Question #1

Three flags are to be displayed

on a vertical flagpole in order to
transmit a message from one boat
to another by a prearranged code.
If the three flags can be selected
from 10 different flags how many
different messages can be
transmitted?
Answer

10(9)(8)=720
Question #2
In poker each player
receives 5 cards. Find the
number of different ways in
which a player can receive at
least one card from each suite.
Answer

4 (13C2) (13 C1)

3

= 685,464
Question #3
A poker club with 8 members
decides to elect a president,
secretary and treasurer. If all
members have the same chance at
each office, find the probability at a
single member will be selected for
some office.
Answer

3/8
Question #4

Three standard dice are

thrown, what is the
probability that their some
is equal to 7.
Answer

5/72
Question #5
K, L, M & N are candidates for
mayor in an election. A newspaper
poll gives M & N equal chances.
Further, K is only ½ as likely to win as
M but L is 3 times more likely to win
than K. find the probability of winning
for each contestant.
What is the probability that
either L or M will win?
Answers
 1/8  1/4

 3/8  1/4

5/8
Question #6

A person draws 5 cards

from a deck of cards. Find the
probability of drawing a pair.
Answers

13C2 / 52C2
= 1/17
Question #7
A scrabble player with 7
different letters on his rack decides
to test all possible 5- letter
permutation before making his next
play. If he tests 1 permutation each
second, how long will it take before
he is ready to play?
Answers

7P5 / 60 =
42 minutes
Question #8
Find the number of different
license plates that are possible if
each plate has 5 digits, no digit is
used twice of same plate, 0 is not
to be used and the digits are
always arranged in increasing
order.
Answers

9 C5 = 126
Question #9

A, B & C are running for

mayor. The probability that
either A or B wins is 1/2. The
probability that either A or C
wins is 5/6. Can you find the
probability that A wins?
Answers

5/6 – ½ = 1/3