REVISION NOTES

IGCSE Edexcel Mathematics A

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6.3 Probability

6.3.1 Understand the language of probability

6.3.2 Understand and use the probability scale

edexcel_igcse_mathematics a_topic 40_probability_005_Probability Scale

6.3.3 Understand and use estimates or measures of probability from theoretical models

edexcel_igcse_mathematics a_topic 40_probability_001_Theoretical Probability
edexcel_igcse_mathematics a_topic 40_probability_002_Theoretical Probability

6.3.4 Find probabilities from a Venn diagram

6.3.5 Understand the concepts of a sample space and an event, and how the probability of an event happening can be determined from the sample space

6.3.6 List all the outcomes for single events and for two successive events in a systematic way

6.3.7 Estimate probabilities from previously collected data

6.3.8 Calculate the probability of the complement of an event happening

6.3.9 Use the addition rule of probability for mutually exclusive events

edexcel_igcse_mathematics a_topic 40_probability_003_Mutually Exclusive Outcomes

6.3.10 Understand and use the term ‘expected frequency’

6.3.11 Draw and use tree diagrams (Higher Tier Only)

edexcel_igcse_mathematics a_topic 40_probability_005_Probability Scale

6.3.12 Determine the probability that two or more independent events will occur
(Higher Tier Only)

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6.3.13 Use simple conditional probability when combining events (Higher Tier Only)

6.3.14 Apply probability to simple problems (Higher Tier Only)