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A bag contains 3 red, 6 blue, 5 purple and 2 orange marbles. One marble is selected at random.
What is the probability that the marble is blue?
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3/8
3/16

3/5
4/13

Correct answer
3/8

A coin is thrown inside a 1 inch by 1 inch square on a horizontal table and win if it exactly inside
the square and lose if the coin cross the side of the square. What is the probability of losing?*
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4/5
13/16
15/16

1/5

Each of the question on a quiz is a five-part multiple choice question with exactly one correct
answer. A student totally unprepared for the quiz, guesses on each 15 questions. How many
questions should the student expect to answer correctly?
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2
13
5
3

Jenny flipped a coin three times and got heads each time. What is the probability that she gets
heads on the fourth flip?
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1
0
1/16
1/2

A point is chosen at random inside a circle having a diameter of 8 inches. What is the probability
that the point is at least 1.5 in away from the center of the circle?
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0/1
55/64
55/8
5/64

12/45

Correct answer
55/64
Donations were made by alumni for a school to fund a new computer room. Data shows that
80% of alumni give at least P50. If the administration contacts 20 alumni, what is the probability
that less than 17 of them will give at least P50.
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0/1
0.589
0.164

0.746
0.761

Correct answer
0.589

The probability of defect on a collection of bolts is 5%. If a man picks 2 bolts, what is the
probability that he does not pick 2 defective bolts?
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0/1
0.9975
0.0025
0.9759

0.0097

Correct answer
0.9975

A political analyst asked a group of people how they felt about two political policy statements.
Each person was to respond A (agree), N (neural) and D (disagree) to each NN, ND, DA, AN,...,
DD. Assuming each response combination is equally likely, what is the probability that the
person being interviewed agrees with exactly one of the two political policy statements?
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4/9

1/9
2/9
5/9
A student did not study for his upcoming examination which is 15 multiple choice questions with
five choices of which only one is correct. What is the expected correct answers he can get?
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3

2
4
5

One fair die is used in a dice game. The player wins $10 if he rolls either 1 or 6. He loss $5 if he
turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of a die?
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$0
$15
$5

$6

Correct answer
$0

How many tosses will be needed for a coin to get 7 heads?

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7

14
21
24

Correct answer
14

In how many ways can a poker hand with 5 cards be selected from a standard deck of cards.
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2598960

311875200
2958906
2598690

A coin is tossed 3x and obtained all head. What is the probability that it will be head on the 4th
toss.
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1/1
1/4
1/8
1/16
1/2

Find the probability of getting a spade and a face card, (Jack, Queen and King) in an ordinary
deck of 52 cards.
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3/39
3/52

1/52
1/49

A’s probability of hitting a target is 1/3 while B has a probability of 1/5 of hitting the same
target. What is the probability that they both hit the target?
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1/1
2/3
1/15

8/15
7/15
From past experience, it is known 90% of one year old children can distinguish their mother’s
voice from the voice of a similar sounding female. A random sample of 20 one year’s old are
given this voice recognize test. Find the probability that all 20 children recognize their mother’s
voice.
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0.122

0.500
1.200
0.222

In how many ways can 5 people be lined up to get on a bus, if a certain 2 persons refuses to
follow each other?
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38
48

96
72

Correct answer
72

In how many ways can a student going abroad accompanied by 3 teachers selecting from 6
teachers?
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16
24
20

12

John, Peter and Charlie are suitors of Susan. The probability that Susan will say yes to John is
equal to that of Peter, if the probability that Susan will say yes to Charlie is twice of either of the
two. What is the chance that Charlie will win to Susan?
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1/2
1/3
1/4
2/3

Correct answer
1/2

A pair of dice is thrown. If it is known that one die shows a 4, what is the probability that the
total of both dice is greater than 7?
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1/1
5/36
5/11

6/11
1/6

A box contains 7 blue socks and 5 red socks. Find the number n of ways two socks can be drawn
from the box if they must be the same color.
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1/1
21
31

10
41

A class contains 10 men and 20 women of which half the men and half the women have brown
eyes. Find the probability that a person chosen at random is a man or has brown eyes.
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0/1
1/3
2/3
1/2
1/6

Correct answer
2/3

A point is selected at random inside an equilateral triangle whose side length is 3. Find the
probability that its distance to any corner is greater than one.
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1/1
0.957
0.597

0.795
0.579

Studies have shown a particular TV commercial is understood by 25% of preschool pupils and
80% of grade school pupils. If a TV advertising agency randomly selected one preschooler and
one grade-schooler, what is the probability that neither child would understand the commercial,
assuming the children reactions are independent?
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1/1
0.15

0.25
0.50
0.12

A code is composed of 2 letters, the first being a vowel and a three digits. In how many ways can
it be made without repetition?
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1/1
18,000
90,000

20,000
70,000
In how many ways can a committee consisting of 3 men and 2 women be chosen from 7 men and
5 women?
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350

250
150
450

An urn contains 4 white balls and 3 black balls. Another urn contains 3 white balls and 5 black
balls. If one ball is drawn from each urn, find the probability that the balls drawn will be one
white and one black.
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0/1
25/56
29/56
27/56

23/56

Correct answer
29/56

Given 8 consonants and 4 vowels, how many 5-letter words can be formed, each word consisting
of 3 different consonants and 2 different vowels?
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60,480
20,160
80,640
40,320

In a population of 40, 26 are males and 14 are females. For male persons, the number of smokers
and non-smokers are 24 and 2 respectively and for female persons, the number of smokers and
nonsmokers are 6 and 8 respectively. If you randomly pick one person, what are the chances that
it is a male?
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9/20
13/20

11/20
17/20

Two cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement. what is the probability that
both cards are red?
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26/102
25/102

23/102
24/102

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