ProbabilityExam Tips

Exam Tips

Part of Tree DiagramsGCSE Mathematics

This exam tips covers Exam Tips within Tree Diagrams for GCSE Mathematics. Revise Tree Diagrams in Probability for GCSE Mathematics with 15 exam-style questions and 20 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 5 of 6 in this topic. Treat this as a marking guide for what examiners are looking for, not just a fact list.

Topic position

Section 5 of 6

Practice

15 questions

Recall

20 flashcards

Exam Tips

  • Check probabilities add to 1 at each branching point
  • Label all branches clearly with both outcome and probability
  • Use fractions when possible - they're often easier to multiply than decimals
  • Identify the type - with or without replacement affects subsequent probabilities
  • Multiply along paths - for specific sequences
  • Add across paths - for combined events
  • Double-check final probabilities - all outcomes should sum to 1

Keep building this topic

Read this section alongside the surrounding pages in Tree Diagrams. That gives you the full topic sequence instead of a single isolated revision point.

Practice Questions for Tree Diagrams

A fair coin is flipped twice. In a tree diagram, what must the probabilities on the branches from the same point always add up to?

  • A. 0
  • B. 1
  • C. The number of branches
  • D. The total number of outcomes
1 markfoundation

Explain the two key rules used when calculating probabilities from a tree diagram. Your answer should refer to both the multiplication rule and the addition rule.

3 marksstandard

Quick Recall Flashcards

What is a tree diagram?
A visual representation of all possible outcomes in multi-stage events
What does each branch in a tree diagram represent?
A possible outcome at that stage of the experiment

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