Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WST01 · Probability
Topic Questions: 3.3 Independence of two events. — WST01 Probability
40 WST01 Probability topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 28 papers (2014–2026). 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 28 WST01 papers across 2014–2026, contributing 40 topic questions and 113 marks. The most recent appearance is WST01/02 January 2026. That equals 13.7% of the 291 topic questions and 15.1% of the 749 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WST01/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Venn Diagrams and Probability Laws - Jan 2026 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Venn Diagram and Conditional Probability |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 3 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/02October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Discrete Probability Distributions - Edexcel IAL S1 October 2025 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((d)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/02October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 The Normal Distribution - Edexcel IAL S1 October 2025 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/02October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Probability and Venn/Tree Diagrams - Edexcel IAL S1 October 2025 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 1 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Venn Diagrams, Independence, and Conditional Probability - Edexcel IAL S1 Jan 2025 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 2 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Discrete Random Variables and Biased Dice - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2024 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((f)) | 2 of 14 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Probability and Venn Diagrams - Edexcel IAL Statistics S1 June 2024 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((b)) | 4 of 13 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Probability Events and Equations - Edexcel IAL S1 Jan 2024 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 2 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Venn Diagrams and Probability Laws - Edexcel IAL Statistics S1 Oct 2023 Q3 |
FRQ | 3 of 6 parts ((i)(c), (ii)(b), (ii)(c)) | 6 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Venn Diagrams and Probability Laws - Edexcel IAL S1 Jun 2023 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Normal Distribution Calculations - Edexcel IAL S1 Jun 2023 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 2 of 14 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Discrete Probability Distribution and Multi-variable Joint Events - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2022 Q7 |
FRQ | 2 of 6 parts ((e), (f)) | 7 of 14 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Probability - Independence, Conditional Probability, and Venn Diagrams |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 4 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Venn Diagram and Probability - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2021 Q1 |
FRQ | 2 of 4 parts ((b), (c)) | 5 of 7 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Venn Diagrams & Independence - Edexcel IAL S1 Jun 2021 Q2 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((b), (c)) | 11 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Probability Tree Diagram and Independence - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2020 Q2 |
FRQ | 2 of 5 parts ((c), (d)) | 7 of 13 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Discrete and Normal Distributions - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2020 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 7 parts ((g)) | 2 of 15 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Probability and Venn Diagrams - Families and Pets |
FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((d)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 The Normal Distribution - Edexcel IAL Statistics S1 Oct 2019 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 5 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Probability - Edexcel IAL Statistics S1 Oct 2019 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((d)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Venn Diagram and Probability - Edexcel IAL S1 Jan 2019 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 2 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2018 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Venn Diagrams and Probability Laws - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2018 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 4 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2018 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Probability Laws and Venn Diagrams - Edexcel IAL S1 June 2018 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2018 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Venn Diagrams and Probability Laws - Edexcel IAL S1 Jan 2018 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Venn diagram and probability - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2017 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((b)) | 1 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 The Normal distribution - Edexcel IAL S1 June 2017 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 3 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Probability and Venn Diagrams - Edexcel IAL S1 Jan 2017 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((e)) | 2 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01October 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Venn Diagrams and Probability - Edexcel IAL S1 Oct 2016 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((b)(iii)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Venn Diagrams and Probability Laws - Edexcel IAL S1 June 2016 Q6 |
FRQ | 2 of 4 parts ((b), (c)) | 5 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Conditional Probability and Independence - Edexcel IAL S1 June 2015 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01January 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Discrete Random Variables - Edexcel IAL S1 Jan 2015 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((d)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST01/01June 2014 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Venn Diagram and Restaurant Bookings - Edexcel IAL Statistics S1 June 2014 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 4 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
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Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 33 question stems cover this subtopic across 28 papers, but only 40 tagged parts and 113 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 2014–2026. 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?
- Yes. Open a paper from the table and use the Interactive Practice Hub entry point. The page itself is static HTML so search engines and retrieval agents can read the full question list without executing JavaScript.