MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SET 2

INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for
each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only!

1. Given: 12 34 45 23 87 91 121
Find the mean:
a. 54 b. 59 c. 57 d. 61

2. Find the population standard deviation.

a. 35.56 b. 33.45 c. 37.75 d. 38.21

3. Find the sample standard deviation.

a. 40.78 b. 41.22 c. 43.34 d. 44.34

4. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed by the use of digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 if
one of the digits is used only once in one number.
a. 360 b. 400 c. 320 d. 420

5. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed by the use of the digits 1,2,3,4,6 and 7 if one
digit is used only once? PAST CE BOARD
a. 360 b. 400 c. 320 d. 420

6. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make a coded signal. How many
signals can be made if a signal consists of the display of one or more flags?
a. 64 b. 68 c. 62 d. 66

7. In how many ways can a bowling player score in one throw of a bowling ball . (There
are 10 pins) CE BOARD Nov 2009
a. 1120 b. 1024 c. 720 d. 30,240

8. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA? PAST EE BOARD
a. 36 b. 52 c. 60 d. 42

9. In how many ways can 10 trees be planted in a circular lot?

a. 362,880 b. 3,628,880 c. 432,112 d. 442,122

10. Three boys and three girls sit in a row of 6 chairs. In how many ways can they sit
in alternate seats.
a. 36 b. 18 c. 72 d. 144

11. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. In how many ways can they sit if the girls are
always together?
a. 144 b. 152 c. 100 d. 122
12. In how many ways can you invite one or more of your five friends in a party? PAST ME
BOARD.
a. 32 b. 30 c. 31 d. 29

13. A semiconductor will hire 7 men and 5 women. In how many ways can the company choose
from 9 men and 6 women.
a. 678 b. 216 c. 324 d. 560

14. The lotto uses numbers 1 to 42. A winning number uses 6 different numbers in any
order. What is your chance of winning if you bet one ticket? CE BOARD NOV 2009
a. 1/4534568 b. 1/6580668 c. 1/5245786 d. 1/2341668

15. How many triangles are determined by three non collinear points from 10 points? PAST
ECE BOARD.
a. 720 b. 120 c. 90 d. 100

16. In a licensure exam, an examinee may select 7 problems from a set of 10 questions. How
many choices has he? PAST EE BOARD
a. 720 b. 120 c. 90 d. 100

17. If you roll a pair of dice one time, what is the probability of getting a sum of 9?
PAST ECE BOARD
a. 1/9 b. 1/4 c. 1/6 d. 1/3

18. A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting 3 heads?

 a. 0.3125 b. 0.125 c. 0.5 d. 0.2125

19. A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 heads? PAST CE BOARD
a. 1/4 b. 1/8 c. 3/4 d. ½

20. What is the probability of getting at least 3 heads when a fair coin is tossed 6
times.
a. 19/32 b. 17/32 c. 21/32 d. 15/32

21. In a dice game, one fair die is tossed. The player wins P20 if he rolls either 1 or a
6. He loses P10 if he turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for one
roll of a die?
a. -2 b. 2 c. 0 d. 1

22. The probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students are
selected at random, what is the probability that at least one of them get the credit?
a. 2/3 b. 19/27 c. 20/27 d. 7/9

23. A coin is tossed 10 times. What is the probability of getting 4 tails and 6 heads?
a. 105/512 b. 13/64 c. 51/256 d. 25/128

24. In how many ways can a committee consisting of 3 mean and 2 women be chosen from 7
men and 5 women?
a. 350 b. 400 c. 300 d. 200

25. A die is constructed so that a 1 or a 2 occurs twice as a 3, 4 or a 6 and a 5 occurs

thrice as a 1 or a 2. If the die is tossed once. Find the probability that an even
number will occur ?
a. 4/9 b. 2/9 c. 1/9 d. 4/13

26. Six married couples are standing in a room. Find the probability that they are
married.
a. 1/10 b. 1/9 c. 1/11 d. 1/12

27. A restaurant is giving away 3 different toys with each child’s meal. What is the
probability of getting all three toys when purchasing 5 meals?
a. 130/243 b. 150/243 c. 130/243 d. 112/243

28. What is the probability of a family with 5 children of having 3 boys and 2 girls?
a. 5/16 b. 1/4 c. 3/16 d. 3/8

29. In a basketball game, the free throw average is 0.65. Find the probability that a
player misses one shot of the three free throws?
a. 0.441 b. 0.422 c. 0.444 d. 0.451

30. With 50 questions each of which has 4 given answers, how many possible answer patterns
are there? PAST EE BOARD
a. 1.27 x 1030 b. 1.34 x 1030 c. 1.45 x 1030 d. 1.45 x 1030

31. Find the probability that a person flipping a coin gets the 3rd head on the 7th flip.
a. 0.1144 b. 0.1172 c. 0.1221 d. 0.1344

32. Find the probability that a person flipping a coin gets the 1st head on the 4th flip.
a. 0.035 b. 0.0012 c. 0.0625 d. 0.1122

33. The probability that a student pilot passes a written test for his private pilot’s
license is 0.7. Find the probability that a person passes the test before the 4th
try.
a. 0.973 b. 0.812 c. 0.922 d. 0.954

34. On the average, a certain intersection results in 3 traffic accidents per month. What
is the probability that in any given month at this intersection, exactly 5 accidents
will occur.
a. 0.0091 b. 0.2112 c. 0.1221 d. 0.1008

35. A secretary makes 2 errors per page on the average. What is the probability that the
page she makes will have 4 or more errors.
a. 0.1428 b. 0.1234 c. 0.2122 d. 0.1122
36. An urn contains white and black balls. If the probability to pick a white ball is
equal to log x and the probability that it will be black is equal to log 2x, what is
the value of x? ECE Nov 2002
a. 1.515 b. 2.236 c. 1.732 d. 1.412

37. One bag contains 4 white balls and 3 black balls and a second bag contains 3 white and
5 black balls. One ball is drawn from the second bag and is placed unseen in the first
bag. What is the probability that the ball now drawn from the first bag is white?
a. 35/64 b. 33/64 c. 31/64 d. 19/64

38. Box A contains nine cards numbered 1 to 9, and Box B contains 5 cards numbered 1 to
5. A box is chosen at random and a card is drawn. If the number is even, find the
probability that it came from box A.
a. 9/19 b.10/19 c. 11/19 d. 21/19

39. During the board exam, there were 350 examinees from Luzon, 250 from Visayas, and 400
from Mindanao. The results of the exams revealed that flunkers from Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao are 3%, 5% and 7%. If a name of a flunker is picked at random, what is the
probability that it came from Mindanao? ECE April 2003
a. 0.549 b. 0.553 c. 0.581 d. 0.567

40. There are 2 copies each of 4 different books. In how many ways can they be arranged in
the shelf? ECE April 2003
a. 2340 b. 2520 c. 2321 d. 3410

41. If the probability that a basketball player sinks the basket at a 3 point range is
2/5, determine the probability of shooting 5 out of 8 attempts. ECE April 2003
a. 13.21% b. 11.44% c. 12.38% d. 11.44%

42. Compute the standard deviation of the following set of numbers. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 ECE
April 2005
a. 3.742 b. 3.451 c. 4.112 d. 4.221

43. A bag contains 3 white balls and 5 red balls. If two balls are drawn at random in
succession without returning the first ball drawn, what is the probability that the
balls drawn are both red? ECE April 2005.
a. 3/14 b. 1/3 c. 5/14 d. 3/7

44. From the digits 0, 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, find the number of six digit
combinations. PAST ECE BOARD
a. 210 b. 110 c. 220 d. 102

45. Find the number of ways 2 green balls, 4 black balls and 6 yellow balls can be given
to 12 children if each child gets one ball.
a. 12,300 b. 13,860 c. 11,200 d. 14,220

46. A class contains 10 men and 20 women at which half the men and half the women have
brown eyes. Find the probability that a person chosen at random is a man or has brown
eyes.
a. 1/3 b. 1/4 c. 1/6 d. 2/3

47. A point is selected inside a circle. Find the probability that the point is closer to
the center of the circle.
a. 1/3 b. 1/2 c. 1/4 d. 1/5

48. The probability that A and B hits a target are 1/4 and 2/5 respectively. If they shoot
together, what is the probability that the target will be hit.
a. 11/20 b. 1/2 c. 9/20 d. 7/20

49. A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’s, and 6 CPM’s. If a committee of 3 members one from
each group is to be formed, how many such committees can be formed?
a. 260 b. 480 c. 380 d. 360

50. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated alternately in a row of 8 seats.
a. 1152 b. 576 c. 2304 d. 1120

51. There are 13 teams in a tournament. Each team is to play with each other only once.
What is the minimum number of days can they all play without any team playing more
than one game in any day. PAST ECE BOARD
a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14
52. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both balls are white?
a. 1/14 b. 3/28 c. 4/7 d. 5/28

53. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of getting1
black and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn? PAST ME BOARD
a. 8/15 b. 7/15 c. 6/15 d. 4/15

54. Find the probability of getting a prime number thrice by tossing a die 5 times.
a. 0.4225 b. 0.3125 c. 0.375 d. 0.1626

55. If the odds against event E are 2: 7, find the probability of success.
a. 2/9 b. 7/9 c. 9/14 d. 1/2

56. In a class of 40 students. 27 like calculus and 25 like chemistry. How many like both
calculus and chemistry?
a.12 b. 15 c. 18 d. 21

57. A club of 40 executives , 33 like to smoke Marlboro, and 20 like to smoke Philip
Morris. How many like both?
a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

58. By investing in a particular stock, a person can make in one year P 40,000 with a
probability of 0.3 or take a loss of P 10,000 with a probability of 0.7. What is the
persons expected gain?
a. 5000 b. 4000 c. 7000 d. 8000

59. A player tosses three fair coins. He wins P 8 if 3 heads occur, P3.00 if 2 heads
occur and P 1.00 only if one head occur. If the game is fair, how much should he lose
if no heads occur?
a. P 30 b. P 20 c. P 25 d. 11

60. In a survey concerning the smoking habits of consumer, it was found that 55% smoke
cigarette A, 50% smoke cigarette B, 40% smoke cigarette C, 30% smoke cigarette A and
B, 20% smoke cigarette A and C, 12% smoke cigarette B and C and only 10% smoke all
the three cigarettes. What % of the population did not smoke? PAST CE BOARD
a. 7% b. 6% c. 4% d. 3%

61. Three light bulbs are chosen at random from 15 bulbs of which 5 are defective. Find
the probability that none is defective.
a. 23/91 b.24/91 c. 20/91 d. 33/91

62. Of 120 students, 60 are studying French, 50 are studying Spanish, and 20 are
studying French and Spanish. If the student is chosen at random, find the probability
that the student is studying French or Spanish.
a. 1/4 b. 1/2 c. 3/4 d. 4/5

63. A pair of fair dice is tossed. Find the probability that the maximum of the two
numbers is greater than 4.
a. 4/9 b.5/9 c. 2/9 d. 3/9

64. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. Find the probability that the 3 girls sit
together.
a. 1/5 b. 2/5 c. 3/5 d. 2/3

65. A point is selected at random inside an equilateral triangle whose side is 3 units.
Find the probability that its distance to any corner is greater than 1.
a. 0.577 b. 0.544 c. 0.597 d. 0.555

66. During a board meeting, each member shakes hands with all other members. If there were
a total of 91 handshakes, how many members were in the meeting? ECE NOV 2002
a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

67. How many 3 digit area codes are there for a telephone company if the 1st digit may not
be 0 or 1 , and the second digit must be 0 or 1?
a. 160 b. 140 c. 210 d. 120

68. In how many ways can 3 marines and 4 armies be seated on a bench if the armies must be
seated together? PAST ME BOARD
 a. 544 b. 576 c. 466 d. 624

69. There are 5 main roads between cities A and B, and four between B and C. In how many
ways can a person drive from A and C and return, going through B on both trips
without driving on the same road twice? PAST ME BOARD
a. 120 b. 240 c. 360 d. 440

70. How many different sums of money can be made from a penny, a nickel, a dime, and a
quarter? PAST ME BOARD
a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

71. How many line segments can be formed with 6 distinct points , no two of which are
collinear? PAST ME BOARD
a. 15 b. 17 c. 20 d. 22 86.

72. How many triangles are determined by the vertices of a regular hexagon? PAST ME BOARD
a. 40 b. 20 c. 30 d. 10

73. In a toss of a coin, the head is twice as likely to occur as a tail. Find the
probability of getting 6 heads if this coin is tossed 15 times.
a. 0.0223 b. 0.0123 c. 0.0723 d. 0.0823

74. If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery, in how many ways can these people win
first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes
a. 360,360 b. 235,360 c. 130,340 d. 245,660

75. A player tosses a fair die. If a prime number occurs, he wins that number of pesos,
but if a non-prime number occurs, he loses that number of pesos. Find the expected
winning.
a. 1/6 b. -1/6 c. 1/3 d. -1/3

76. There are 10 points A, B … on a plane. How many triangles are determined by these
points.
a. 120 b. 240 c. 720 d. 144

77. From Prob 76, How many of these triangles contains the point A?
a. 44 b. 36 c. 18 d. 44

78. Three machines A , B and C produce respectively 50%, 30% and 20% of the total number
of item of a factory. The percentages of defective output of these machines are 3%, 4%
and 5%. If an item is selected at random, find the probability that the item is
defective.
a.0.037 b. 0.012 c. 0.045 d. 0.047

79. From prob 78: Suppose an item is selected at random and found to be defective, find
the probability that the item was produced by machine A.
a. 115/37 b. 12/37 c. 11/37 d. 18/37

80. A player tosses two fair coins. He wins P 1 if 1 head appears, P 2 if 2 heads appear.
On the other hand, he loses P 5 if no heads appear. Determine the expected value of
the game.
a.-0.50 b. 0.75 c. 0.25 d. -0.25

81. In how many ways can 3 Americans, 4 Frenchmen, 4 Danes and 2 Italians sit in a round
table so that the same nationality sit together.
a. 59,232 b. 42,122 c. 41,472 d. 45,122

82. There are 12 students in a class. In how many ways can the 12 students take 3
different tests if 4 students are to take the test.
a. 33,450 b. 34,650 c. 31,250 d. 35,450

83. How many 3 digit numbers, each less than 500, can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4
and 6 and 7.
a. 24 b. 36 c. 18 d. 27

84. A pack of cards contain 52 cards: 13 spades, 13 clubs, 13 hearts and 13 diamonds. Of
the 52 cards, 4 are aces one from each suit. The hearts and the diamonds are colored
red , the spades and clubs are black. Four cards are drawn from the pack , each card
being returned to the pack before the next card is drawn. Find the probability that
all are clubs.
 a. 1/4 b. 1/100 c. 1/256 d. 1/512

85. Refer to problem 84. If 5 cards are drawn simultaneously, find the probability to
get all the 4 aces.
a. 1/54145 b. 2/54145 c. 4/54145 d. 9/54145

86. A fair coin is tossed 10 times. Compute the probability of getting at least 7
heads.
a. 9/64 b. 11/64 c. 7/64 d. 13/64

87. A fair die is tossed 8 times. What is the probability of obtaining the faces 5 and 6
twice and each of the other once.
a.0.004 b.0.005 c. 0.006 d. 0.007

88. The painted light bulbs produced by a company are 50% red, 30% blue and 20% green. In
a sample of 5 bulbs, find the probability that 2 are red,1 is green and 2 are blue.
a. 0.07 b. 0.08 c. 0.09 d. 0.10

89. Suppose 2% of the people on the average are left handed. Find the probability that
exactly 3 are left handed among 100 people.
a. 0.1804 b. 0.1791 c. 0.1922 d. 0.1167

90. Suppose 220 misprints are distributed randomly throughout a book of 200 pages. Find
the probability that a given page contains 2 or more misprints.
a. 0.301 b. 0.299 c. 0.276 d. 0.223

91. Compute the absolute value of 3 + 4i

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

92. Compute the absolute value of 4 – 5i

a. 6.4 b. 6.2 c. 6.3 d. 6.5

93. Find the argument of 4 – 6i

a. -67.30 b. -56.30 c. -67.10 d. -77.60

94. Simplify ( 3 + 5i)( 5 – 3i)( 3 + 2i).

a. 58 – 108i b. 58 + 108i c. 45 – 112i d. 56 – 106i

95. Simplify i1997 + i1999

a. 1 b. 2 c. -1 d. 0

96. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are ( 2, -1,3), Q( 1,2,4) and
R( 3,1,1)?
a. 3.45 b. 7.51 c. 4.74 d. 5.11

97. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are represented by A = 2i – 3j +
4k, B = i + 2j – k and C = 3i – j + 2k?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

98. What is the angle between the vectors A = 3i – 2j and B = 2i + j?

a. 78.12 b. 60.26 c. 71.22 d. 73.22

99. Find the distance between ( 3, 4, -6) and ( 5, -1, 4)?

a. 13.33 b. 11.36 c. 12.22 d. 14.12

100. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 2,520. Find the number of sides.
a. 12 b. 14 c. 16 d. 18

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