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In a game, a fair spinner has five equal sections as shown.
a) Stuart spins the spinner.
Write down the probability he gets 'Miss a turn'.
Give your answer as a fraction.
Go back
Miss a turn 1 square
Go forward
3 squares
b) The spinner lands on 'Go back 1 square' four times in a row.
Kamal is next to spin.
a)
Write down the probability that he gets 'Go back 1 square'.
Give your answer as a fraction.
Go forward
3 squares
Go back
1 square

Answer 1

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Q10: Answers – Paper 3 – November 2018

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10)

​In a game, a fair spinner has five equal sections as shown.

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a) Chloe spins the spinner.

​Write down the probability that she gets ‘Miss a turn’.

[1 mark]

b)

​The spinner lands on ‘Go back 1 square’ three times in a row.

Jamal is next to spin.

​Write down the probability that he gets ‘Go back 1 square’.

[1 mark]

c)

​In one game there are 85 spins.

​How many of these spins are expected to be ‘Go forward 2 squares’?

[2 marks]