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Cambridge A Level ยท 9709 ยท Paper 5 ยท Probability & Statistics 1

Mathematics 9709/51 May/June 2020 past paper

Cambridge A Level Mathematics (9709) Paper 5 (Probability & Statistics 1), variant 1, May/June 2020: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 7 questions worth 50 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions
7
Marks
50
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File names: 9709_s20_qp_51 ยท 9709_s20_ms_51

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9709/51 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Probability320
Representation of Data220
Permutations and Combinations210

Questions in 9709/51 May/June 2020

  1. Question 1Probability ยท 5 marks

    The score when two fair six-sided dice are thrown is the sum of the two numbers on the upper faces. (a) Show that the probability that the score is 4 is 1 12. The two dice are thrown repeatedly until โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Permutations and Combinations ยท 6 marks

    (a) Find the number of di๏ฌ€erent arrangements that can be made from the 9 letters of the word JEWELLERY in which the three Es are together and the two Ls are together. (b) Find the number of di๏ฌ€erent arrangements that โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Probability ยท 7 marks

    A company produces small boxes of sweets that contain 5 jellies and 3 chocolates. Jemeel chooses 3 sweets at random from a box. (a) Draw up the probability distribution table for the number of jellies that Jemeel chooses. The company โ€ฆ

  4. Question 4Permutations and Combinations ยท 4 marks

    In a music competition, there are 8 pianists, 4 guitarists and 6 violinists. 7 of these musicians will be selected to go through to the ๏ฌnal. How many di๏ฌ€erent selections of 7 ๏ฌnalists can be made if there must be โ€ฆ

  5. Question 5Probability ยท 8 marks

    On Mondays, Rani cooks her evening meal. She has a pizza, a burger or a curry with probabilities โ€ฆ

  6. Question 6Representation of Data ยท 9 marks

    The lengths of female snakes of a particular species are normally distributed with mean 54 cm and standard deviation 6.1 cm. (a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen female snake of this species has length between 50 cm and โ€ฆ

  7. Question 7Representation of Data ยท 11 marks

    The numbers of chocolate bars sold per day in a cinema over a period of 100 days are summarised in the following table. Number of chocolate bars sold โ€ฆ

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Where can I get the 9709/51 May/June 2020 mark scheme?
Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9709_s20_ms_51), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
Which topics came up in 9709/51 May/June 2020?
Mostly Probability, Representation of Data, Permutations and Combinations. The full list is in the table above.
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No. Every paper opens for free without signing in. A free account also saves your pen marks and records your score against the grade thresholds.