Skip to content

Course home

Probability

Probability

MediumHard
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041
Question 8

In a jar there are only white marbles, black marbles, orange marbles and purple marbles.

A marble is taken at random from the jar.

The table shows the probabilities that the marble will be orange or will be purple.

ColourWhiteBlackOrangePurple
Probability0.250.15

The probability that the marble will be black is three times the probability that the marble will be white.

There are 20 orange marbles in the jar.

Work out the number of black marbles in the jar.

[4]
Video walkthrough

Probability Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Maths
  3. /Probability

128 exam-style questions on Eduqas GCSE Maths Probability. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank