PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Problems
1. In how many different orders can 5 persons be seated about a round table.
a) 102 b) 120 c) 42 d) 24

2. In how many different orders can 7 books be arranged on a shelf if this 3-volume work
is not merely not to be separated but must be kept in the proper order.
a) 720 b) 120 c) 5040 d) 4050

3. How many different 3-place numbers can be formed from the digits 1 to 9 inclusive, if
repetitions are allowed?
a) 729 b) 405 c) 504 d) 927

4. Find the number of different arrangements that can be made of the letters to the word
COLLEGE.
a) 2160 b) 6210 c) 2016 d) 1260

5.Twelve persons are to sit at a round table. Two particular people insist on sitting
opposite each other. Find the number of ways the twelve can be seated.
a) 2638800 b) 6238800 c) 3826800 d) 3628800

6. How many combinations can be made of the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h taken 4 at a

time?
a) 70 b) 126 c) 35 d) 1680

7. How many different kinds of bouquets of 3 kinds of flowers each can be made from 8
varieties of flowers?
a) 363 b) 65 c) 56 d) 336

8. How many different combinations of 5 cards each can be dealt from an ordinary deck
of 52 cards?
a) 10 b) 2598960 c) 11 d) 2958960

9. How many different committees of 5 can be selected from 15 Juniors and 10 Seniors
if it must contain at least 3 Juniors?
a) 20475 b) 37128 c) 24075 d) 73128

10.There are 8 baseball teams in a league. How many games will be played if each
team plays each of the other teams 40 times?
a) 280 b) 560 c) 320 d) 1120

11. From a list of 15 exercises on combinations and 11 exercises on permutations, how

many different examinations can be made which will include 4 questions on each of
these topics?
a) 165 b) 104 c) 16 d) 450450

12. In how many ways can one make a selection of 4 black balls, 5 red balls, and 2 white
balls from a box containing 8 black balls, 7 red balls, and 5 white balls?
a) 14700 b) 17400 c) 47100 d) 10740
13. Ten coins are tossed. What is the probability that at least six of them will be tail?
a) 512 /193 b) 391 / 152 c) 193 / 512 d) 512 / 391

14. A bag contains six white, five red, and four balls. If six ball are drawn are drawn, find
the probability that there will be two balls of each color.
a) 180 / 1001 b) 108 / 1001 c) 180 / 1100 d) 108 / 1100

15. A box contains 15 white balls, 4 black balls, and 6 red balls. What is the probability of
drawing a black ball or a red ball in a single draw?
a) 2 / 25 b) 2/10 c) 10 /25 d) 2/5

16. A prize of Php 3000 is to be given to the holder of the stub of a ticket drawn at
random from a container. If there are 60000 tickets in the container, what is the
expectation of a person holding 100 tickets?.
a) Php 6.00 b) Php 5.00 c) Php 8.00 d) Php 7.00

17. A man draws 1 card from each of 2 separate decks. What is the probability that the
card from the first deck is an ace and the one from the second deck a face card?
a) 14/169 b) 2/169 c) 16/169 d) 3/169

18. A box contains 3 white balls and 3 black balls. If they are drawn out at random, one
at a time, what is the probability that they will be alternately white and black until the box
is empty?
a) 3/20 b) 6/20 c) 1/20 d) 9/20

19 Six draws are made from an ordinary deck of playing cards, the card drawn being
replaced and the deck thoroughly shuffled before the next draw is made. What is the
probability of obtaining exactly 4 spades?
a) 135 / 4960 b) 153 / 4096 c) 135 / 4690 d) 135 / 4096

20. A student taking a true-false test consisting of 15 questions guesses at the answers.
Assuming that he is equally likely to make a correct or an incorrect guess on each
question, find the probability that 8 of his answers will be right and the rest wrong.
a) 6435 / 32768 b) 6543 / 32768 c) 6435 / 37268 d) 6435 / 32876

Answer key
1 d 6 a 11 d 1 b
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2 b 7 c 12 a 1 d
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3 a 8 b 13 c 1 c
8
4 d 9 b 14 a 1 d
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5 d 10 d 15 d 2 a
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