MATHEMATICS – ALGEBRA

PROBLEM SET # 4
INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your
choice. MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. One fair die is used in a dice game. The player wins $25 if he rolls either a 1 or a 6. He loses
$5 if he turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of the die?
A. $1.00 B. $3.00 C. $5.00 D. $7.00

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2. An urn contains four black balls and eight white balls. What is the probability of getting
one black ball and one white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn without
replacement?
A. 0.285 B. 0.485 C. 0.685 D. 0.885
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3. A marksman can hit a bull’s-eye from 100 m with three out of every four shots. What is the
probability that he will hit a bull’s-eye with at least one of the next four shots?
A. 215/256 B. 235/256 C. 255/256 D. 275/256

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4. What is the probability that either three heads or four heads will be thrown if six fair coins are
tossed at once?
A. 0.147 B. 0.347 C. 0.547 D. 0.747

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5. What are the mean and sample standard deviation of the following numbers?
71.3 74.0 74.25 78.54 79.4
A. 75.5, 3.39 B. 77.5, 4.39 C. 79.5, 5.39 D. 73.5, 6.39

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6. Five fair coins are tossed at once. What is the probability of obtaining three
heads and two tail?
A. 0.1125 B. 0.3125 C. 0.5125 D. 0.7125

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7. What is the sample variance of the following numbers? 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
A. 20 B. 22 C. 24 D. 26
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8. What is the probability of picking an orange ball and a white ball out of a bag containing
seven orange balls, eight green balls, and four white balls?

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 A. 0.16374 B. 0.36374 C. 0.56374 D. 0.76374

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9. A bag contains 100 balls numbered 1 to 100. One ball is drawn from the bag. What is the
probability that the number on the ball selected will be odd or greater than 90?
A. 0.15 B. 0.35 C. 0.55 D . 0.75
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10. 100 random samples were taken from a large population. A particular numerical

characteristic of sampled items was measured. The results of the measurements were as
follows.
45 measurements were between 0.759 and
0.800 0.801 was observed twice
0.802 was observed twice
0.803 was observed four
times 0.804 was observed
twice
45 measurements were between 0.805 and 0.858
The smallest value was 0.759, and the largest value was 0.858. The sum of all 100 measurements
was 81.170. except those noted, no measurements occurred more than twice. What is the
mean of the measurements?
A. 0.412 B. 0.612 C. 0.812 D. 1.012

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11. What is the sample variance of the following data? 0.50, 0.80, 0.75, 0.52, 0.60, 0.83
A. 0.021 B. 0.121 C. 0.221 D. 0.321

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12. How many different sequences of 10 signal flags can be constructed from 4 red flags and 6

blue flags?
A. 200 B. 210 C. 220 D. 230

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13. Two cards are drawn from an ordinary deck of 52. What is the probability of getting a spade

and a diamond?
A. 0.127 B. 0.227 C. 0.337 D. 0.557
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14. Determine the sum of odd numbers from 1 to 681 of the following integers.

A. 198,093 B. 189,041 C. 116,281 D. 418,419

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15. In how many ways an organization with 10 directors choose a President, a Vice

President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Auditor, if no member can hold more than
one position?
A. 30,240 B. 32,945 C. 34,092 D. 36,384
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16. A PSME has 20ME’s, 12PME’s and 8 CPM. If a committee of 3 members, one of each from

each group is to be formed, how many such committees can be formed?

A. 1620 B. 1720 C. 1820 D. 1920

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17. An urn contains 10 black balls and 15 white balls. What is the probability of getting 1 black

and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?

A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 1.50 D. 2.0
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18. An organization held a lottery to raise funds for their organization, with P100,000 top prize

and with 5,000 tickets printed and sold. What is the mathematical expectation of a
member if he bought 30 tickets?
A. P200 B. P300 C. P500 D. P600

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19. In a dice game, one fair die is used. The player wins P24.00 if he rolls either a 1 or 6. He

losses P6.00 if he turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of
die?
A. P2.00 B. P3.00 C. P4.00 D. P5.00
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20. The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket will function correctly is 0.95. The

reliability of the first stage is 0.98. What is the reliability of the second stage?
A. 0.95 B. 0.96 C. 0.97 D. 0.98

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21. How many permutations can be made from the word ALCORCON?

A. 10,080 B. 11,080 C. 12,080 D. 13,080

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22. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like Chemistry. How many like both Calculus

and Chemistry?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
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23. A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tail?

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 A. 1/8 B. 3/8 C. ¼ D. ½

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24. On a bookshelf there are 10 different Algebra books, 6 different Geometry books and 4

different Calculus books. In how many ways can you choose 3 books, one of each kind?
A. 240 B. 260 C. 280 D. 300
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25. In how many ways can two numbers whose sum is even be chosen from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 8,

9, 10, and 11?

A. 8 B. 10 C. 7 D. 9

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26. A basketball coach has a total of 10 players. In how many ways can be field a team of 5

players if the captain ball is always included?

A. 42 B. 70 C. 126 D. 25

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27. An association has 15 officials. How many 4-member committees can be formed from these

officials?
A. 1,365 B. 1,966 C. 1,638 D. 1,138

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28. Determine the number of permutations of 8 distinct objects, taken 3 at a time.

A. 504 B. 210 C. 120 D. 336

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29. A student is to answer 8 out of 10 questions on an exam. Find the number of choices.

A. 45 B. 50 C. 40 D. 60

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30. Find the number of ways in which 6 teachers can be assigned to 4 sections of an

introductory psychology courses if no teacher is assigned to more than one section.

A. 60 B. 240 C. 120 D. 360

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31. American was tested by their blood samples A, B, AB and O. The proportion of the blood

type samples of the Caucasians are 0.41, 0.1, 0.04 and 0.45 respectively. Find the
probability that the Caucasian that he or she is either A or AB.
A. 0.43 B. 0.51 C. 0.55 D. 0.45

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32. Find the probability of getting a spade and a face card (Jack, Queen, King) in an ordinary

deck of 52 cards.
A. 3/39 B. 3/52 C. 1/52 D. 1/49

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33. Given a well-balanced coin, what is the probability of getting a head or a tail in the long run?

A. 70:50 B. 50:50 C. 40:60 D. 30:50

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34. With a throw of 3 dice, what is the probability of getting a 9 or an 11?

A. 50/216 B. 54/216 C. 56/216 D. 52/216

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35. If a card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards of 4 suits. What is the probability that it will be

a Jack, Queen or a King?

A. 4/52 B. 12/52 C. 8/52 D. 16/52

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36. A drawer contains 10 white and 6 black balls, what is the probability of randomly drawing two

black balls?
A. 0.125 B. 0.250 C. 0.117 D. 0.500

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37. A box contains 8 red, 3 white, and 9 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, determine the

probability that all 3 are red.

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 A. 12/285 B. 14/285 C. 16/285 D. 18/285

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38. Determine the probability p of the event one or more heads appear in the toss of three fair

coins.
A. 7/8 B. 8/9 C. 5/6 D. 2/3

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39. Box A contains 5 red marble and 3 blue marbles, and Box B contains 2 red and 3 blue.

A marble drawn at random from each box. Find the probability that one is red and
one is blue.
A. 3/8 B. 5/8 C. 3/20 D. 21/40

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40. The probability that Ed hits a targets is ¼. He fires 6 times. Find the probability that he hits

the target at least once.

A. 0.780 B. 0.740 C. 0.820 D. 0.800

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41. A family has six children. Find the probability that there are three boys and three

girls. Assume that the probability of any particular child being a boy is ½.
A. 1/8 B. 5/16 C. 3/8 D. ¼

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42. The probability that A hits a target is 1/3 and the probability that B hits the target is 1/5.

They both fire at the target. Find the probability that A does not hit the target.
A. 8/5 B. 2/3 C. 1/3 D. 1/15

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43. One prominent physician claims that 70% of those lungs cancer are chain smokers. If his

assessment is correct. Find the probability that of 10 patients recently admitted to a hospital,
fewer than half assessment are smokers.
A. 0.0382 B. 0.0344 C. 0.0438 D. 0.0474

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44. Given n = 5 with measurements 2, 1, 1, 3, 5. What is the sample variance?

A. 1.496 B. 2.24 C. 2.8 D. 2.4

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