PROBABILITY 6.

A toothpaste firm claims that in survey of 54 people,

1. In a class 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like they were using either Colgate, Hapee or Close-up
Chemistry. How many like both Calculus and brand. The following statistics were found: 6 people
Chemistry? used all three brands, 5 used only Hapee and Close-up,
A. 10 18 used Hapee or Close-up, 2 used Hapee, 2 used only
B. 11 Hapee and Colgate, 1 used Close-up and Colgate, and 20
C. 12 used only Colgate. Is the survey worth paying for?
D. 13 A. Neither yes nor no
B. Yes
2. A club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro C. No
and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris. How many like both? D. Either yes or no
A. 10
B. 11 7. How many four-letter words beginning and ending
C. 12 with a vowel without any letter repeated can be formed
D. 13 from the word “personnel”?
A. 40
3. A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of them had B. 480
eaten at restaurant P and that 52 of them had eaten at C. 20
restaurant Q. Which of the following could not be the D. 312
number of persons in the surveyed group who had
eaten at both P and Q? 8. Five different Mathematics books, 4 different
A. 20 electronics books and 2 different communications
B. 22 books are to be placed in a shelf with the books of the
C. 24 same subject together. Find the number of ways in
D. 26 which the books can be placed.
A. 292
4. The probability for the ECE board examinees from a B. 5760
certain school to pass the subject Mathematics is 3/7 C. 34560
and for the subject Communications is 5/7. If none of D. 12870
the examinees fails both subject and there are 4
examinees who pass both subjects, find the number of 9. The number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 engineers be
examinees from that school who took the examinations. seated on a bench with the nurses seated together is?
A. 20 A. 144
B. 25 B. 258
C. 30 C. 720
D. 28 D. 450

5. In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on 10. If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery
brand preference, 120 were found to prefer brand x (assuming that there are no ties), how many ways can
only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only, these 15 people win first, second, third, fourth and fifth
370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer prizes?
brand y or z but not x and 370 prefer either brand z or x A. 4,845
but not y. How many persons have no brand B. 116,260
preference, satisfied with any of the three brands? C. 360,360
A. 280 D. 3,003
B. 230
C. 180 11. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed without
D. 130 repeating any digit from the following digits: 1, 2, 3, 4
and 6?
A. 120
B. 130
C. 140
D. 150
12. How many permutations are there if the letters 19. There are four balls of four different colors. Two
PNRCSE are taken six at a time? balls are taken at a time and arranged in a definite
A. 1440 order. For example, if a white and red balls are taken,
B. 480 one definite arrangement is white first, red second, and
C. 720 another arrangement is red first, white second. How
D. 360 many such arrangements are possible?
A. 24
13. In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged B. 6
in a bookshelf? C. 12
A. 720 D. 36
B. 120
C. 360 20. How many different ways can 5 boys and 5 girls
D. 180 form a circle with boys and girls alternate?
A. 28,800
14. What is the number of permutations of the letters in B. 2,880
the word BANANA? C. 5,600
A. 36 D. 14,400
B. 60
C. 52 21. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at
D. 42 a time are taken and arranged any way. How many such
combinations are possible?
15. A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’s and 6 CPM’s. If a A. 36
committee of 3 members, one from each group is to be B. 3
formed, how many such committees can be formed? C. 6
A. 2,024 D. 12
B. 12,144
C. 480 22. How many 6-number combinations can be
D. 360 generated from the numbers from 1 to 42 inclusive,
without repetition and with no regards to the order of
16. In how many ways can a PSME Chapter with 15 the numbers?
directors choose a President, a Vice President, a A. 850,668
Secretary, a Treasurer and an Auditor, if no member can B. 5,245,786
hold more than one position? C. 188,848,296
A. 360,360 D. 31,474,716
B. 32,760
C. 3,003 23. Find the total number of combinations of three
D. 3,603,600 letters, J, R, T taken 1, 2, 3 at a time.
A. 7
17. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to B. 8
make coded signal. How many signals can be made if a C. 9
signal consists of the display of one or more flags? D. 10
A. 64
B. 66 24. In how many ways can you invite one or more of
C. 68 your five friends in a party?
D. 62 A. 15
B. 31
18. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated C. 36
alternately in a row of 8 seats? D. 25
A. 1152
B. 2304
C. 576
D. 2204
25. In how many ways can a committee of three 31. There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a
consisting of two chemical engineers and one first and second prize. What is the probability of a man
mechanical engineer can be formed from four chemical drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?
engineers and three mechanical engineers? A. 50%
A. 18 B. 25%
B. 64 C. 20%
C. 32 D. 40%
D. None of these
32. Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the
26. In Mathematics examination, a student may select 7 sum of two numbers is 11?
problems from a set of 10 problems. In how many ways A. 1/36
can he make his choice? B. 1/9
A. 120 C. 1/18
B. 530 D. 1/20
C. 720
D. 320 33. Roll two dice once. What is the probability that the
sum is 7?
27. How many committees can be formed by choosing 4 A. 1/6
men from an organization of a membership of 15 men? B. 1/8
A. 1390 C. 1/4
B. 1240 D. 1/7
C. 1435
D. 1365 34. In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a
total of 10 or 12 is?
28. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 A. 1/6
women. In how many ways can the company choose B. 1/9
from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the C. 1/12
position? D. 1/18
A. 680
B. 540 35. Determine the probability of drawing either a king
C. 480 or a diamond in a single draw from a pack of 52 playing
D. 840 cards
A. 2/13
29. There are 13 teams in a tournament. Each team is to B. 3/13
play with each other only once. What is the minimum C. 4/13
number of days can they all play without any team D. 1/13
playing more than one game in any day?
A. 11 36. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards, Find
B. 12 the probability if drawing a king or a red card.
C. 13 A. 0.5835
D. 14 B. 0.5385
C. 0.3585
30. There are five main roads between the cities A and D. 0.8535
B, and four between B and C. In how many ways can a
person drive from A to C and return, going through B on 37. A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of
both trips without driving on the same road twice? getting 3 tails up?
A. 260 A. 1/8
B. 240 B. 1/16
C. 120 C. 1/4
D. 160 D. 7/8
38. The probability of getting at least 2 heads when a 44. From a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and
coin is tossed four times is? 10 blue balls, one ball is drawn at random. Determine
A. 11/16 the probability that is red or white.
B. 13/16 A. 1/3
C. 1/4 B. 7/12
D. 3/8 C. 5/12
D. 1/4
39. A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the
probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tail? 45. From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white
A. 1/8 balls, two balls are drawn one at a time. Find the
B. 3/8 probability that both balls are white. Assume that the
C. 1/4 first ball is returned before the second ball is drawn.
D. 1/2 A. 25/81
B. 16/81
40. The probability of getting a credit in an examination C. 5/18
is 1/3. If three students are selected at random, what is D. 40/81
the probability that at least one of them got a credit?
A. 19/27 46. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls
B. 8/27 are drawn in succession without replacement, what is
C. 2/3 the probability that both balls are black?
D. 1/3 A. 5/16
B. 5/28
41. There are 3 questions in a test. For each question is C. 5/32
awarded for a correct answer and none for a wrong D. 5/14
answer. If the probability that Janine correctly answers
a question in the test is 2/3, determine the probability 47. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What
that she gets zero in the test. is the probability of getting 1 black and 1 white ball in
A. 8/27 two consecutive draws from the urn?
B. 4/9 A. 0.24
C. 1/30 B. 0.27
D. 1/27 C. 0.53
D. 0.04
42. In the ECE Board Examinations, the probability that
an examinee will pass each subject is 0.8. What is the 48. From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white
probability that an examinee will pass at least two balls, two balls are drawn one at a time. Find the
subjects out of three board subjects? probability that one ball is white and one ball is black.
A. 70.9% Assume that the first ball is returned before the second
B. 80.9% ball is drawn.
C. 85.9% A. 16/81
D. 89.6% B. 25/81
C. 20/81
43. In a multiple choice test, each question is to be D. 40/81
answered by selecting 1 out of 5 choices of which only 1
is right, If there are 10 questions in a test, what is the 49. A group of 3 people enter a theatre after the lights
probability of getting 6 right of pure guesswork? had dimmed. They are shown to the correct group of 3
A. 10% seats by the usher. Each person holds a number stub.
B. 6% What is the probability that each is in the correct seat
C. 0.44% according to the numbers on seat and stub?
D. 0.55% A. 1/6
B. 1/4
C. 1/2
D. 1/8
50. From 20 tickets marked with the first 20 numerals, 57. How many ways can 7 people be seated at a round
one is drawn at random. What is the chance that it will table?
be a multiple of 3 or of 7? A. 5040
A. 1/2 B. 120
B. 8/15 C. 720
C. 3/10 D. 840
D. 2/5
58. In how many relative orders can we seat 7 people at
51. How permutation can be made out of the letters in a round table with a certain people side by side.
the world island taking four letters at a time? A. 144
A. 360 B. 5040
B. 720 C. 720
C. 120 D. 1008
D. 24
59. In how many ways can we seat 7 people in a round
52. How many 4 digit number can be formed without table with a certain 3 people not in consecutive order?
repeating any digit, from the following digit 1,2,3,4 and A. 576
6. B. 3960
A. 150 C. 5320
B. 120 D. 689
C. 140
D. 130 60. The captain of a baseball team assigns himself to the
4th place in the batting order. In how many ways can he
53. How many permutations can made out of the letters assign the remaining places to his eight teammates if
of the word ENGINEERING? just three men are eligible for the first position?
A. 39,916,800 A. 2160
B. 277,200 B. 40320
C. 55,440 C. 5040
D. 3,326,400 D. 15120

54. How many ways can 3 men and 4 women be seated 61. In how many ways can PICE chapter with 15
on a bench if the women to be together? directors choose a president, a vice-president, a
A. 720 secretary, a treasurer, and an auditor, if no member can
B. 576 hold more than one position?
C. 5040 A. 630630
D. 1024 B. 3300
C. 5040
55. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their D. 15120
electric bills?
A. 120 62. How many ways can a committee of five be selected
B. 1 from an organization with 35 members?
C. 72 A. 324632
D. 24 B. 425632
C. 125487
56. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their D. 326597
electric bills, if two particular persons refuse to follow
each other? 63. How many line segments can be formed by 13
A. 120 distinct point?
B. 72 A. 156
C. 90 B. 36
D. 140 C. 98
D. 78
64. In how many ways can a hostess select six luncheon 71. In problem 70, find the probability that one ball is
guests from 10 women if she is to avoid having white and the other is red.
particular two of them together at the luncheon? A. 15/56
A. 210 B. 15/28
B. 84 C. ¼
C. 140 D. 225/784
D. 168
72. In the problem 70, find the probability that all are of
65. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 the same color.
women. In how many ways can the company choose A. 13/30
from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the B. 14/29
position? C. 13/28
A. 680 D. 15/28
B. 840
C. 480 73. The probability that both stages of a two-stage
D. 540 rocket to function correctly is 0.92. The reliability of the
first stage is 0.97. The reliability of the second stage is:
66. How many ways can you invite one or more of five A. 0.948
friends to a party? B. 0.958
A. 25 C. 0.968
B. 15 D. 0.8924
C. 31
D. 62 74. Ricky and George each throw dice. If Ricky gets a
sum of four what is the probability that George will get
67. A bag contains 4 red balls, 3 green balls, and 5 blue less than of four?
balls. The probability of not getting a red ball in the first A. ½
draw is: B. 5/6
A. 2 C. 9/11
B. 2/3 D. 1/12
C. 1
D. 1/3 75. Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability
that the sum of the dice is divisible by 5?
68. Which of the following cannot be a probability? A. 7/36
A. 1 B. 1/9
B. 0 C. 1/12
C. 1/e D. ¼
D. 0.434343
76. An um contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What
69. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls is the probability of getting one black ball and white ball
are drawn in succession without replacement, what is in two consecutive draws from the urn?
the probability that both balls are black? A. 0.24
A. 5/28 B. 0.27
B. 5/16 C. 0.53
C. 5/32 D. 0.04
D. 5/14
77. If three balls in drawn in succession from 5 white
70. A bag contains 3 white and 5 red balls. If two balls and a second bag, find the probability that all are of one
are drawn at random, find the probability that both are color, if the first ball is replaced immediately while the
white. second is not replaced before the third draw.
A. 3/28 A. 10/121
B. 3/8 B. 18/121
C. 2/7 C. 28/121
D. 5/15 D. 180/14641
78. A first bag contains 5 white balls and 10 black balls. 85. Throw a fair coin five times. What is the probability
The experiment consists of selecting a bag and then of getting three heads and two tails?
drawing a ball from the selected bag. Find the A. 5/32
probability of drawing a white ball. B. 5/16
A. 1/3 C. 1/32
B. 1/6 D. 7/16
C. 1/2
D. 1/8 86. The probability of getting credit in an examination is
1/3. If three students are selected at random, what is
79. In problem 78, find the probability of drawing a the probability that at least one of them got a credit?
white ball from the first bag. A. 19/27
A. 5/6 B. 8/27
B. 1/6 C. 2/3
C. 2/3 D. 1/3
D. 1/3
87. There are three short questions in mathematics test.
80. If seven coins are tossed simultaneously, find the For each question, one (1) mark will be awarded for a
probability that will just have three heads. correct answer and no mark for a wrong answer. If the
A. 33/128 probability that Mary correctly answers a question in a
B. 35/128 test is 2/3, determine the probability that Mary gets
C. 30/129 two marks.
D. 37/129 A. 4/27
B. 8/27
81. If seven coins are tossed simultaneously, find the C. 4/9
probability that there will be at least six tails. D. 2/9
A. 2/128
B. 3/128 88. A marksman hits 75% of all his targets. What is the
C. 1/16 probability that he will hit exactly 4 of his next ten shot?
D. 2/16 A. 0.01622
B. 0.4055
82. A face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins C. 0.004055
are tossed, what is are the probability of getting three D. 0.001622
tails?
A. 1/8 89. A two-digit number is chosen randomly. What is the
B. ½ probability that it is divisible by 7?
C. ¼ A. 7/50
D. 1/6 B. 13/90
C. 1/7
83. The face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins D. 7/45
are tossed, what is the probability of getting three tails
or three heads? 90. One box contains four cards numbered 1, 3,5,and 6.
A. 1/8 Another box contains three cards numbered 2, 4, and 7.
B. ½ One card is drawn from each bag. Find the probability
C. ¼ that the sum is even.
D. 1/6 A. 5/12
B. 3/7
84. Five fair coins were tossed simultaneously. What is C. 7/12
the probability of getting three heads and two tails? D. 5/7
A. 1/32
B. 1/16
C. 1/8
D. ¼
91. Two people are chosen randomly from 4 married 97. Dennis Rodman sinks 50% of all his attempts. What
couples. What is probability that they are husband and is the probability that he will make exactly 3 of his next
wife? 10 attempts?
A. 1/28 A. 1/256
B. 1/14 B. 3/8
C. 3/28 C. 30/128
D. 1/7 D. 15/128

92. One letter is taken from each of the words 98. There are 10 defectives per 1000 items of a product
PARALLEL and LEVEL at random. What is the probability in long run. What is the probability that there is one and
of getting the same letter? only one defective in random lot of 100?
A. 1/5 A. 0.3697
B. 1/20 B. 0.3967
C. 3/20 C. 0.3796
D. ¾ D. 0.3679

93. In a shooting game, the probability that Botoy and 99. The UN forces for Bosnia uses a type of missile that
Toto will hit a target is 2/3 and ¾ respectively. What is hits the target with a probability of 0.3. How many
the probability that the target is hit when both shoot at missiles should be fired so that there is at least an 80%
it once? probability of hitting the target?
A. 13/5 A. 2
B. 5/13 B. 4
C. 7/12 C. 5
D. 11/12 D. 3

94. A standard deck of 52 playing cards is well shuffled. 100. In a dice game, one fair is used. The player wins
The probability that the first four cards dealt from the P20.00 if he rolls either 1 or 6. He losses P10.00 if he
deck will be four aces is closes to: turns up any other face. What is the expected winning
A. 4 x 10-6 for one roll of the die?
B. 2 x 10-6 A. P40.00
C. 3 x 10-6 B. P0.00
D. 8 x 10-6 C. P20.00
D. P10.00
95. A card is chosen from pack of playing cards. What is
the probability that it is either red or a picture card?
A. 8/13
B. 10/13
C. 19/26
D. 8/15

96. In a poker game consisting of 5 cards, what is the

probability of holding 2 aces and 2 Queens?
A. 5! /52!
B. 5/52
C. 33/54145
D. 1264/45685