Counting Techniques and Probability

Basic Counting Techniques and Introduction to Probability
Prepared by: Jacky Boy E. Atienza Page 1 of 4

Name: _______________________________________________________ Score:
Course, Yr. and Section: ___________________________________ Date: _________________________
Instructions: Work INDEPENDENTLY and HONESTLY. Use only black or blue inked pen.
Write the CAPITAL LETTER which corresponds to the correct answer in the space provided
before each number. Any form of erasure is considered wrong. (1.5 points each)
__________ 1. Two coins are tossed. How many possible outcomes are there?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16
__________ 2. Two dice are tossed. How many possible outcomes are there?
A. 12 B. 24 C. 36 D. 42
__________ 3. How many numbers of 4 different digits each greater than 5,000 can be formed from the
digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7?
A. 30 B. 60 C. 90 D. 360
__________ 4. How many 2digit numbers of 2 different digits can be formed from the numbers 0, 2, 4, 6, 8?
A. 20 B. 16 C. 25 D. 30
__________ 5. A committee of 7 is to be selected from 8 seniors and 5 juniors. In how many ways can this be
done if the committee must be composed of 4 seniors?
A. 350 B. 8 C. 700 D. 280
__________ 6. In how many ways can the judges in the Bb. Pilipinas pageant choose the Philippine
representatives to the Miss Universe and Miss World beauty contests from among 5 contestants?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 20 D. 25
__________ 7. In how many ways can the 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
places be chosen from a group of 10 contestants?
A. 27 B. 30 C. 720 D. 1,000
__________ 8. In how many ways can 4 persons be seated in a round table?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 24 D. 30
__________ 9. A multiple choice test consists of 5 questions with 3 possible answers but only one of which is
correct. In how many ways can a student answer the 5 questions and get them all correct?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 15
__________ 10. How many straight lines can be drawn, given 5 points and no 3 points are collinear?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20
__________ 11. A pair of dice is tossed. Find the probability of getting a total of 8?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 12. A group of 3 boys and 2 girls are seated in a row of 5 chairs. Find the probability that they
will be seated alternately?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 13. Find the probability of getting a head or tail in a single toss of a coin?
A.
B.
C.
D. 1
__________ 14. A pair of dice is tossed. If one die shows a 5, what is the probability that the other die shows
a 5 also?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 15. A card is drawn from a deck. What is the probability that the card drawn is an ace?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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__________ 16. One card is drawn at random from 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. What is the probability
that the number on the card is divisible by 5?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 17. A basket of 20 apples has 3 of which are rotten. If an apple is selected, what is the probability
that it is good?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 18. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that a card
drawn is a face card?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 19. A box contains 5 red balls, 3 green balls and 4 blue balls. If two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement, what is the probability that both are red?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 20. A student has 4 different books. In how many ways can he arrange them in a bookshelf?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 24
__________ 21. In how many ways can 3 boys and 4 girls sit in a row of 7 chairs if the boys and the girls
alternate?
A. 144 B. 2 C. 288 D. 5,040
__________ 22. Eight children are to be seated in a round table. In how many ways can they be seated?
A. 120 B. 720 C. 5,040 D. 40,320
__________ 23. There are 100 envelopes in a box. Of these: 40 contain Php50, 30 contain Php100, 20 contain
Php500, and 10 contain Php1,000. If one draws an envelope at random from the box, what is his
expectation?
A. Php16.50 B. Php412.50 C. Php200 D. Php250
__________ 24. Given () ; () and ( ) . Find ( ).
A. 1.6 B. 0.8 C. 0.3 D. 0.1

__________ 25. A pair of dice is rolled. Find the probability that the total on the two dice is NOT 8.
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 26. A group of 6 members gathered for a special meeting. Each member has to shake hands with
all the other members. Find the total number of shake hands made?
A. 6 B. 12 C. 10 D. 15
__________ 27. From 5 married couples, 4 people are selected at random. Find the probability of selecting 1
woman and 3 men.
A. 7,200 B. 252 C.
D.

__________ 28. In how many ways can 10 different marbles be divided among Berto, Baldo, and Kulapnot so
that 5 are given to Berto, 3 to Baldo and 2 to Kulapnot.
A. 1,959,552,000 B. 1,360,800 C. 2,520 D. 3,628,800
__________ 29. A player rolls two dice. He wins if and only if the first die shows an even number or if the two
die show a sum of 9. Find his probability of winning.
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 30. In a board exam, the probability that an examinee will pass each of the three subjects is 0.60.
What is the probability that an examinee will pass at most 3 subjects?
A. 0.064 B. 0.216 C. 0.784 D. 0.936


__________ 31. Find the number of ways that two 1-peso coins, five 2-peso coins and eight 5-peso coins can
be given to 15 street children if each child gets a coin?
A. 80 B. 1 C. 135,135 D. 16,216,200
__________ 32. The number of permutations of letters d taken 3 at a time is _______________.
A. 12 B. 24 C. 4 D. 30
__________ 33. A box contains 5 red, 6 white and 5 blue balls. Two balls are chosen at random. What is the
probability that they are both white?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 34. Twentyone tickets numbered 1 21 are in a box. If two tickets are drawn at random,
determine the probability that both are odd?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 35. Seventeen tickets numbered from 1 17 are in a box. If two tickets are drawn at random,
determine the probability that the first ticket is odd and the second is even.
A. 1 B.
C.
D.

__________ 36. Which of the following is NOT an outcome when you flipped a fair coin?
A. head and tail B. head or tail C. head D. tail
__________ 37. What is the probability of getting a black heart in a standard deck of cards?
A.
B. 0 C.
D. 1
__________ 38. A whole number is chosen at random from the whole number 1 50. What is the probability
that it is a prime number?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 39. If repetitions are permitted, how many 3digit number less than 400 can be formed from the
digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9?
A. 30 B. 72 C. 126 D. 162
__________ 40. If a couple has 4 children, what is the probability that they have 3 boys and a girl?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 41. In how many ways can a true-false test be answered if there are four items, assuming that a
student give an answer for each item.
A. 24 B. 2 C. 8 D. 16
__________ 42. A fair standard dice is tossed. If the number obtained is even, what is the probability that it is
a prime number?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 43. A box contains 5 red pens, 3 green pens, 2 blue pens and 7 black pens. If one of the pen is
drawn at random, what is the probability that it will be a green or a blue pen?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 44. How many 3digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 5, and 7 if repetitions are
allowed?
A. 4 B. 16 C. 64 D. 128
NOT allowed?
A. 4 B. 16 C. 24 D. 256



allowed and the number is odd?
A. 12 B. 48 C. 64 D. 128
__________ 47. In a certain university, 15% of the students are members of the Student Catholic Action Org.
If a student is chosen at random, determine the probability that the student is NOT a member.
A. 0 B.
C.
D. 1
__________ 48. Fourdigit numbers are to be formed from 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. What is the probability that a
randomly chosen 4digit number formed is even, if repetitions is allowed?
A. 0 B.
C.
D.

__________ 49. Ms Frilles c ssig grdes of A B C d D to studets projects Wht is the probbility
that she assign a grade of C to all three different projects?
A.
B.
C.
D.

__________ 50. A multiple choice question has four options among which, one is only correct. If a student
chooses an answer at random, what is the probability that he/she will choose the correct answer?
A. 0 B.
C.
D.

The -50-90 rule:
Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right,
there's 9% probbility you'll get it wrog
Ady Rooey



ANSWER KEY:
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. D
21. A
22. C
23. D
24. B
25. A
26. D
27. C
28. C
29. C
30. B
31. C
32. B
33. A
34. A
35. B
36. A
37. B
38. D
39. B
40. C
41. D
42. D
43. A
44. C
45. C
46. B
47. C
48. A
49. C
50. B

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