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Miami Dade College
InterAmerican Campus
Exam
Name___________________________________
Date:
Find the probability.
1) A bag contains 2 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 8 green marbles.
What is the probability of choosing a blue marble?
A)
B)
C)
D)
1) _______
2) A fair die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a 3 or a 4?
A) 2
B)
C)
D)
2) _______
3) A bag contains 8 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 1 green marble.
What is the probability of choosing a marble that is not blue?
A)
B)
C)
D) 9
3) _______
Find the odds.
4)
4) _______
What are the odds in favor of spinning an A on this spinner?
A) 2:6
B) 6:2
C) 4:2
D) 3:5
5) A number cube labeled with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 is tossed. What
are the odds in favor of the cube showing an odd number?
A) 1:1
B) 1:2
C) 3:2
D) 2:1
Solve the problem.
6) The odds in favor of a horse winning a race are posted as
Find the probability that the horse will win the race.
A)
B)
C)
9 : 4.
5) _______
6) _______
D)
7) The odds against Carl beating his friend in a round of golf are 3 : 2.
Find the probability that Carl will beat his friend.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Find the probability.
8) A 6-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a 3 or a 5?
A)
7) _______
8) _______
B)
2
C)
D)
9) A card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the
probability of drawing an ace or a 8?
A)
B)
C)
D) 9
Solve the problem.
10) One card is selected from a deck of cards. Find the probability of
selecting a black card or a king.
A)
B)
C)
D)
11) One card is selected from a deck of cards. Find the probability of
selecting a red card or a card less than 7. (Note: The ace is considered a
low card.)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Find the probability.
12) If 82% of scheduled flights actually take place and cancellations are
independent events, what is the probability that 3 separate flights will
take place?
A) 0.01
B) 0.67
C) 0.55
D) 0.82
9) _______
10) ______
11) ______
12) ______
13) If you are dealt two cards successively (with replacement of the first)
from a standard 52-card deck, find the probability of getting a heart on
the first card and a diamond on the second.
A)
B)
C)
D)
13) ______
14) Elise has put 5 cans (all of the same size) on her kitchen counter; 2 cans
of vegetables, 2 cans of soup , and 1 can of peaches. Her son, Ryan,
takes the labels off the cans and throws them away. Elise then chooses 2
cans (without replacement) at random to open. Find the probability that
she will open at least 1 can of soup.
A)
B)
C)
D)
14) ______
15) You are dealt two cards successively (without replacement) from a
shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that both cards
are black.
A)
B)
C)
D)
15) ______
Evaluate the expression.
16)
A) 8,648,640
16) ______
B) 617,760
C) 1,235,520
D) 10,080
An order of award presentations has been devised for seven people: Jeff, Karen, Lyle, Maria,
Norm, Olivia, and Paul.
17) In how many ways can the people be presented?
17) ______
A) 2,520
B) 49
C) 720
D) 5,040
18) In how many ways can the men be presented first and then the women?
A) 72
B) 2
C) 144
D) 5,040
Solve the problem.
19) How many different three-digit numbers can be written using digits
from the set { 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} without any repeating digits?
A) 10 three-digit numbers
B) 120 three-digit numbers
C) 20 three-digit numbers
D) 60 three-digit numbers
20) There are 9 horses in a race. In how many ways can the first three
positions of the order of the finish occur? (Assume there are no ties.)
A) 504
B) 82
C) 508
D) 84
Evaluate the expression.
21)
A) 720
18) ______
19) ______
20) ______
21) ______
B) 3
C) 6
D) 240
Solve the problem.
22) How many ways can a committee of 5 be selected from a club with 10
members?
A) 100,000
B) 50
C) 30,240
D) 252
22) ______
23) If the police have 9 suspects, how many different ways can they select
5 for a lineup?
A) 15,120
B) 3024
C) 45
D) 126
23) ______
24) A bag contains 9 apples and 7 oranges. If you select 8 pieces of fruit
without looking, how many ways can you get exactly 7 apples?
A) 252
B) 72
C) 3528
D) 504
24) ______
25) How many 5-card poker hands consisting of 3 aces and 2 kings are
possible with an ordinary 52-card deck?
A) 24
B) 6
C) 12
D) 288
25) ______
Find the probability (as a decimal rounded to four decimal places).
26) A bag contains 6 cherry, 3 orange, and 2 lemon candies. You reach in
and take 3 pieces of candy at random. Find the probability that you have
all cherry candies.
A) 0.1091
B) 0.7272
C) 0.3636
D) 0.1212
27) A bag contains 6 cherry, 3 orange, and 2 lemon candies. You reach in
and take 3 pieces of candy at random. Find the probability that you have
2 cherry candies and 1 lemon candy.
A) 0.3636
B) 0.7272
C) 0.1818
D) 0.1212
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