MATHEMATICS

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Probability and Statistics PROBLEM

In how many ways can you arrange 3 different keys on a keychain?
Combinatorics a. 6 b. 1 c. 2 d. 12
- also called combinatorial mathematics, the field of mathematics
concerned with problems of selection, arrangement, and operation within C. Combination
a finite or discrete system. - is a selection of all or part of a set of objects, without regard to the
order in which objects are selected.
A. Fundamental Principle of Counting
- states that if there are n(A) outcomes in event A and n(B) outcomes in PROBLEM
event B, then there are n(A)×n(B) outcomes in event A and event B My school's ECE club has 6 boys and 8 girls. I need to select a team to
combined. send to the IECEP competition. We want 6 people on the team. In how
many ways can I select the team to have 4 girls and 2 boys?
PROBLEM a. 1414 b. 1050 c. 28 d. 56
Combo meals come in three dishes. One can have a pizza, spaghetti
and a burger. If there are 4 types of pizza, 3 types of spaghetti and 2 PROBLEM
types of burger, how many combo meals are there? In how many ways can you invite one or more of your five friends into
a. 24 b. 44 c. 9 d. 13 your birthday party?
a. 25 b. 32 c. 31 d. 10
PROBLEM
A, B, C and D are going to ride in A’s car to go to the mall. But only A PROBLEM
and C know how to drive and D does not want to sit in front. How many How many non-negative integer tuples (a, b, c, d) will satisfy the
ways can the four sit on the car if the car has two front seats and two equation a + b + c + d = 20?
back seats?
a. 10 b. 6 c. 12 d. 8 PROBLEM
How many positive integer tuples (a, b, c) will satisfy the sum a + b + c =
PROBLEM 30?
In a press conference before the All-Star Game, eight All-Stars will be
taking questions. Three are Cubs, three are Red Sox, and two are D. Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion
Yankees. If teammates insist on sitting together, how many ways can the - is a counting technique that computes the number of elements that
eight All-Stars be seated in a row? satisfy at least one of several properties while guaranteeing that
a. 242 b. 363 c. 432 d. 636 elements satisfying more than one property are not counted twice.

PROBLEM PROBLEM
In a 3 digit number A survey of 500 television viewers produced the following results: 285
a. How many are even numbers if repetition is allowed? watch football games, 195 watch hockey games, 115 watch basketball
b. How many are odd numbers if repetition is allowed? games, 45 watch football and basketball games, 70 watch football and
c. How many are even numbers if repetition is not allowed? hockey games, 50 watch hockey and basketball games and 50 do not
d. How many odd numbers if repetition is not allowed? watch any of these games. How many watch all of these three games?
a. 95 b. 85 c. 110 d. 20
B. Permutation
- is a mathematical technique that determines the number of possible E. Derangement
arrangements in a set when the order of the arrangements matters. - is a permutation of the elements of a set, such that no element appears
in its original position.
PROBLEM
In how many ways can one hang 10 different paintings on 5 empty PROBLEM
spaces on the wall? Suppose that 10 cards labeled 1 to 10 are placed randomly into 10
a. 30240 c. 32040 boxes also labeled 1 to 10, one card per box. In how many ways that no
b. 30420 d. 34020 card gets placed into a box having the same label as the card?

PROBLEM Probability
In how many ways can you arrange 5 identical black balls, 3 identical - is the branch of mathematics that studies the possible outcomes of
green balls and 4 identical white balls in a straight line? given events together with the outcomes' relative likelihoods and
a. 22770 c. 72720 distributions.
b. 20727 d. 27720
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PROBLEM A bag has 4 red marbles, 5 white marbles, and 6 blue marbles. Three
How many distinct permutations do the word ENGINEERING has? marbles are drawn from the bag (without replacement). What is the
a. 277200 c. 727200 probability that they are all the same color?
b. 272700 d. 277020 a. 34/455 b. 17/455 c. 43/455 d. 71/455

PROBLEM PROBLEM
There are 5 positions on a flagstaff and 4 different colors of flags, at least Pikachu tries to solve a really hard problem once each day. He has a 1/4
5 flags of each color. How many different signals are possible by probability of solving it each day. What is the probability that he will solve
displaying 5 flags simultaneously? Note that arrangement and order is it before his sixth try?
important. a. 0.763 b. 0.367 c. 0.237 d. 0.732
a. 120 b. 625 c. 1024 d. 20
PROBLEM
PROBLEM Pikachu, Mudkip and Cyndaquill have different chances of hitting the
If there are 6 persons, in how many ways can they sit on a round table if target. Pikachu can hit the target 3/4 of the time, Mudkip can hit the
two of them always want to be next to each other while another 2 of target 2/3 of the time and Cyndaquill can hit the target 1/2 of the time.
them don't want to be next to one another? They all go for the target simultaneously. What is the probability that at
a. 72 b. 144 c. 12 d. 24 least one of them will hit the target?
a. 23/24 b. 1/4 c. 1/24 d. 3/4
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PROBLEM PROBLEM
What is the probability of drawing either an ace or a king in a single draw A pair of fair dice is thrown. Find the probability that the sum is 10 or
from a deck of 52 playing cards? greater if 5 appears on at least one of the die.
a. 1/13 b. 7/52 c. 2/13 d. 1/6 a. 1/3 b. 3/11 c. 1/12 d. 1/2

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Two people are chosen randomly from 4 married couples. What is the In a certain college, 4% of the men and 1% of the women are taller than
probability that they are husband and wife? 6 feet. Furthermore, 60% of the students are women. Now if a student is
a. 1/28 b. 3/28 c. 1/14 d. 1/7 selected at random and is taller than 6 feet, what is the probability that
the student is a woman?
PROBLEM a. 2/11 b. 3/11 c. 4/11 d. 1/11
A point is selected at random inside a circle. Find the probability that the
point is closer to the center than to its circumference. PROBLEM
a. 1/4 b. 1/2 c. 1/3 d. 1 Suppose a voter poll is taken in three states. In state A, 50% of voters
support the liberal candidate, in state B, 60% of the voters support the
PROBLEM liberal candidate, and in state C, 35% of the voters support the liberal
Two red books and 4 blue books are placed at random on a shelf. What candidate. Of the total population of the three states, 40% live in state A,
is the probability that the blue books will be together? 25% live in state B, and 35% live in state C. Given that a voter supports
a. 0.1 b. 0.143 c. 0.2 d. 0.341 the liberal candidate, what is the probability that she lives in state B?
a. 20/63 b. 10/31 c. 10/21 d. 22/63
Probability Distribution
A. Binomial Distribution Mathematical Expectation
PROBLEM PROBLEM
What is the probability of getting a 9 exactly once in three throws of a You draw one card from a standard deck of playing cards. If you pick a
pair of dice? heart, you will win $10. If you pick a face card, which is not a heart, you
a. 0.561 b. 0.263 c. 0.862 d. 0.751 win $8. If you pick any other card, you lose $6. How much is your
expected earnings?
PROBLEM a. 0.42 b. -0.42 c. 0.24 d. -0.24
What is the probability that exactly 2 out of 3 tosses of a fair coin will be
heads? PROBLEM
a. 1/4 b. 1/2 c. 3/8 d. 5/8 A detective figures that he has a one in nine chance of recovering stolen
property. His outof- pockets expenses for the investigation are $9,000. If
B. Hypergeometric Distribution he is paid his fee only if he recovers the stolen property, what should he
PROBLEM charge clients in order to breakeven?
Four light bulbs are chosen at random from 20 bulbs of which 5 are a. 108,000 b. 90,000 c. 81,000 d. 117,000
defective. Find the probability that exactly one is defective.
a. 0.2787 b. 0.0493 c. 0.1897 d. 0.4696 PROBLEM
Find the median of the following scores: 30, 73, 62, 60, 58, 70, 60, 95,
PROBLEM 66, 51, 85.
What is the probability that of 5 cards dealt from a well – shuffled deck, 3 a. 62 b. 60 c. 30 d. 70
will be hearts and two spades?
a. 143/16660 c. 29/4560 PROBLEM
b. 253/16660 d. 43/4560 Find the median of the following scores: 73, 62, 60, 58, 70, 60, 90, 66,
51, 85.
PROBLEM a. 66 b. 62 c. 60 d. 64
In a class of 28 students, the teacher selects four people at random to
participate in a geography contest. What is the probability that this group PROBLEM
of four students includes at least two of the top three geography students On the first six tests, Pikachu’s scores were 95, 91, 92, 78, 92 and 86. If
in the class? Express your answer as a common fraction. Pikachu took a seventh test and raised his tests’ mean by exactly +1,
a. 37/819 b. 73/918 c. 73/819 d. 37/918 what was his score on the seventh test?
a. 89 b. 92 c. 95 d. 96
C. Multinomial Distribution
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Three card players play a series of matches. The probability that player During the given month, ten farmers sold 13, 17, 10, 18, 18, 9, 17, 13,
A will win any game is 20%, the probability that player B will win is 30%, 15, 14 sacks of rice respectively. What is the mode of this group of data?
and the probability player C will win is 50%. If they play 6 games, what is a. 13 b. 17 c. 18 d. all of the choices
the probability that player A will win 1 game, player B will win 2 games,
and player C will win 3? PROBLEM
a. 0.12 b. 0.135 c. 0.15 d. 0.165 During the given month, ten farmers sold 13, 17, 10, 18, 18, 9, 17, 13,
15, 14 sacks of rice respectively. Determine the midrange.
PROBLEM a. 4.5 b. 5.5 c. 5 d. 6
Suppose a card is drawn randomly from an ordinary deck of playing
cards, and then put back in the deck. This exercise is repeated five PROBLEM
times. What is the probability of drawing 1 spade, 1 heart, 1 diamond, Find the mean deviation of the following scores: 5, 4, 6, 8, 7, 9, 5, 3, 6, 8.
and 2 clubs? a. 3.12 b. 1.52 c. 2.11 d. 4.25
a. 5/256 b. 5/128 c. 15/256 d. 5/64
PROBLEM
Conditional Probability Ryan gets 50 on his Statistics midterm where the mean of his class is 40
PROBLEM and the standard deviation is 10. Determine his z-score.
A couple has two children. Find the probability p that both children are a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 5
boys if it is given that at least one of the children is a boy.
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 1/4 d. 1/5 PROBLEM
Find the quadratic mean of the numbers 3, 5, 6, 6, 7, 10 and 12.
a. 7.0 b. 7.25 c. 7.55 d. 7.85
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PROBLEM
Find the standard deviation of the following data 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 11, 2, 3,
8.
a. 3.1 b. 3.3 c. 3.5 d. 3.7

PROBLEM
An English class consists of 20 French students, 25 Italian students and
15 Spanish students. On an exam, the French students averaged 78,
Italian students averaged 75 and Spanish students average 76. Find the
mean grade of the class.
a. 76 b. 76.75 c. 76.25 d. 76.65