Probability

Rylan’s basketball team has 11 players. How many ways can his coach choose five starting players?

• 462
• 55440
• 55
• 1000

Sarah plays softball over the summer.  If there are 10 players on the team, how many ways can the coach make a batting order that includes all players?

• 1
• 3628800
• 100
• 1814400

There are 125 juniors at the high school. How many ways can they elect a president, vice president,and secretary?

• 1906500
• 317750
• 375
• 1953125

In the orchestra, there are eight violinists in the front row. How many different ways can they be seated?

• 40320
• 1
• 64
• 8

The Nebraska license plate has 6 characters, each one filled with a number (0-9) or a letter. How many license plates are possible?

• 36
• 2176782336
• 60
• 1402410240

Justin took a quiz with five multiple choice (A-D) and five true/false questions. How many different ways can he answer the questions?

• 1024
• 32
• 32768
• 25

A restaurant offers four appetizers, nine entrees,and three desserts. How many different ways can Angela choose a three course meal?

• 36
• 100
• 108
• 27

There are 18 people running in a cross country race. How many possible ways are there to place the runners in first, second, and third?

• 324
• 4896
• 816
• 54

A bag contains 2 blue marbles, 3 black marbles, and 5 red marbles. If Mrs. Grow pulls two marbles without replacement, what is the probability of them both being blue? 

• 1/45
• 1/5
• 1/20
• 2/5

Each of the letters in MATHEMATICS are on separate cards, face down on a table.  If you pick a card at random, and then another card without replacement what is the probability that both card will be a vowel? 

• 4/11
• 16/121
• 7/21
• 6/55