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Worksheets7.6 Understanding Compound Events Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
The letters A, B, C, and D are used to form four-letter passwords for entering a computer file. How many passwords are possible if letters can be repeated?
4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 256
4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16
4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10
The Palace of Pizza offers small, medium, or large pizzas with 14 different toppings available. How many different 1-topping pizzas do they serve?
3 x 14 = 42
3 + 14 = 17
14 x 14 x 14 = 2744
14 x 13 x 12 = 2184
Marissa brought 8 T-shirts and 6 pairs of shorts to summer camp. How many different outfits consisting of a T-shirt and a pair of shorts does she have?
8 x 6 = 48
8 + 6 = 14
Which of the following uses the fundamental (basic) counting principle to show the total number of possible combinations of one color from each box?
2 X 3 X 2 = 12
6 X 2 = 12
2 X 6 = 12
12/12
Mr. Perkinson has two boxes of candy. One has Reese's, Snickers and Twix. The other has Airheads, Blowpops and Nerds. Which of the following uses the Fundamental Counting Principle to show how many total possible choices there are?
2 X 3 = 6
3 X 3 = 9
3 + 3 = 6
9 X 1 = 9
Shoe World sells shoes in 20 different styles. Each style comes in 4 colors and 9 sizes. If the store manager wants to have every possible combination, how many pairs must he keep in stock?
36
13
720
80
0 % probabilities
certain
likely
unlikely
imposible
85 - 90% probabilities
certain
likely
unlikely
uncertain
100% , sure
certain
likely
unlikely
uncertain
What is the probability the spinner stops on yellow?
.05
50%
25%
3/8
What is the probability of spinning a 2 on the spinner?
1/2
1/3
1/8
1/4
