Calculation Activity in Probability and Statistics

Instruction: This is an individual activity. Copy the problems and write your answers in a short bond paper. Please take
note of the time of submission. Handwritten answers ONLY.

1. In the 1500-m race in Olympics, fourteen top tier athletes compete. How many ways can the gold, silver and bronze
medals be awarded?

2. How many ways can 8 cadets stand in a row?

3. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that it is a face card?

4. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability that the head will appear only once?

5. A family with 5 children is selected at random, what is the probability that all are girls or all are boys?
6. A family with 5 children is selected at random, what is the probability that there are 3 boys and 2 girls?

7. A family with 5 children is selected at random, what is the probability that at least one child is a boy?

8. The probabilities that three men hit a target are 1/6, 1/4, and 1/3, respectively. Each shoot once at the target. If only
one of them hits the target, find the probability that it was the first man.