Basic Math & Pre-Algebra: Quiz: Probability

1. Which of the following correctly states the way to evaluate the probability of an outcome?

a.

b.

c.

2. What is the probability of spinning a 4 in one spin?

a.

b.

c.

3. What is the probability of spinning a number greater than 9 on one spin?

a.

b.

c.

4. What is the probability of spinning a number that is both a multiple of 2 and a multiple of 3 in one spin?

a.

b.

c.

5. What is the probability of spinning a prime number in one spin?

a.

b.

c.

6. What is the probability of spinning a factor of 12 in one spin?

a.

b.

c.

7. If the spinner is spun twice, what is the probability that the spinner will stop on the number 6 the first time and the number 2 the second time?

a.

b.

c.

8. What is the probability of tossing heads four consecutive times with a two-sided fair coin?

a.

b.

c.

9. What is the probability of rolling a sum of 7 with two standard dice? (A standard die has 6 sides numbered 1 through 6.)

a.

b.

c.

10. What is the probability of rolling an odd product with two standard dice? (A standard die has 6 sides numbered 1 through 6.)

a.

b.

c.

11. A bag of 100 jellybeans has 25 red beans, 39 green beans, and the rest are either yellow or blue. If one bean is picked at random, what is the probability that it is NOT red?

a.

b.

c. not enough information

12. A restaurant menu gives 4 choices for a soup, 3 choices for a sandwich, and 5 choices for a side dish. Their special involves selecting one item from each category. How many different special choices are possible?

a. 3 + 4 + 5

b. 3 × 4 × 5

c. neither A nor B

13. A 4-digit code can have any of the digits 0 through 9 in each position. How many different codes are possible?

a. 40

b. 9⁴

c. 10,000

14. 5! =

a. 5

b. 15

c. 120

15. 6! – 4! =

a. 696

b. 30

c. 2!

16.

a. 2!

b. 30

c. 696

17. How many ways can you arrange the letters in the word QUESTION so that each letter is used only once and all the letters are used each time?

a. less than 10,000

b. 10,000

c. more than 10,000

18. How many different ways are there to arrange 4 people in a row?

a. 24

b. 10

c. 4

19.

a. 1

b. 56

c. 336

20. How many different groups of 4 people can be made from a group of 7 people?

a. 35

b. 210

c. 840

21. You are to select 4 books from a collection of 12 books to be put in a box and sent to someone. How many different ways can this be accomplished?

Which set up solves the given problem?

a.

b.

c. neither A nor B

22. Which of the following is true?

a. The number of combinations of 9 things taken 5 at a time is greater than the number of combinations of 9 things taken 4 at a time.

b. The number of combinations of 9 things taken 5 at a time is less than the number of combinations of 9 things taken 4 at a time.

c. The number of combinations of 9 things taken 5 at a time is equal to the number of combinations of 9 things taken 4 at a time.

23. Which of the following has the greatest value?

a. C(7,3)

b. C(8,5)

c. C(9,7)

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