Matric past papers · DBE (CAPS) · Paper 1
DBE Grade 12 Probability
Every probability question from the DBE NSC Paper 1 papers of November 2021–2024 and May/June 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, in one booklet — 10 questions, 120 marks, with the official marking guideline for every one of them. Free to download, in English and Afrikaans.
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- Questions (English) 16 pages, 0.4 MB
- Solutions (English) 13 pages, 1.6 MB
- Vrae (Afrikaans) 16 pages, 0.4 MB
- Oplossings (Afrikaans) 13 pages, 1.6 MB
Each question is a clip of the original DBE page: the wording, the mark allocations and the diagrams are exactly as they were printed. Only the blank answer space has been removed, so work in a separate book. The solutions booklet is the board’s own marking guideline, not a rewritten one.
What is in it
10 questions in 2 chapters, ordered so you can work through one skill at a time.
| # | Question | Skills | Marks | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutually exclusive events, then a dice and a card together | Mutually exclusive events, The addition and product rules, Independent events | 8 | May/June 2025 Q10 |
| 2 | Three examinations in one Venn diagram | Venn diagrams, The addition and product rules, Complementary events, and "at least one" | 9 | November 2024 Q11 |
| 3 | Independent or mutually exclusive? Then twelve books on a shelf | Independent events, Mutually exclusive events, Complementary events, and "at least one", Arrangements in a row, The fundamental counting principle | 14 | November 2021 Q12 |
| 4 | P(B) from mutually exclusive events, then what a learner buys | Mutually exclusive events, The addition and product rules, Venn diagrams | 14 | May/June 2024 Q11 |
| 5 | Independent events, then a survey of 150 learners | Independent events, The addition and product rules, Venn diagrams | 15 | May/June 2021 Q11 |
| 6 | At least one event occurring, then snow on the Drakensberg | Independent events, Complementary events, and "at least one", Tree diagrams | 15 | November 2023 Q10 |
| 7 | Three events in a Venn diagram, with two unknowns to find | Venn diagrams, The addition and product rules, Complementary events, and "at least one" | 17 | November 2022 Q10 |
| 8 | Three-digit numbers from 501 to 999 | Codes and numbers with restrictions, Probability worked out from a count, Complementary events, and "at least one" | 7 | May/June 2025 Q11 |
| 9 | A four-character code, with repetition and without | Codes and numbers with restrictions, The fundamental counting principle | 8 | November 2024 Q12 |
| 10 | Seven flags in a row, and the chance they fall by continent | Arrangements in a row, The fundamental counting principle, Probability worked out from a count | 13 | May/June 2022 Q10 |