Question ID e29586d5 3.

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: e29586d5
Number of Contestants by Score and Day
5 4 3 2 1 out 0
out out out out of 5 out Total
of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5
Day 2 3 4 6 2 3 20
1
Day 2 3 5 5 4 1 20
2
Day 3 3 4 5 3 2 20
3
Total 7 9 13 16 9 6 60
The same 20 contestants, on each of 3 days, answered 5 questions in order to win a prize. Each contestant
received 1 point for each correct answer. The number of contestants receiving a given score on each day is shown
in the table above.
No contestant received the same score on two different days. If a
contestant is selected at random, what is the probability that the selected
contestant received a score of 5 on Day 2 or Day 3, given that the
contestant received a score of 5 on one of the three days?
Question ID d4413871 3.2

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: d4413871
Blood type
Rhesus factor A B AB O
33 9 3 37
7 2 1 x
Human blood can be classified into four common blood types—A, B, AB,
and O. It is also characterized by the presence or absence of the
rhesus factor. The table above shows the distribution of blood type and
rhesus factor for a group of people. If one of these people who is rhesus
negative is chosen at random, the probability that the person has blood
type B is . What is the value of x ?
Question ID 6626cac3 3.3

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: 6626cac3
Phone Email
Dinner 55% 80%
dance
Football 20% 10%
game
Picnic 20% 5%
Pool 5% 5%
party
Total 100% 100%
An alumni association survey asked each high school graduate to select the one activity he or she
preferred for the association’s next event. Some of the people responded by phone, and the others
responded by email. The table above shows the distribution of preferred activity, in percent, for each
response type used. For the survey, the number of email responses was twice the number of phone
responses. If a person who preferred a picnic is selected at random, what is the probability that the
person responded by email?
Question ID 585de39a 3.4

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: 585de39a
On May 10, 2015, there were 83 million Internet subscribers in Nigeria. The
major Internet providers were MTN, Globacom, Airtel, Etisalat, and
Visafone. By September 30, 2015, the number of Internet subscribers in
Nigeria had increased to 97 million. If an Internet subscriber in Nigeria on
September 30, 2015, is selected at random, the probability that the person
selected was an MTN subscriber is 0.43. There were p million MTN
subscribers in Nigeria on September 30, 2015. To the nearest integer, what
is the value of p ?
Question ID 6a715bed 3.5

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: 6a715bed
The table summarizes the distribution of age and assigned group for participants in a study.
– years – years years Total
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total
One of these participants will be selected at random. What is the probability of selecting a participant from group
A, given that the participant is at least years of age? (Express your answer as a decimal or fraction, not as a
percent.)
Question ID 5dc386fb 3.6

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: 5dc386fb
The table below shows the distribution of US states according to whether they have a state-level sales tax
and a state-level income tax.
2013 State-Level Taxes
State sales tax No state sales tax
State income tax 39 4
No state income tax 6 1
To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percent of states with a state-level
sales tax do not have a state-level income tax?
A. 6.0%
B. 12.0%
C. 13.3%
D. 14.0%
Question ID ecd09c38 3.7

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: ecd09c38
Employees working for a customer service line at an electric company recorded all the calls last Monday
and noted whether the caller asked for repairs and whether the caller asked about a bill. The results are
summarized in the table below.

Asked for Did not ask Total

repairs for repairs
Asked
about a bill 48 623 671
Did not ask 130 90 220
about a bill
Total 178 713 891
If a caller last Monday who asked about his or her bill is selected at random,
which of the following is closest to the probability that the customer also
asked for repairs?
A. 0.05
B. 0.07
C. 0.20
D. 0.27