Probability Quiz 1 Review

What is the probability of landing on a shaded space?

• 3/8

• 1/8

• 5/16

• 3/16

What is the probability of a number greater than 8?

• 3/8

• 1/8

• 5/16

• 3/16

Based on the experiment, what is the probability of rolling an odd number? (note the experiment was done 36 times)

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 7/12

• 5/12

If a factory checks 15 cars and 4 of them have defects, how many defects would you expect in 200 cars.

• 26

• 100

• 4

• 53

If you roll a number cube 52 times, how many times would you expect to get an even number?

• 15

• 26

• 3

• 52

A committee of 5 people is to be selected from 10 parents and 3 teachers. Find the probability that 2 are parents and 3 are teachers.

• 6/53

• 40/143

• 5/143

• 2/5

Suppose that six singers are being lined up to perform at a charity. Call the singers A, B, C, D, E, and F. The order of performance is determined by wiring each singers name on one of six cards, placing the cards in a hat, and then drawing one card at a time. The order in which the cards are drawn determines the order in which the singers perform. 

Find the probability that singer B or C will preform first and singer A will perform last.

• 1/2

• 1/25

• 1/15

• 1/60