Unit Test
Counting and Probability
• Fill in the blanks
• A SEQUENCE diagram shows the number of different ways that a sequence of events can
occur.
• A PERMUTATION is an arrangement of distinct objects in a linear number.
• A(n)____________ of n things taken r at a time is a subset of size r taken from a set of
size n.
• A(n) EXPERIMENT is a process for which the outcomes are uncertain.
• A(n) SAMPLE SPACE is a set of all possible outcomes to an experiment.
• True or False.
• The number of ways for 4 people to line up for a group picture is 24. TRUE
• P(100, 98) = 9900 TRUE
• The number of ways to choose 2 questions to answer out of 3 questions on a test is
C(3,2). TRUE
• There are P(10,3) ways to randomly choose 3 students out of 10 to be crossing guards.
TRUE
• If two coins are tossed then the sample space consists of 4 equally likely outcomes.
TRUE
• If three coins are tossed, then the sample space consists of 6 equally likely outcomes.
TRUE
• The probability of getting at least one tail when a single coin is tossed twice is .75. TRUE
• The probability of getting a number greater than 1 when a single die is tossed is 5/6.
TRUE
• If the odds in favor of a team winning the game are 2 to 3, then the probability that the
team wins is 2/3. TRUE
• If the probability of rain today is 80%, then the odds in favor of rain today is 4 to 1. TRUE
• Provide what is being asked. Post complete solutions.
• A poker hand consists of 5 cards drawn from a deck. Of 52. How many different ways to
draw ace, king, queen, jack and ten in any order?
• How many different seven-digit phone numbers are available if the first digit cannot be
zero? 9 million
• How many ways are there for a health inspector to select 5 restaurants to visit from a list
of 20 restaurants?
• The Dean’s Search Committee must choose 3 candidates from a list of 6 and rank them
as first, second, and third. How many different outcomes are possible?
• A couple plans to have 3 children. Assuming males and females are equally likely, what is
the probability that they have either 3 boys or 3 girls?