# Topic Questions: 6.1 The Normal distribution including the mean, variance and use of tables of the cumulative distribution function. — WST01 Probability

> 1 WST01 Probability topic questions (4 marks) on 6.1 The Normal distribution including the mean… — 1 papers, 2023. Open the exact question in the original…

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Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WST01 · Probability

1 WST01 Probability topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 1 papers (2023). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.

- 1 topic questions
- 1 papers
- 4 tagged marks
- 0.3% of topic questions
- 0.5% of topic marks
- 2023
- Syllabus 2014–current
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Core finding

**This Probability syllabus point appears in 1 WST01 papers across 2023, contributing 1 topic questions and 4 marks.** The most recent appearance is WST01/01 January 2023. That equals 0.3% of the 291 topic questions and 0.5% 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

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| Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice |
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| [**WST01/01** January 2023 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/2023-january-wst01-01/#q-5) | **Q5** Normal Distribution and Outliers in Wing Lengths - Edexcel IAL S1 January 2023 Q5 | FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((e)) | 4 of 17 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=e737c446-6240-468d-9e31-1cba09717d09&question_id=b2fa55e7-a214-4128-928b-ab0654a3658c&source_detail=WST01%2F01+January+2023) |

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## Topic question rules and edge cases

**How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?**

1 question stems cover this subtopic across 1 papers, but only 1 tagged parts and 4 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?**

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**Why can one question appear under several subtopics?**

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