Directions: Find the possible values of the given random variable of the

following experiments below. Write your answer on 1 whole sheet of paper.

1. Supposed two coins are tossed, let X be the random variable representing
the number of heads that occur. Find the values of the random variable X.
2. Inside the box are 2 balls – one white and one yellow. Two balls are
picked one at a time with replacement (meaning the ball is replaced once
picked). Let X be the random variable representing the number of white
balls. Find the values of the random variable X.
3. Suppose three cell phones are tested. Let D represent the defective cell
phones and N for the non-defective cell phones. Let X be the random
variable that represents the defective cell phones. What are the possible
values of the random variable X?
4. An experiment consists of studying the number of boys in families with
exactly 2 children. The random variable X may be used to represent the
number of boys.
Directions:
1-3. Give 3 differences between creative writing and technical
writing.
4. It is a form of writing where creativity is at the forefront of
its purpose through imagination, creativity, and innovation to
tell a story through strong written visuals with an emotional
impact, like poetry, short story, novel writing and more.
5. It is the art of making things up.
6-9. What are the forms of creative writing?
10. It creates a mental picture in the reader as he/she reads
the text, which is why it appeals to the senses.
Directions:
11. It is a literary device that uses words in distinctive ways to achieve a special effect.
12. These are words, phrases, or sentences that have meanings different from the literal
meanings of the words in the expressions.
13. It is defined as a style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a
speaker or a writer.
14-20. Identify what kind of figures of speech is in the following examples.
14. She sells seashells by the seashore.
15. If I don’t eat soon, I’m going to die of hunger.
16. That strawberry cake was awfully good.
17. It was the first real day of summer, and by the time she came back indoors, she was as
red as a tomato.
18. “I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the
brain.”
19. She is the apple of my eye.
20. Oh, rose, how sweet you smell and how bright you look!
Directions:
1-3. Give 3 differences between creative writing and technical writing.
Informal-Formal, Subjective-Objective, to entertain-to inform
4. It is a form of writing where creativity is at the forefront of its
purpose through imagination, creativity, and innovation to tell a
story through strong written visuals with an emotional impact, like
poetry, short story, novel writing and more. Creative Writing
5. It is the art of making things up. Creative Writing
6-9. What are the forms of creative writing? Poetry, Fiction, Drama,
Creative Non-fiction
10. It creates a mental picture in the reader as he/she reads the text,
which is why it appeals to the senses. Imagery
Directions:
11. It is a literary device that uses words in distinctive ways to achieve a special effect. Figures of
speech
12. These are words, phrases, or sentences that have meanings different from the literal meanings
of the words in the expressions. Idioms or Idiomatic expressions
13. It is defined as a style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or
a writer. Diction
14-20. Identify what kind of figures of speech is in the following examples.
14. She sells seashells by the seashore. Alliteration
15. If I don’t eat soon, I’m going to die of hunger. Hyperbole
16. That strawberry cake was awfully good. Oxymoron
17. It was the first real day of summer, and by the time she came back indoors, she was as red as
a tomato. Simile
18. “I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.”
Understatement
19. She is the apple of my eye. Metaphor
20. Oh, rose, how sweet you smell and how bright you look! Apostrophe
 Normal Distribution Activity
• A set of data with a mean of 45 and a standard deviation
of 8.3 is normally distributed. Find each value, given its
distance from the mean.

1. + 1 standard deviation from the mean

2. + 3 standard deviation from the mean
3. - 1 standard deviation from the mean
4. - 2 standard deviation from the mean
 Normal Distribution Activity
• Sketch a normal curve for each distribution. Label the x-axis at
one, two, and three standard deviations from the mean.

5. Mean = 95 ; Standard Deviation = 12

6. Mean = 100 ; Standard Deviation = 15
7. Mean = 60 ; Standard Deviation = 6
8. Mean = 23.8 ; Standard Deviation = 5.2
9. Mean = 676 ; Standard Deviation = 60
10. Mean = 54.2 ; Standard Deviation = 12.3
11. Mean = 35 ; Standard Deviation = 10