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1.

If repetition is not permitted, how many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the six digits 0,2,3,5,6,7
a) No restrictions
b) How many are less than 400
c) How many are even
d) How many are multiples of 5
2. In a battle invoking 100 men, all suffered injuries on any three parts of their bodies: head, arm and leg. Of these, 42
men injured their heads, 43 men injured in their arms and 32 men injured their legs. 5 men injured both their head
and arms, 8 men injured both their arms and legs and 6 men injured in both their heads and legs. If One man is
chosen at random, find the probability that he is injured:
a) In all three parts of the body
b) In his head only
c) Either in his arms or legs but not on his head
3. The letters of word PROBLEM are arranged in all possible ways. If an arrangement is picked at random, find the
probability that:
a) Two vowels are next to each other
b) Arrangement will end with a consonant
c) Arrangement will start with P and end with M
4. From the past experience, little Marcus know the probability that Mommy will serve leche flan for dessert is 0.6, the
probability that she will serve ube is 0.7, and the probability that she will serve either or both of the two is 0.9. Find
the probability that mommy will serve:
a) Both leche flan and ube
b) Neither leche flan nor ube
5. If it is assumed that all poker hands (5 cards) are equally likely to occur, find the probability of being dealt:
a) A flush
b) One pair
c) Two pairs
d) Three-of-a-kind
6. In a high school, all third and fourth year students were asked about the use of cycle helmets. The data is tabulated
below:

Regular cyclist Owns helmet Always wear it


rd
3 year 178 46 26
4th year 177 11 4
a) A third former who cycles to school regularly is randomly selected, find the probability that she/he always wear
a cycle helmet
b) If a fourth former who cycles to school regularly is randomly selected, find the probability that she/he owns a
helmet but does not wear it.
c) If a person from either level who cycles regularly is chosen randomly, find the probability that the cyclist does
not own a helmet.
7. In a survey of 100 students in a certain school, it was found out that 68 students studies English, 54 studies
mathematics, 42 studied Filipino, 22 studied English and Filipino, 27 studied Filipino and Mathematics, 10 studied all
three subjects, 7 studied Mathematics but neither English nor Filipino, and 5 did not take any of the three. If a
student is selected randomly, find the probability that:
a) A person enrolled in Mathematics takes all three subjects
b) A person not taking mathematics is taking both Filipino and English
8. Suppose that each child born to a couple likely to be a boy as a girl independently of the sex distribution of the other
children of the family. For a couple having 5 children, compute the probabilities of the following event:
a) All children are the same sex
b) The 3 eldest boys and other girls
c) Exactly 3 are boys
d) There is at least 1 girl
9. Stores A,B, and C have 50,75, and 100 employees and respectively 50%, 60%, 70% of these are women. Registrations
are equally likely among all employees regardless of the sex. One employee resigns and this is a woman. Find the
probability that she works in store C.
10. A truth serum has the property that 90% of the guilty suspects are properly judged while of course 10% of the guilty
suspects are improperly found innocent. On the other hand, innocent suspects are misjudged 1% of the time. If the
suspect was selected from a group of suspects of which only 5% have ever committed a crime, and the serum
indicates that he is guilty, what is the probability that he is innocent?

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