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Probability and Counting Learning Task

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 4hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the probability of spinning green?
a)
0
b)
1/4
c)
1/2
d)
3/4
2.
The probability of an event occurring, P(A), can be expressed as a fraction, decimal, or percent.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What is the probability of selecting an orange candy?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
4.
Find the probability of rolling greater than a 1 on a single die.
a)
6/6
b)
5/6
c)
4/6
d)
1/6
5.
What is the probability of spinning an even number? 
a)
16 2/3%
b)
33 1/3%
c)
50%
d)
75%
6.
What is the probability of spinning a prime number? 
a)
1/2
b)
2/3
c)
1/6
d)
0
7.

The letters in the word AUGUST are placed into a bag. What is the probability of selecting a U?

a)

 25\frac{2}{5}  

b)

 13\frac{1}{3}  

c)

 35\frac{3}{5}  

d)

 36\frac{3}{6}  

8.
A die is rolled once.  What is the probability of rolling a 5? Your answer should be a fraction in simplest form.
a)
1/6
b)
1/3
c)
2/5
d)
5/6
9.
A die is rolled once.  What is the probability of rolling a 5 or a 6? Your answer should be a fraction in simplest form.
a)
5/6
b)
2/6
c)
1/3
d)
1/5
10.
A die is rolled once.  What is the probability of rolling a number less than 1? Your answer should be a fraction in simplest form.
a)
1/6
b)
0
c)
5/6
d)
1/3
11.

Given a standard number cube, and the events of rolling an odd number or a 4. Are the events mutually exclusive?

a)

Not Mutually Exclusive

b)

Mutually exclusive

c)

Neither

d)

Both

12.

You have a 73% chance of passing any stats quiz. What is the probability you fail one quiz, then pass the next 3?

a)

39%

b)

11%

c)

8%

d)

32%

13.
A jar contains 4 white chips, 5 purple chips, and 1 black chip. Chips are selected randomly one at a time, and are not replaced. 
What is P(purple then black)?
a)
1/18
b)
2/5
c)
3/7
d)
4/9
14.

To find the probability of two independent events, you

a)

Find the probability of event #1

b)

Find the probability of event #2

c)

Add the probability of both event #1 & event #2

d)

Multiply the probability of both event #1 & event #2

15.
You flip a nickel three times.
Find the probability that all flips will land on tails.
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
c)
1/6
d)
1/8
16.

Identify whether the following events are dependent or independent.


A: Tossing a coin

B: Drawing a card from a deck

a)

Independent

b)

Dependent

c)

Cannot Be Determined

d)

Both

17.

The outcomes for rolling two number cubes numbered 1 through 6 are shown above. What is the probability the sum of the number cubes will be 7 or 4?

a)

112\frac{1}{12}

b)

16\frac{1}{6}

c)

14\frac{1}{4}

d)

1136\frac{11}{36}

18.

A total of 540 customers, who frequented an ice cream shop, responded to a survey asking if they preferred chocolate or vanilla ice cream.

308 of the customers preferred chocolate ice cream.

263 of the customers were female.

152 of the customers were males who preferred vanilla ice cream.

What is the probability that a customer chosen at random is a male or prefers vanilla ice cream?

a)

419540\frac{419}{540}

b)

119180\frac{119}{180}

c)

197540\frac{197}{540}

d)

38135\frac{38}{135}

19.

If you roll one die, what is the probability of getting an even number or a multiple of 3? Are the events mutually exclusive or not?

a)

Not mutually exclusive

b)

Mutually exclusive

20.
In a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing one ace after another ace on two draws (no replacing)?
a)
1/221
b)
1/4
c)
1/169
d)
1/13
21.

A Mathematics test contains five different questions labeled A, B, C, D, and E. You are supposed to choose 2 to answer. How many different ways are there to do this?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

12

22.

A group of 8 swimmers are swimming in a race. Prizes are given for first, second, and third place. How many different outcomes can there be?

a)

336

b)

56

c)

24

d)

274

23.

Four students need to be selected from a class

of 15 to help clean up the campus. How many different ways can the 4 students be chosen?

a)

32 760

b)

60

c)

1 365

d)

25

24.

How many ways can a club select a president, vice president, and a secretary from a group of 5 people?

a)

12

b)

60

c)

15

d)

30

25.

Homecoming has 7 candidates for King. How many ways can a King and a First Runner-up be chosen to form the Festival Court?

a)

23

b)

840

c)

42

d)

3,628,800

26.

Six friends are going to play a ball game. Each team has 3 players. How many different team combinations are possible?

a)

120

b)

6

c)

18

d)

20

27.

In how many ways can a group of 4 boys be selected from 10 if the oldest boy is included in each group?

a)

84

b)

81

c)

504

d)

6

28.

Calculate the number of ways to select 4 players from a group of 7 badminton players for a double match

a)

28

b)

35

c)

840

d)

5040

29.

Sam is going to assemble a computer by himself.  He has the choice of chips from 2 brands, a hard drive from four, a memory from 3  and an accessory bundle from five local stores.  How many ways can Sam order the parts?

a)

140

b)

120

c)

110

d)

210

30.

How many four digit-numbers can be formed from the numbers 0, 1, 2 , 5, 6 and 9, if each digit can be used only once

a)

300

b)

625

c)

360

d)

720

31.

How many four digit-numbers can be formed from the numbers 0, 1, 2 , 5, 6 and 9, if repetitions are allowed?

a)

360

b)

1080

c)

300

d)

600

32.

In how many different ways can 3 people be arranged in a row for a photograph if they are selected from a group of 5 people?

a)

12

b)

60

c)

10

d)

120

33.

A committee of seven is to be chosen from a class of 20 students. The committee consists of a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and four other members. In how many ways can this committee be chosen?

a)

16 279 200

b)

370 700 800

c)

77 520

d)

390 700 800

34.

If a 22-member club needs to elect a chair and a treasurer, how many different ways can these be elected?

a)

462

b)

484

c)

231

d)

426

35.

If there are 16 boys and 22 girls in a class, write the correct number of ways of selecting one student as a class representative

(a)  

36.

If a student want to buy 7 reference's books and 8 exercise's books, then what is the total number of ways of choosing one from all the books

(a)  

37.

Find number of ways of arranging 5 digit numbers from the digits 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 if repetition is allowed

(a)  

38.

Find number of ways of arranging 6 digit numbers from the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 if repetition is allowed

a)

4096

b)

256

c)

16

39.

Calculate numbers of ways of arranging the word 'FANTASTICS' in a line

a)

907200

b)

453600

c)

1814400

40.

Without repetition, calculate the number of ways arranging the word 'SMILE'

(a)  

41.

There are 15 participants in program called "Zero Fails Mathematics". Give the possible number of ways for the first 3 places to be seated as VIP by the participants.

a)

2730

b)

455

c)

125

42.

There are five flavors of ice creams such as chocolate, mint, strawberry, vanilla and yam. You can have three scoops of ice cream at once. Find the number of variations that you can have.

(a)  

43.

Find the number of ways of arranging all the letters in the word "GLAMOUR" without repetition such that the first and the last letters are consonants.

(a)  

44.

Calculate the number of ways that the three balls can be chosen randomly from a bag of 15 red balls, 13 green balls and 10 black balls if each ball is from all colors.

(a)