012
    Total1946
    (a)

    Complete the two-way table.

    (b)

    One of these students is chosen at random.

    Find the probability that the student is in Year 10 and chose French.

    Show answer
    (a) Year 9 Spanish 15, Year 10 French 9, Year 10 total 21, Spanish total 27
    (b) \(\frac{9}{46}\)
    Another like this
  10. Either paper 4 marks

    Everyone at a leisure centre one morning did exactly one activity. The two-way table shows what they did.

    SwimmingGymTennisTotal
    Adults1281232
    Children127726
    Total24151958
    (a)

    One of these people is chosen at random.

    Work out the probability that the person went swimming.

    (b)

    Work out the probability that the person is a child who played tennis.

    Show answer
    (a) \(\frac{12}{29}\)
    (b) \(\frac{7}{58}\)
    Another like this
discia.org Two Way Tables · sheet 1
Answers Two Way Tables · sheet 1
  1. (a) \(17\)
    (b) \(\frac{7}{32}\)
  2. (a) Year 9 Spanish 15, Year 10 French 11, Year 10 total 18, Spanish total 22
    (b) \(\frac{11}{40}\)
  3. (a) \(\frac{21}{65}\)
    (b) \(\frac{1}{5}\)
  4. (a) 2015: 2015 sold 151, 2016 sold 148, 2017 sold 148
    (b) Quarter 4: its three years total 128, more than the other quarters
  5. (a) \(\frac{6}{11}\)
    (b) \(\frac{13}{28}\)
  6. (a) \(20\)
    (b) \(\frac{8}{15}\)
  7. \(23\)
  8. (a) \(13\)
    (b) \(\frac{4}{11}\)
  9. (a) Year 9 Spanish 15, Year 10 French 9, Year 10 total 21, Spanish total 27
    (b) \(\frac{9}{46}\)
  10. (a) \(\frac{12}{29}\)
    (b) \(\frac{7}{58}\)
discia.org Two Way Tables · sheet 1