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MATHEMATICS – PROBABILITY 13. What is the coefficient of the term involving x 5 in the expansion
Fundamental Principle in Arrangement
1. How many committees consisting of one boy and one girl can be
selected from a group of 3 boys and 2 girls?
2. Three persons rode a bus with 6 vacant seats on each side. In
how many ways can they be seated if one insists on sitting at the
right side?
Permutations and Combinations
3. In how many different ways can 4 persons be seated in
consecutive seats in a row of 7 seats?
4. In how many different orders can 7 books be arranged on a shelf
if a certain 3-volume book is not to be separated?
5. In how many ways can 5 children line up to drink water in a
drinking fountain if two children don’t want to follow each other?
6. There are two copies each of 4 different books. In how many
ways can they be arranged on a shelf?
7. Five children join hands. In how many can they form a circle?
8. In how many ways can 5 engineers and 4 nurses be arranged in a
round table if the nurses insisted to be sitting side by side?
9. During a board meeting, each member shakes hands with all the
other members. If there were a total of 91 handshakes, how
many members were in the meeting?
10. How many different sums of money can be made from a penny, a
nickel, a dime, and a quarter?
Binomial Expansions
12
11. What is the fourth term of the expansion (x+y) ?
5
12. What is the coefficient of the term involving y in the expansion
8
(2x+y) ?
(x2 + 2/x)10?
14. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion (x+2y)5?
Probability
15. If two dice are tossed, what is the probability of rolling a sum of
6 or 9?
16. If one card is drawn from a standard pack of 52 playing cards,
what is the probability of drawing an ace or a heart card?
17. A class has 12 boys and 4 girls. If three students are selected at
random from the class, what is the probability that they are all
boys?
18. On a shooting practice, the probability of three of three trainee
cops to hit the target is 30%, 40%, and 45%, respectively. If
each fired their guns aiming to the target, what is the
probability that only one cop hit the target?
19. A coin is tossed 10 times. What is the probability of getting head
exactly 6 times?
20. In a multiple choice test, each question is to be answered by
selecting 1 out 4 different proposed answers of which only one is
right. If there are 10 questions in the test, what is the
probability of getting 7 right of pure guess work?
Venn Diagrams
21. In a class of 50 students, 38 like Algebra, 32 like Trigonometry,
and 2 students don’t like any of the two subjects. How many like
both subjects?
22. In a survey of 100 ME students regarding on what subject they
liked, revealed the following results: 30 like both ALGEBRA and
TRIGO; 35 like ALGEBRA and CALCULUS; 35 like CALCULUS and
TRIGO; 70 like ALGEBRA; 60 like CALCULUS; and 20 like all
three board subjects. How many like TRIGO?
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Take Home – Practice Problems 8. Employee ID numbers at a certain company consist of one capital
letter followed by a three-digit number that contains no
1. A man is dealt four cards from an ordinary pack of 52 playing repeated digits. How many such ID numbers can be formed?
cards. Determine the probability that all of the cards are spade A. 26,000 B. 18,720 C. 21,410 D. 17,350
cards. 9. How many arrangements can be formed of the letters in the
A. 0.01804 B. 0.00264 C. 0.01625 D. 0.01533 word MILLENIUM taken all at a time?
2. A survey of 100 men revealed that 72 of them used Lacoste A. 44,560 B. 42,800 C. 45,360 D. 48,350
brand perfume and that 52 of them used Boss brand perfume. If 10. A box contains 5 radio tubes of which 2 are defective. The tubes
25 men from the survey were not using any of the two mentioned are tested one after the other until the 2 defective tubes are
brands, how many men have used both brands? discovered. What is the probability that the process stopped on
A. 49 B. 44 C. 52 D. 34 the third test?
3. Six married couples are standing in a room. If two people are A. 3/10 B. 2/5 C. 1/5 D. 1/10
chosen at random, find the probability that one is a male and the 11. In how many ways can a committee of 4 be selected from a group
other is female. of 9 people?
A. 1/33 B. 6/11 C. 1/11 D. 16/33 A. 126 B. 130 C. 120 D. 128
4. How many different numbers of two different digits each can be 12. Two copies of a MATH book, 2 copies of an ENGLISH book and 2
formed from the digits 2, 4, 6, 8? copies of a FILIPINO book are in a book shelf. In how many ways
A. 10 B. 8 C. 20 D. 12 can they be rearranged?
5. In how many ways can a party of 6 people be seated in a row of 6 A. 100 B. 70 C. 90 D. 120
seats if a certain 2 refuses to sit next to each other? 13. How many three-digit numbers can be made out of the numbers:
A. 480 B. 320 C. 240 D. 440 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 if no repetition is allowed?
6. How many basketball quintets (5 men) can be chosen from a A. 210 B. 200 C. 168 D. 320
group of 15 players? 14. In how many ways can 7 children sit on a round table?
A. 3,003 B. 30,240 C. 360,360 D. 252 A. 5040 B. 560 D. 720 D. 990
7. The probability for the ME board examinees from UL to pass the 15. If repetitions are not permitted, how many 3 digit numbers are
MAJOR subject is 3/7 and that for MATH is 5/7. If none of the multiples of 5 can be formed from six digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9?
examinees failed in both subjects and there are 4 examinees A. 10 B. 20 C. 15 D. 25
that passed both subjects, how many examinees from the school 16. How many line segments are determined by 5 distinct points, no
took the exam? three of which are collinear?
A. 30 B. 28 C. 40 D. 34 A. 10 B. 8 C. 12 D. 15
17. A building has 4 outside doors. In how many ways can a person
enter and leave the building using a different door.
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A. 8 B. 4 C. 16 D. 12 27. There are 20 seniors serving the student council of a certain

18. If 15 people won prizes in a state lottery, in how many ways can high school. Of these, 3 have not served before, 10 served on
these 15 people win first, second, third, fourth, and fifth prizes? the council in their juniors years, 9 in their sophomore years and
A. 4,845 B. 116,280 C. 360,360 D. 3,003 11 in their freshman years. There are 5 who served during both
19. In the RME Board Exam, the probability that an examinee will their sophomore and junior years, 6 during both their freshman
pass in each subject is 80%. What is the probability that an and junior years and 4 during both their freshman and sophomore
examinee will pass at least two of the three subjects? years. How many seniors served on the student council during
A. 51.2 % B. 64 % C. 38.4 % D. 89.6 % each of the four years in high school?
20. A box contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls; another box contains A. 5 B. 3 C. 4 D. 2
7 red balls and 10 blue balls. If one ball is drawn from each box, 28. How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends to a
determine the probability that one is red and the other is blue. party?
A. 71/136 B. 50/136 C. 60/136 D. 21/136 A. 25 B. 31 C. 15 D. 62
21. If the probability that a missile will hit the target is 3/5, find 29. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of
the probability of exactly 4 hits out of 6 tries. getting a sum of 4?
A. 0.354 B. 0.311 C. 0.422 D. 0.402 A. 1/12 B. 1/6 C. 1/9 D. ¼
22. Three light bulbs are chosen at random from 15 bulbs of which 5 30. Seven boys and 8 girls will form a committee of 7 composed of 4
are defective. Find the probability that exactly one is defective. boys and 3 girls. In how many ways can the committee be chosen?
A. 24/91 B. 67/91 C. 45/91 D. 58/91 A. 2100 B. 1960 C. 1990 D. 1920
23. How many different committees of 6 can be selected from 12 31. A class contains 9 boys and 3 girls. In how many ways can the
seniors and 20 juniors if the committee is to consist of 4 seniors teacher choose a committee of 4 containing at least one girl?
and 2 juniors? A. 495 B. 369 C. 252 D. 350
A. 94,050 B. 90,220 C. 88,220 D. 96,120 32. If repetitions are not permitted, how many three-digit even
24. A semi-conductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9?
many ways can the company choose from 9 men and 6 women? A. 90 B. 80 C. 100 D. 120
A. 680 B. 540 C. 480 D. 840 33. A student is to answer 8 out of 10 questions in an exam. How
25. In how many ways can 7 toys be divided among 3 children if the many choices he has if he must answer the first three questions?
youngest gets 3 toys and each of the other gets 2? A. 56 B. 252 C. 120 D. 21
A. 200 B. 205 C. 210 D. 220 34. Find the coefficient of the term involving x 9 in the binomial
26. In a race for mayor, four candidates A, B, C, and D have expansion (x2 + 2/x)12?
probabilities of 0.15, 0.16, 0.24 and 0.42 of winning respectively. A. 20423 B. 25344 C. 22524 D. 28245
What is the probability that A, B, C or D will win? 35. In how many ways can 7 children sit on a round table with a
A. 97 % B. 90 % C. 83 % D. 53.3 % certain 3 children wants to sit side by side?
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A. 144 B. 720 C. 120 D. 150 is 0.6. The one who wins two games first will be the winner.
36. In how many ways can five people line up to pay their cell phone Determine the probability that the Heat will be the winner.
bills? A. 0.352 B. 0.312 C. 0.346 D. 0.392
A. 100 B. 110 C. 120 D. 150 45. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion (a+b)4?
37. Three light bulbs are chosen at random from 15 bulbs of which A. 8 B. 12 C. 32 D. 16
five are defective. Find the probability that at least one is 46. In a certain town, 40% of the people have brown hair, 25% have
defective. brown eyes, and 15% have brown hair and brown eyes. A person is
A. 24/91 B. 67/91 C. 45/91 D. 58/91 selected at random from the town. If he has brown eyes, what is
38. Find the number of ways two 25-centavo, four 20-centavo and the probability that he does not have brown hair?
six 10-centavo coins can be given to 12 children. A. 2/5 B. 3/5 C. ¾ D. 2/3
A. 13,860 B. 12,530 C. 13,770 D. 15,420 47. How many different signals, each consisting of 6 flags hung in a
39. How many even numbers can be formed by using some or all of vertical line can be formed from four identical red flags and 2
the digits 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 if no number is to contain a repeated digit? identical blue flags?
A. 180 B. 130 C. 150 D. 120 A. 12 B. 30 C. 36 D. 15
40. Five basketball quintets will be chosen from a group of 15 48. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the
players. How many ways can the five be chosen if one of them is probability of getting a black ball and a white ball in two
the team captain? consecutive draws from the urn?
A. 3,003 B. 2,002 C. 1,001 D. 1,080 A. 5/8 B. 7/15 C. 7/24 D. 8/15
41. A man is dealt 5 cards one after the other from an ordinary pack 49. Four persons, called North, South, East, and West are each dealt
of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that they are all 13 cards from an ordinary pack of 52 playing cards. If South has
spades? exactly one ace, what is the probability that his partner North
A. 0.03% B. 0.004 % C. 0.05 % D. 0.025 % has the other three aces?
42. A box contains 10 white balls, 7 blue balls and 3 red balls. If A. 25/801 B. 22/703 C. 29/900 D. 30/809
three balls are drawn in the box, what is the probability that all 50. Five different MATH books, 4 different ENGLISH books and 2
are white? different FILIPINO books are to be placed on a shelf with
A. 6/57 B. 7/20 C. 5/56 D. 8/52 books of each subject together. Find the number of ways in
43. A box contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls; another box contains which the books can be placed.
7 red balls and 10 blue balls. If one ball is drawn from each box, A. 34,560 B. 32,520 C. 30,240 D. 35,420
determine the probability that both are blue.
A. 3/8 B. 131/136 C. 10/17 D. 30/136 -----e n d-----

44. In a basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunders and

the Miami Heat, the probability that the Thunders win the game