Quiz # 4 Name: Class:

Q.1 For a recent year, 51% of the families in the US had no children under the
age 18; 20% had one child; 19% had two children; 7% had three children and
3% had four children. If a family is selected at random, find the probability
that the family has

1. Two or three children.

2. More than one child.

3. Less than three children.

4. Based on the answers to parts, a, b and c, which is most likely to occur?

Explain why.

A.1 (1) 26% (2) 29% (3) 90% (4) The event in part
3 is most likely to happen since it has the highest probability of occurring.

Q.2 A couple has three children. Find the probability.

1. All boys

2. All girls or all boys.

3. Exactly two boys or two girls.

4. At least one child of each gender.

1 1 3 3
A.2 (1) 8
(2) 4
(3) 4
(4) 4

Q.3 Roll two dice and multiply the numbers together.

1. Write out the sample space.

2. What is the probability that the product is a multiple of 6?

3. What is the probability that the product is less than 10?

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A.3 Sample space is

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 2 3 4 5 6
2 2 4 6 8 10 12
3 3 6 9 12 15 18
4 4 8 12 16 20 24
5 5 10 15 20 25 30
6 6 12 18 24 30 36
15 17
(2) 36
(3) 36

Q.4 If two dice are rolled one time. Find the probability of getting these
results.

1. A sum of 6.

2. Doubles.

3. A sum of 7 or 11.

4. A sum greater than 9.

5. A sum less than or equal to 4.

5 1 2 1 1
A.4 (1) 36
(2) 6
(3) 9
(4) 6
(5) 6