Name: ________________________________________ Gr.

& Sec: _______________ Score: ______ / 25

Read and answer each questions carefully. Write your answers clearly on the space provided.

ACTIVITY 3A: Random Variables and Probability Distribution

A. Classify each random variable as DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS. Write your answer on the space provided
before each number. (5 points)
_____________________ 1. A: The number of eggs a hen lays.
_____________________ 2. B: Cost (in ₱) of a Statistics book.
_____________________ 3. C: Number of books a student can read.
_____________________ 4. D: Height of selected INHS –SHS students.
_____________________ 5. E: The amount of milk obtained from a cow.

B. Three coins are tossed and the random variable Z gives the number of tails. Determine the possible value of the
random variable and the range space. Write your answer on the space provided. (5 points)
1. Z (HHT) _________
2. Z (TTH) _________
3. Z (HTH) _________
4. Z (TTT) _________
5. Range space _________

C. A poker hand is a hand, made of five cards chosen from a standard deck of cards. Suppose a random variable J
gives the number of hearts in the hand. Identify the following. (9 points)
1. P (J = 0) _________
2. P (J = 1) _________
3. P (J = 2) _________
4. P (J = 3) _________
5. P (J = 4) _________
6. P (J = 5) _________
7. Fill in the missing values to complete the probability distribution table.

X 0 1 2 3 4 5

Y 0.2215 0.0815 0.0005

D. Cite situations in your daily activities which illustrates discrete and continuous random variable. DO NOT COPY
THE GIVEN EXAMPLES.

1. Discrete random variable (3 points)

________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Continuous random variable (3 points)

________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________

References:
• General Mathematics (Teacher’s Guide and Learner’s Manual), Department of Education
• General Mathematics by Orlando A. Oronce, Rex Book Store(2016)
 Name: ________________________________________ Gr. & Sec: _______________ Score: ______ / 20
Read and answer each questions carefully. Write your answers clearly on the space/box provided.

ACTIVITY 3B: Mean and Variance of Discrete Random Variable

A. True or False. Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement if wrong. (10pt)
__________ 1. The smaller the value of the variance the closer the values of X to the mean.
__________ 2. The alternative formula for solving the variance of a discrete random variable utilizes the expected value.
__________ 3. Expected value is the mean of the discrete random variable.
__________ 4. A probability mass function can still be called as such even one of the properties is not satisfied.
__________ 5. The support S of the random variable is the set of probability values of the random variable X.

B. Show that the following is a pmf. (5 points)

C. Let X be a discrete random variable. Let its Support S is the set of the first ten whole numbers.
Give the pmf of X: (5 points)

References:
• General Mathematics (Teacher’s Guide and Learner’s Manual), Department of Education
• General Mathematics by Orlando A. Oronce, Rex Book Store(2016)
 Name: ________________________________________ Gr. & Sec: _______________ Score: ______ / 30
ACTIVITY 4A: Applications of Mean and Variance of Discrete Random Variable
A. Throw a single die and let the random variable Z be the number on the die.

1. Fill in the missing values to complete the probability distribution table below. (10 points)

Z 1 2 3 4 5 6

P(Z)
1
𝑍 ∗ 𝑃(𝑍)
6
1
𝑍 2∗ 𝑃(𝑍)
6

2. What is the mean of the distribution? (2 points) ________________

3. Interpret its value in the context of throwing a die. (2 points) ________________
4. What are the variance and the standard deviation? (4 points)
Variance: ________________
Standard Deviation: ________________

B. Suppose you join a raffle event that will cost you a ticket worth ₱200 for a chance to win a grand prize of
₱10 000. You know that there are 500 tickets sold for the event and you want to find out the amount of money
that will pay you off for buying one of the tickets.
The situation is illustrated in the probability distribution below. Complete the table. (2pts)

Payoff (x) ₱ 9 800 −₱ 200

P(x)

x*P(x)

1. What is the expected payoff from joining the raffle? (2 points) ____________
2. Interpret its value in the context of being paid off from joining the raffle. (2 points)
__________________________________________________________________________________

C. Give what is being asked. (6 points)

1. Give 3 properties of a normal curve.

a) _________________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________________
c) _________________________________________________________________

2. The total area under the normal curve is always equal to _______________________.

3. (TRUE/FALSE) The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to 1. _________

4. ________________________________ affects the width and height of the curve.

References:
• General Mathematics (Teacher’s Guide and Learner’s Manual), Department of Education
• General Mathematics by Orlando A. Oronce, Rex Book Store(2016)
 Name: ________________________________________ Gr. & Sec: _______________ Score: ______ / 30
Read and answer each questions carefully. Write your answers clearly on the space/box provided.

ACTIVITY 4B: Normal Curve and Standard Normal Values

A. Match the z-value given in column A to its corresponding area in column B. Then, identify the hidden message by
filling in the letters indicated in column B to the corresponding number indicated in each blank below. (15 points)
Column A Column B
_____1. z = 0.04 L. 0.3554
_____2. z = 1.06 V. 0.4817
_____3. z = 2.8 M. 0.4987
_____4. z = 2.09 T. 0.3531
_____5. z = 0.49 C. 0.4999
_____6. z = 3.02 S. 0.0517
_____7. z = – 0.03 I. 0.0160
_____8. z = – 1.05 A. 0.0120
_____9. z = – 2.22 E. 0.1879
_____10. z = – 3.78 O. 0.4974
_____11. z = – 0.13 H. 0.4868
Decode the message. (4 points)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 1 10 11

B. Solve for the percentile of the following numbers. (6 points)

1 𝑃40 = ____________
2 𝑃90 = ____________
3 𝑃68 = ____________

C. Given X = 62 and s = 8.
Find the z = score value that corresponds to each of the following scores up to two decimal places, and find the
area of z. (9 points)
Scores z-value Area of z

1. X = 70

2. X = 42

3. X = 50

References:
• General Mathematics (Teacher’s Guide and Learner’s Manual), Department of Education
• General Mathematics by Orlando A. Oronce, Rex Book Store(2016)