CIE IAL · Mathematics · 9709 P5 · Probability
Topic Questions: • evaluate probabilities in simple cases by means of enumeration of equiprobable elementary events, or by calculation using permutations or combinations — 9709 P5 Probability
65 9709 P5 Probability topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 43 papers (2020–2026). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.
Core finding
This Probability syllabus point appears in 43 9709 P5 papers across 2020–2026, contributing 65 topic questions and 192 marks. The most recent appearance is 9709/51 May/June 2026. That equals 32.7% of the 199 topic questions and 35.5% of the 541 marks tagged to Probability. Only parts tagged to this subtopic are counted, so a four-part question can contribute one item and one part's marks. The table lists every matching question, its tagged parts and marks, with a link back to the paper page. Sessions are newest first, so the statement can be traced back through the full paper history.
Topic questions by session
Newest sessions first. Parts and marks count only the parts tagged to this subtopic; “x of y parts” shows how much of the question is tagged elsewhere. Select the paper cell to open the matching question on the paper page, or use Go to Practice Hub to answer that exact question in the Interactive Practice Hub.
| Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9709/51May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q2 Student Subject Contingency Table - CIE A-Level Maths 2023 |
FRQ | 2 of 4 parts ((a), (d)) | 2 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q4 Marble Selection Probabilities - CIE A-Level Maths 2023 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q5 Arrangements of Word RETRIEVES - CIE A-Level Maths 2023 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q1 Team Selection Probability - CIE Mathematics 2024 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/55May/June 2026 · CIE IAL | Q7 Permutations and Grouping of Letters in CANADIANS - CIE A Level Maths 2026 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2026 · CIE IAL | Q1 Committee Selection - CIE 9709 S1 2026 Mar Paper 52 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 part | 4 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q7 SEYCHELLES Arrangements - CIE A-Level Maths 2025 Nov Paper 51 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q7 Permutations of ZOOLOGICAL - CIE A Level Maths Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2025 · CIE IAL | Q3 Arrangements of DAFFODILS - CIE 9709 2025 Nov Paper 53 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q6 Probability Distribution of Blue Marbles - CIE S1 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q3 Marble Selection Probability - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2025 Jun Paper 52 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 2 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q3 Repeated Dice Roll Geometric Distribution - CIE A Level Mathematics 2025 Jun Paper 53 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q7 Group Arrangements and Selections - CIE A Level Mathematics 2025 Jun Paper 53 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 4 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/55May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q4 College Entrance Test Probabilities - CIE A Level Mathematics 2025 June Paper 55 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 2 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/55May/June 2025 · CIE IAL | Q6 Darts Team Selection Combinations - CIE A Level Mathematics 2025 June Paper 55 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 3 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2025 · CIE IAL | Q4 Probability of Toy Cars Selection - CIE 9709 March 2025 Paper 52 Q4 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 7 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2024 · CIE IAL | Q1 Geometric Distribution of Dice Throws - CIE A-Level Maths 2024 Nov Paper 51 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 4 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2024 · CIE IAL | Q7 Permutations and Combinations of INTELLECT - CIE A-Level Maths 2024 Nov Paper 51 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2024 · CIE IAL | Q6 Letter Permutations of HAPPINESS - CIE S1 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q7 Arrangements of Eight Digits - CIE Paper 51 2024 Jun Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q1 Music Festival Ticket Probability - CIE 9709 S1 2024 Jun Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 2 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q6 Bus Service Classification Normal Approximation - CIE 9709 S1 2024 Jun Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q7 Arrangements of REGENERATE - CIE 9709 S1 2024 Jun Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2024 · CIE IAL | Q6 Arrangements of Letters in RECORDERS - CIE A-Level Maths 2024 Jun Paper 53 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2024 · CIE IAL | Q1 Probability of Marbles Selection - CIE A Level Maths 2024 Mar Paper 52 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 1 of 4 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q2 Dice Sum Probability and Geometric Distribution - CIE 9709 Nov 2023 Paper 51 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q5 Spinner Discrete Probability Distribution - CIE 9709 Nov 2023 Paper 51 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 3 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q7 Arrangements of ANDROMEDA - CAIE A-Level Mathematics Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2023 · CIE IAL | Q6 Party Seating and Grouping Arrangements - CIE Mathematics 2023 Nov Paper 53 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2023 · CIE IAL | Q3 Letter Permutations and Conditional Probability - CIE S1 2023 Jun Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2023 · CIE IAL | Q7 Free Gift Model Animals Probability - CIE S1 2023 Jun Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2023 · CIE IAL | Q5 Independence of Two Events in Dice Throwing - CIE A Level Mathematics |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2023 · CIE IAL | Q5 Marbles in Boxes Independence Test - CIE A Level Maths 2023 Mar Paper 52 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 part | 3 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2023 · CIE IAL | Q7 Arrangements and Selections of DELIVERED - CIE A Level Maths 2023 Mar Paper 52 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 5 of 12 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q5 Die Rolling Game Probability - CIE S1 2022 Nov Paper 51 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q3 Three Dice Sum Geometric Distribution - CIE A Level Maths 2022 Nov Paper 52 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 5 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q7 Arrangements of ALLIGATOR - CIE A Level Maths 2022 Nov Paper 52 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q4 Spinners Highest Score Distribution - CIE 9709 Nov 2022 Paper 53 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2022 · CIE IAL | Q6 Arrangements and Selections of ACTIVATED - CIE 9709 Nov 2022 Paper 53 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2022 · CIE IAL | Q7 Chocolate Sweet Colors Probability - CIE 9709 Statistics 1 2022 Jun Paper 52 Q7 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 7 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2022 · CIE IAL | Q4 Geometric and Binomial Probability of Die Throws - CIE A Level Maths 2022 Jun P53 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2022 · CIE IAL | Q6 Chocolate Selection Probabilities - CIE 9709 S1 2022 Mar Paper 52 Q6 |
FRQ | 2 of 5 parts ((c), (d)) | 5 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q5 Quiz Team Photograph Permutations - CIE A-Level Maths 2021 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q1 Instrument Choice Probability - CIE A Level Mathematics Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 1 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q3 Marbles Selection Probability Distribution - CIE Discrete Random Variables Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2021 · CIE IAL | Q5 Security Code Combinations - CIE A-Level Maths 2021 Nov Paper 53 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q3 Arrangements of Letters in RELEASED - CIE A-Level Math 2021 Jun Paper 51 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q6 Arrangements of Word TOMORROW - CIE Probability & Statistics 1 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q4 Three Dice Throw Probabilities - CIE Mathematics 2021 Jun Paper 53 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53May/June 2021 · CIE IAL | Q7 Broadband Quality Statistics - CIE Mathematics 2021 Jun Paper 53 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)(i)) | 1 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2021 · CIE IAL | Q7 Sports Preferences of Students - CIE 9709 March 2021 Paper 52 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)(i)) | 1 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q1 Two Fair Dice Outcomes - CIE Mathematics 2020 Nov Paper 51 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 2 of 4 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q7 Letter Permutations of SHOPKEEPER - CIE Mathematics 2020 Nov Paper 51 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 2 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q2 Probability Distribution of Red Balls - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2020 Nov Paper 52 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 7 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q4 Weather Transitions Tree Diagram - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2020 Nov Paper 52 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 1 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q6 Group Selections and Line Permutations - CIE A-Level Mathematics 2020 Nov Paper 52 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/53October/November 2020 · CIE IAL | Q5 Arrangements of RESERVED - CIE 9709 W20 P53 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2020 · CIE IAL | Q1 Score of Two Dice - CIE A-Level Maths 2020 Jun Paper 51 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 1 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/51May/June 2020 · CIE IAL | Q5 Evening Meal Tree Diagram - CIE A-Level Maths 2020 Jun Paper 51 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 2 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52May/June 2020 · CIE IAL | Q2 Student College and Sport Preferences - CIE A-Level Maths 2020 Jun Paper 52 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 1 of 5 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| 9709/52March 2020 · CIE IAL | Q6 Probability Tree Diagram for Box Selection - CIE 9709 S1 2020 Mar Paper 52 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
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Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 61 question stems cover this subtopic across 43 papers, but only 65 tagged parts and 192 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page.
- Which papers include this subtopic?
- The table lists every matching session from 2020–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available.
- Why can one question appear under several subtopics?
- The parts of one question can assess different syllabus statements. Each part is counted under its own subtopics, so the same question stem can appear on several subtopic pages while each page lists only the parts and marks tagged to that statement.
- Can I practise these questions with AI marking?
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