Statistics - Probability and Combinatorics Worksheet PDF
The document contains 15 multiple choice probability questions covering a range of concepts such as lottery odds, sampling with and without replacement, set probabilities, permutations, and conditional probabilities. The questions require calculating and comparing probabilities to choose the best answer.
Statistics - Probability and Combinatorics Worksheet PDF
The document contains 15 multiple choice probability questions covering a range of concepts such as lottery odds, sampling with and without replacement, set probabilities, permutations, and conditional probabilities. The questions require calculating and comparing probabilities to choose the best answer.
If the winning the lotto meant choosing and matching 5 distinct digits from the set
of 10 (0-9) in no particular order, then what are the odds of winning given 1 entry? a. 1/120 b. 1/240 c. 1/252 d. 1/360
2. If there are 100 balls in a sack where 30 are blue, 45 are green and the rest are red, then what are the chances of getting a red ball on the second draw given that the first draw was a red ball and that the balls are not replaced? a. 25/100 b. 24/100 c. 24/99 d. 25/99
3. In a class, 45% of the students are enrolled in a Math class, 35% are enrolled in a Language class and 30% are enrolled into neither. What is the chance of picking a student who is both enrolled into Math and Language if that student is chosen at random? a. 0% b. 10% c. 20% d. 30%
4. Ellie has 8 books, 4 of which are on Physics and the other 4 on Math. Given that she wants to arrange these books in a row such that the subjects are alternating between Physics and Math or Math and Physics, how many ways can she arrange the books? a. 288 b. 576 c. 1152 d. 2304
5. If the probability of not getting a green slip is 99%, then what is the probability of getting 2 greenslips? a. 1% b. 0.5% c. 0.01% d. 0.0001%
6. A committee of 8 members is being created, to be composed of at least 4 seniors and 2 juniors. If there are 5 seniors and 5 juniors to choose from, how many possible compositions of the committee can be formed? a. 29 ways b. 31 ways c. 33 ways d. 35 ways
7. Given that a fair six-sided die has been rolled, what are the chances that it lands on an odd number or prime number? a. ⅓ b. ½ c. ⅔ d. ⅚
8. Given that two fair six-sided dice have been rolled, what are the chances that the first one rolled was not an even number and the second one rolled was either 2 or 3? a. ⅓ b. ¼ c. ⅕ d. ⅙
9. If a coin has been flipped 10 times in a row, what are the chances that the 11th flip would be heads? a. 1/2048 b. 1/1024 c. 1/4 d. ½
10. A group of 9 students are to sit around a table with 9 seats. How many distinct ways can a teacher arrange the students such that no two arrangements are identical except for rotation? a. 5040 ways b. 40320 ways c. 362880 ways d. 3628800 ways 11. In how many ways can the word ENTRANCE be rearranged? a. 10080 ways b. 20040 ways c. 30020 ways d. 40010 ways
12. In a class of 40 students, there are 20 students taking the USTET exam, 24 students taking the ACET and 10 students not taking either exam. If you were to pick a random student from that class, what are the odds that you would pick someone taking the USTET given that the chosen student is also taking the ACET? a. 7/12 b. 5/9 c. ½ d. 1
13. There is a bag filled with 10 red marbles, 10 blue marbles and 10 green marbles, what are the odds of pulling out a red, blue and yellow marble in that order without replacement? a. 10/30 * 10/29 * 10/28 b. 10/30 * 9/29 * 8/28 c. 10/30 * 9/30 * 8/30 d. 0
14. In a game of Pinoy Henyo, a person can respond Yes, No, or Maybe to any question. Given that the chance of someone responding with either a Yes or a No is equally likely, what is the chance of the person responding with a maybe given that she responded with a yes to 36% of the questions thus far? a. 24% b. 36% c. 100% d. Not enough information
15. Given that there is a 50% chance that a team won and 50% chance that the same team did not lose or draw, what are the chances of neither losing nor drawing? a. 25% b. 50% c. 100% d. 0%