Quiz Probability / FCP / P &C

The ski club with ten members is to choose three officers for captain, co-captain and secretary.  How many ways can those offices be filled?

• 720
• 120
• 10!

How would you solve?

Ashlyn needs to bring a dessert to her dinner party. If the bakery has eight pies to choose from, how many ways can Ashlyn choose three?

• Permutation

• Counting Principles

• Factorial

• Combination

How many ways can you choose a manager and assistant from a 9-person task force?

• 81
• 18
• 72

Find the possibilities when a group of 15 people are going to run a race.  The top 5 finishers advance to the finals.

• 1.3 x 10¹²
• 120
• 3003
• 360,360

What is the P( not purple) on this spinner?

• 2/5

• 1/5

• 4/5

• 3/5

What is the probability of spinning green or blue?

• 0
• 5/12
• 1/2
• 3/4

You pick a marble from this bag.
What is the probability you will choose either a black or white marble?

• 3/5
• 9/100
• 1/10
• 2/5

You roll two die.
What is the probability you will roll a 4, then roll a number less than 3?

• 1/36
• 1/18
• 1/9
• 1/6

The letters that form the word MATHEMATICS are placed in a bowl. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is a vowel?

• 8/121
• 4/11
• 2/11
• 4/121

What is the probability of spinning an even number?

• 16 2/3%

• 33 1/3%

• 50%

• 75%