FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS VIII

Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________ Score: ________

I. Statistics and Probability

1. Allison is out to eat with her parents. She has an 11. What is the Theoretical Probability of NOT landing on
option of 5 different drinks (soda, coffee, tea, water, red?
juice), 2 main courses (chicken, steak), and 3 sides A. 25% C. 65%
(rice, green beans, and potatoes). How many different B. 50% D. 66.7%
combinations are possible?
12. What is the
A) 30 B) 100 C) 20 D) 10
Theoretical
Probability of landing
2. There are 5 blue, 3 yellow, and 4 red chips in a bag.
on red?
You draw two chips out of the bag without
A. 43% C. 40%
replacement. Given the first chip is blue, what is the
B. 33.3% D. 36%
probability the second chip will be red?
A) 9/12 B) 4/11 C) 5/12 D) 20% 13. An experiment consists of rolling a fair number cube.
Find the theoretical probability of rolling an 8.
3. If I roll two number cubes and flip a coin, how many A. 0 B. 8/6 C. 4/3 D. ½
possible outcomes are there?
A) 14 B) 72 C) 36 D) 12 14. Find the theoretical
probability of NOT landing on
4. What is the probability of flipping a coin twice and yellow if you spin the spinner.
getting two tails? A. 12.5%
A) ½ B) ¼ C) 4 D) 1 B. 87.5%
C. 1
D. 75%
5. I have a full deck of cards (52 cards). What is the
probability of pulling a 10 out of the deck at random? 15. A bag contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies.
(Reminder: There are 4 of each card in the deck) What is the probability of picking a quarter?
Express as a decimal, rounded to the nearest A. 0.45
hundredths. B. 0.83
A) .02 B) .07 C) .08 D).25 C. 0.33
D. 5
6. James has 5 baseball cards, 3 football cards, and 1
16. Find the experimental probability:
hockey card (all different). He picks 2 cards at random
Roll dice: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4
without replacement. How many possible outcomes P(1) =
(card combinations) are there? A. 60% C. 40%
A) 81 B) 9 C) 72 D) 15 B. 16.7% D. 20%

7. There are 23 boys and 22 girls on the track and field

17. Find the experimental probability:
team. Last week, Mike was selected as the captain of
Roll dice: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4
the week. If he cannot be the captain this week, what is P(3) =
the probability a girl will be the captain of the week? A. 60% B. 17% C. 40% D. 80%
(in decimal form)
A) .49 B) .5 C) .05 D) 1 18. Theoretical Probability is?
A. What should happen...
8. Joshua has 6 comedy DVDs, 2 drama DVDs, and 3 B. What does happen...
C. What will happen...
music concert DVDs. He watches a comedy DVD, and
D. What I want to happen...
does not put it back. What is the probability that the
next DVD he picks is a music concert? Write your 19. Experimental Probability is:
answer as a decimal. A. What Will happen
A) .27 B) .08 C) .2 D) .3 B. What actually happens
C. What should happen
9. Heather shot 21 free throws and made 15 of them in D. What I think Happens
SHOW ANSWER
last night’s game. If she shot 235 free throws
20. A dice (numbered 1-6) is rolled 20 times. How many
throughout the season, how many would you predict times will a number less than 4 shows? (Hint: set up a
her to make? (Round to the nearest whole free throw) proportion.)
A) 15.6 B) 168 C) 229 D) 211 A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. Never

10. Igor flipped two coins and rolled one die. What is the
theoretical probability he will have two heads and the
number 7?
A) ¼ B) 0 C) 1/24 D) 1/12
II. Theoretical and Experimental Probability
1. If you have two people, what is
the probability that they share a birthday?

2. If you have three people, what is

the probability that at least two of them
share a birthday? (Hint: Try to calculate
the probability all of them have different
birthdays, and then subtract this
probability from one.)

3. If you have 23 people, what is the

probability that at least two of them share
a birthday? (Hint: Try to calculate the
probability all of them have different
birthdays, and then subtract this
probability from one.)

4. If you have 57 people, what is the

probability that at least two of them share
a birthday? (Hint: Try to calculate the
probability all of them have different
birthdays, and then subtract this
probability from one.)