PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2019

1 Diagram 1 shows a standardised normal distribution graph.

Diagram 1

Given that the area of the shaded region is 38.69% of the total area under the curve, Find
a)
b) X is a continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean of 25
and a standard deviation of 3. Find the value of X when the z-score is h.

 KELANTAN PAPER 2 2019

4 a) In a survey, it is found that 125 out of 500 students in SMK Sri Binjai got a
scholarship. If 10 students from the school are chosen at random, calculate the
probability that exactly 3 students got scholarship.

b) The masses of teachers in SMK Sri Handalan has a normal distribution with a mean
2
54 kg and a variance 144 kg .
(i) Calculate the probability that a teacher chosen at random will have a mass
more than 60 kg.
(ii) Given that 70% of teachers in the school have mass more than m kg. Find
the value of m.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2019

10 Diagram 3 shows a graph of standard normal distribution.

Diagram 3

The area of the shaded region is 0.382. Find

a) value of a,
b)

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2019

8 a) In a game, a player has to guess the number of marbles in a container. Given the
probability of making a correct guess is p.
(i) Find the value of p and the number of guesses so that the mean and
√
standard deviation for the number of correct guesses are 36 and

respectively.
(ii) If a player makes 6 guesses, find the probability that at least 5 of them are
wrong.

b) Diagram 5 shows a probability distribution graph for random variable X that is

normally distributed with a standard deviation of 5. X represents the height, in cm, of
ladies. The graph is symmetrical about the vertical line PQ.

Diagram 5

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(i) If the z-score obtained by standardizing the value of k is -1, find the value of
k.
(ii) The height qualification for a female flight attendant is at least 158 cm. 100
ladies tested a new product to increase their height. After six months of
consuming the product, estimate the number of ladies who will achieve the
height qualification to be a flight attendant.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2019

5 Diagram 5 shows a normal distribution graph of a continuous random variable X with standard
deviation 5. The area of the shaded region is 0.219 unit. Find

Diagram 5

a)
b) the value of k.

 PERLIS PAPER 2 2019

8 a) A survey is carried out in Kangar. The result shows that 2 out of every 5 houses
owned home internet connection. If 8 houses in Kangar are chosen at random, find
the probability that
(i) exactly 3 houses owned home internet connection,
(ii) more than 5 houses owned home internet connection.

b) A study on the body mass of a group of teachers is conducted and it is found that the
mass of the teachers is normally distributed with a mean of 70 kg and a variance of
2
256 kg .
(i) If a teacher is selected randomly, calculate the probability that his mass is
more than 80 kg.
(ii) Given that 28% of the teachers weigh less than m kg, find the value of m.

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 PULAU PINANG PAPER 1 2019

24 Diagram 24 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 24

The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.3729.

a) Find the value of k,
b) X is a continuous random variable which has a normal distribution with a mean of 38
and a standard deviation of 7. Find the value of X when z-score is k.

25 65% of the students in a class are female. 10 students are chosen at random from the class.
a) Find the probability that more than 2 of them are female.
b) If the mean number of female students chosen is 26, find the total number of students
in the class.

 PULAU PINANG PAPER 2 2019

8 a) Diagram 8(a) shows some baskets of durians. In a basket, 60% of durians are in
good condition. Ahmad chooses 4 durians from a basket.

Diagram 8(a)

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Draw a binomial distribution graph of a variable X represents the number of good

durian chosen by Ahmad.

b) Diagram 8(b) shows a normal distribution curve such that

Diagram 8(b)

Find
(i) the value of X is the z-score is 0.85
(ii)

 SELANGOR SET 1 PAPER 1 2019

25 Given Z is a standard normal distribution random variable. Find the value of h if

a)
b) | |

 SELANGOR SET 1 PAPER 2 2019

9 a) In a survey at a university, 2 out of 5 students joined the charity work organized in

conjunction with the independence month.
(i) If 6 students are randomly selected from the university, find the probability of
3 or more to join the independence month charity work.
(ii) If there are 3270 students in the university, calculate the mean and standard
deviation for the number of students joining the independence month charity
work.

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b) In a survey, it is found that box of goods at a Poslaju collection centre has a normal
2
distribution with mean 10 kg and variance 16 kg .
(i) One package is taken randomly from the centre. Find the probability that the
package has a mass of less than 13 kg.
(ii) State the ratio of packages in a random sample of 145 packets of mass less
than 9.6 kg to mass greater than 13.6 kg.

 SELANGOR SET 2 PAPER 1 2019

25 The height of a tree in Kampung Sepakat agricultural area has a normal distribution with the
mean of 175 cm and standard deviation of 15 cm. Find the percentage of tree that have an
altitude of more than 185 cm.

 SELANGOR SET 2 PAPER 2 2019

9 a) Given 0.75 people in a village will be selected to join the charity run. A sample of 15
people was randomly selected from the village.
(i) Find the probability that at least 12 people will be selected.
(ii) Find the mean of the selected population.

b) The mass of a tilapia fish produced in a fish breeding pond is normally distributed with
2
a mean of 370 g and a variance of 64 g . Tilapia fish whose mass is between 355 g
and 380 g will be sold.
(i) If a tilapia is taken at random, find the probability that the fish will be sold.
(ii) Find the number of fish will be sold if the fish pond produces 3130 fish.

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 TERENGGANU PAPER 1 2019

2 Diagram 2 shows the probability of discrete random variable, X.

Diagram 2

Find
a)
b) the value of k.

25 Diagram 10 shows the normal distribution of the marks of Additional Mathematics test for a
group of students.

Diagram 10

The standard deviation of the marks is 1.04. If 6.88% of the student obtained marks less than
b, find the value of b.

 TERENGGANU PAPER 2 2019

11 a) Usually, when Razman threw his fishing rod, 65% of his thrown will catch the fish.
Find
(i) the probability Razman will get at least 5 fishes in 6 thrown,
(ii) the number of thrown made by Razman so that the probability of getting at
least a fish is greater than 0.94.

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b) The age of the visitors to a restaurant is normally distributed with a mean of 23.5
years old and a standard deviation of 4.1 years old. Find
(i) the probability that a visitor chosen randomly from the restaurant is of age
between 17 and 23 years old,
(ii) the percentage number of visitors of age more than 17 years old.

 KEDAH MODUL 1 PAPER 1 2018

24 An experiment tossing a biased coin for three times was carried out. H denotes the event of
obtaining the head and T denotes the event of obtaining the tail. The outcome of the
experiment and its probability are shown in Table 24

Outcome TTT TTH THT HTT THH HTH HHT HHH

Probability 0.216 0.144 0.144 0.144 0.096 0.096 0.096 0.064

Table 24

If getting heads is a success event, draw a binomial distribution graph for the above
experiment.

25 Diagram 25(i) shows a normal distribution graph and Diagram 25(ii) shows a standard normal
distribution graph.

Diagram 25(i) Diagram 25(ii)

a) State the equation that relates the two graphs.

b) A normal distribution has a mean of 16 and a standard deviation of 5. Find the
normal distribution variable, X if given .

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 KEDAH MODUL 1 PAPER 2 2018

7 a) In a school, 40% of the students are wearing glasses.

(i) If 10 students are chosen at random, find the probability that more than 8 of
them are wearing glasses.
(ii) If the standard deviation of the distribution is 12, find the number of students
in the school.

b) In an archery training centre, there are 120 trainers having a test. The score for the
test follow a normal distribution with a mean of 55 and a variance of 25. The trainers
who obtain more than k scores will enter competition.
(i) A trainer is chosen at random. Find his z-scores if he obtains 72 scores for
the test.
(ii) If 18.5% of the trainers are chosen to enter competition, calculate the value of
k.

 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2018

21 a) Diagram 8 show the probability distribution graph for a continuous random variable,
X, which has a normal distribution with a variance of 64.

Diagram 8

Find the area representing .

b) A discrete random variable, X, is represented by .

Express variance in terms of p.

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 KELANTAN PAPER 2 2018

10 a) In Section B of a History quiz, each contestant is required to answer 20 true of false

questions. Hanis answered all questions by guessing due to lack of time. Find the
probability that Hanis answered correctly at least 95% of the total questions in the
quiz.

b) The school session at SMK Setia starts at 0740 am. Students are considered late if
they reach school after the start of school session. Diagram 6 shows the normal
distribution graph representing the time for students to arrive school on a certain day.

Diagram 6

Given the standard deviation is 10 minutes and area A, B, C and D are equal. Find
(i) percentage of students arriving late to school,
(ii) the value of k and value of m (Give your answer to the nearest minute).

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2018

25 The ages of 1000 residents in a village are normally distributed with a mean of 70 years and a
variance, . Given that the probability of selecting a resident who is more than 60 years old
is 0.7499, find the value of standard deviation.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2018

8 a) The probability of a student walks to school is p. A sample of 8 students is selected

at random.
(i) If the probability of all the students walk to school is 0.0168, find the value of
p.
(ii) Find the probability that at least 7 students walk to school.

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b) Diagram 5 shows a standard normal distribution graph representing the height of

1500 students in a certain college.

Diagram 5

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It is given that the mean is 165 cm and variance is 25 cm .
(i) If 16.6% of the students have height less than H, find the value of H.
(ii) Find the number of students that has height between 165 cm and 175 cm.

 JUJ PAHANG SET 2 PAPER 1 2018

25 The figure 25 shows two normal curves a and b with  = 4000.

Figure 25

The normal curves represented by the following data:

Data n p

Alpha 6000

Beta 12000

Table 1

Based on Table 1:
a) Find the standard deviation of the Alpha data and Beta data
b) Determine the appropriate curve data representing the Alpha data and Beta data.

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 JUJ PAHANG SET 2 PAPER 2 2018

9 a) The probability of a voter walking to the polling station is p. A sample of 6 voters was
randomly selected.
(i) If the probability of 6 voters walking to the polling center is 0.11765, find the
value of p.
(ii) Find the probability that at most than 2 people are not walking.

b) Diagram 9 shows a standard normal distribution graph representing the age group
who came to vote in the general election in a district.

Diagram 9

It was found that the age of voters who came to the voting center was normally
distributed with a mean of 38.5 years and a standard deviation of 5.5 years. If the
percentage of the age group in the shaded region is 68.26%.
Find
(i) The age range of voters in the shaded region
(ii) The probability that age groups who come to a vote exceed 55 years.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2018

22 Adam is one of the archers who represents his school in Secondary School’s Archery
Tournament. During the practice, Adam has done 5 trial shots. The probability that Adam
strikes the target is p, where p is a constant. The coach then produces a sketch of the graph
of probability distribution for the number of shots that strikes the target obtaining by Adam as
shown in Diagram 22.

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Diagram 22

a) Find the values of p and of m,

b) Calculate the standard deviation of the number of shots that strikes the target
obtained by Adam.

 PERLIS PAPER 2 2018

8 a) The result of a study shows that in certain school, 65% of the students pass
Additional Mathematics test.
(i) If 10 students from the school are chosen at random, calculate the probability
that at least 8 of the students pass Additional Mathematics test.
(ii) If the total number of students in the school is 960 students, find the variance
number of students who fail Additional Mathematics test.

b) The height of students in Form 4 Arif is normally distributed with mean 150 cm and
2
variance 225 cm .
(i) If a student is chosen at random from the class, find the probability that the
height of the students is less than 140 cm.
(ii) Find the number of students which is chosen randomly falls in the range of
160 cm and 180 cm, if the total number of students is 27 students.

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 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 1 2018

25 The marks in the Additional Mathematics test for a group of students are normally distributed.
Diagram 25 shows a graph of the marks, such that PQ is the axis of symmetry of the graph.

Diagram 25

The standard deviation of the marks is 2.4. If 6.68% of the students obtained marks less than
k, find the value of k.

 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 2 2018

9 a) In a survey, it is found that in a basket of mangosteen, 15% of the mangosteen are

rotten. If 8 mangosteen are chosen at random from the basket, calculate the
probability that at least 6 mangosteen are good.

b) In a school, 180 students sit for Additional Mathematics examination. The marks
obtained is normally distributed with mean 48 marks and standard deviation of 6
marks.
(i) If a student is chosen at random, find the probability that the student obtained
between 35 and 66 marks. Hence, find the number of students that obtained
marks between 35 and 66 marks.
(ii) Students who failed have to attend remedial classes. If 5% of the students
attended remedial classes, find the passing marks for Additional
Mathematics.

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 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 1 2018

23 Diagram 23 shows a normal distribution graph.

Diagram 23

Given the standard deviation is 6.4, find

a) the value of X is the z-score is 0.85,
b) .

24 In a certain area, it was found that 40% of the trees are coconut trees. If 9 trees in the area
are chosen at random, find the probability that at least two of the trees are coconut trees.

 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 2 2018

10 a) It is known that for every 10 guavas in a box, 2 are rotten. If a sample of 7 guavas
are chosen randomly, calculate the probability that,
(i) exactly 3 guavas are rotten,
(ii) at least 6 guavas are not rotten.

b) The mass of watermelons in the market is normally distributed with a mean of 700 g
and standard deviation of 200 g. If a watermelon is chosen randomly, calculate the
probability that its mass is
(i) less than 300 g,
(ii) between 300 g and 800 g,
(iii) Hence, if there are 983 watermelons of mass between 300 g and 800 g,
calculate the approximate total number of watermelons in the market.

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 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 1 2018

24 8% of the screws produced by factory A is defective. If 10 screws are randomly chosen, find
the probability that
a) 2 screws are defective,
b) none of the screws is defective.

25 Given and . Find .

 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 2 2018

7 a) The probability of a student walks to school is p. A sample of 6 students is selected

at random.
(i) If the probability of all the students walk to school is 0.046656, find the value
of p.
(ii) Find the probability that more than 4 students walk to school.

b) Diagram 7 shows a standard normal distribution graph representing the volume of

tomato sauce in bottles produced by a factory.

Diagram 7

3 6
It is given the mean is 900 m and variance is 289 m . If the percentage of the
volume more than v is 40.9%, find
(i) the value of v,
3 3
(ii) the probability that the volume between 866 m and 951 m .

 YIK PAPER 1 2018

20 In an examination, 65% of the students passed. If a sample of 9 students is randomly

selected, find the probability that 3 students from the sample failed the examination.

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24 Diagram 7 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 7

The probability represented by the area of the shaded region is 0.7285. Find
a) ,
b) the value of k.

 YIK PAPER 2 2018

11 a) In a survey, it is found that 65% of households in Malaysia have internet at home. A

sample of 20 households is chosen at random.
(i) What is the standard deviation of the household?
(ii) Find the probability that exactly 12 households have internet at home.

b) The mass of durians from a farm have a normal distribution with a mean of 2 kg and a
standard deviation of 0.8 kg. Calculate
(i) the probability that a durian chosen at random from this farm has a mass of
more than 1 kg.
(ii) the value of k if 68% of the durian have masses less than k kg.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2017

25 The marks in Mathematics test for a group of students are normally distributed. Diagram 25
shows a graph of the marks, where PQ is the axis of symmetry of the graph.

Diagram 25

The standard deviation of the marks is 2.2. If 4.85% of the students obtained marks less than
k, find the value of k.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2017

7 a) The passing mark for the Theory Driving test is 86. If 45 candidates pass the test and
the variance is 42.3, find
(i) the probability of a candidate passing the test,
(ii) the number of candidates who sit for the test.

b) The mass of the students of Form 5 Anggerik follows a normal distribution with a
2
mean mass of 46 kg and a variance of 42.25 kg . Find
(i) the probability that a student chosen at random from the group has mass
more than 49 kg.
(ii) the value of m, if 17.8% of the students have a mass less than m kg.

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 PAHANG PAPER 1 2017

19 In a survey conducted by a school, it is found that k% of the teachers own a tablet computer.
Table 19 shows part of the binomial distribution of X when a sample of four teachers were
selected at random. X is a binomial random variable representing the teachers who own a
tablet computer.

X 0 1
0.0081 0.0756

Table 19

Find
a) the value of k,
b)

20 It is given that the marks of the 500 candidates in a Mathematics test have a normal
distribution with a mean of 45 marks and a standard deviation of 20 marks.
Find the range of marks for those candidates who are in the middle 50% of the score.
Give your answers correct to two decimal places.

 PAHANG PAPER 2 2017

10 a) An electronic factory produces a type of computer chips. Based on the past records,
it is found that 40% of the chips are defective.
(i) From a random sample of 7 chips, calculate the probability that more than 2
chips are not defective.
(ii) If 1000 chips are produced in a day, calculate the mean and the standard
deviation of number of chips that are defective.

b) The mass of a pill made by a factory is normally distributed with a mean of  mg and
a standard deviation of 0.5 mg.
(i) 15.87% of the pills chosen at random have a mass of more than 7.5 mg.
Find the value of .
(ii) Calculate the number of pills that have a mass of between 6.2 mg and 6.4
mg if 4000 pills are produced in a certain period of time.

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 PERLIS PAPER 1 2017

22 Diagram 22 shows a standard normal distribution graph.

Diagram 22

a) Given that , find the value of k.

b) X is a continuous random variable which is normally distributed with a mean of  and
a standard deviation 5.
Find the value of  when the value of X = 22.62 is correspond to the value of k.

 PERLIS PAPER 2 2017

8 a) In a company, 70% of the workers are male. If 10 workers are randomly chosen,
(i) calculate the mean and the variance of choosing male workers,
(ii) find the probability that at least nine of them are male.

b) The mass of a harumanis mangoes produced by an orchard is normally distributed

2
with the mean of 350 g and a variance of 25 g . Find
(i) the probability that the mass of a harumanis mangoes chosen randomly from
the orchard has a mass of not more than 345 g.
(ii) the value of m if 68% of the harumanis mangoes from the orchard have a
mass of more than m g.

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 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 1 2016

24 Diagram 24 shows the graph of a binomial distribution of X.

Diagram 24

Find
a) the value of h,
b) .

25 The masses of workers in a factory have a normal distribution with mean of 62 kg and a
variance of 400 kg. Find
a) the mass of workers which a z-score is 0.3.
b) the percentage of workers with a mass of greater than 58 kg.

 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 2 2016

9 a) In a research, 25% of the students in a school using internet during their lessons in a
day.
(i) If 8 students from that school are chosen at random, calculate the probability
that at least 2 students using internet during their lessons in a day.
(ii) If the variance of the students in a school using internet during their lessons
in a day is 186, calculate the number of students in that school.

b) The masses of cereals filled by a machine into the bags have a normal distribution.
Given 9.01% of the bags have a mass of more than 56.2 kg and 3.14% of the bags
have a mass of less than 43.4 kg. Find the mean and the standard deviation.

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