Combinatorial Mathematics Quiz
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What is the probability of randomly selecting 3 cereal boxes from 10, where 5 are made by General Mills and all 3 selected are General Mills?

  • 1/14
  • 1/15
  • 1/16
  • 1/12 (correct)
  • How many different ways can you choose 3 cereal boxes from 10 different types if you cannot pick two of the same type?

  • 120 (correct)
  • 123
  • 121
  • 122
  • At the school cafeteria, 4 boys and 3 girls are forming a lunch line. If the boys must stand in the first two and last two positions, how many different lines can be formed?

  • 147
  • 144 (correct)
  • 146
  • 148
  • John is picking out his clothes. If he has 6 different shirts, 4 pairs of pants, and 8 socks, and an outfit consists of 1 shirt, 1 pair of pants and 2 socks, how many different outfit combinations are possible?

    <p>672</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A bank issues 4-digit customer ID codes using digits 0 through 9. How many unique codes are possible?

    <p>10000</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A restaurant menu has 4 first courses, 5 second courses, and 2 desserts. How many different meals can you create by selecting one of each?

    <p>40</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A restaurant offers 5 appetizers, 5 entrees, and 4 desserts. How many ways are there to order a fixed-price special dinner, consisting of one of each?

    <p>100</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A bank issues 3-letter customer ID codes, using letters that can only be used once per code. How many unique codes are possible?

    <p>15600</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many arrangements are possible for 10 distinct items taken 4 at a time, if one particular item is always included?

    <p>2016</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the total number of distinct arrangements possible for the letters in the word 'DOGMATIC'?

    <p>40320</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If 3 ladies and 3 gentlemen are seated at a round table, with the condition that exactly two ladies always sit together, in how many ways can this be arranged?

    <p>72</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In how many ways can 7 boys sit at a round table if two particular boys must always sit together?

    <p>240</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the probability of drawing a spade or an ace from a standard deck of 52 cards?

    <p>4/13</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A jar contains 5 red, 3 blue, and 2 green marbles. Two marbles are drawn with replacement. What is the probability that both are red?

    <p>0.25</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many ways can 7 girls form a ring?

    <p>720</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the letters of the word 'DAUGHTER' are arranged so that the vowels always occupy odd places, how many different words can be formed?

    <p>576</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A box contains 4 red, 5 blue, and 7 yellow balls. If two balls are drawn without replacement, what is the probability that both are yellow?

    <p>7/40</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A deck of 52 cards is shuffled and two cards are drawn. What is the probability that both cards are of the same suit?

    <p>4/17</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many ways can the letters of the word 'TRIANGLE' be arranged so that the word 'ANGLE' is always present?

    <p>24</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, without repeating any digit?

    <p>96</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A box contains 5 apples, 3 oranges, and 4 bananas. If three fruits are drawn without replacement, what is the probability that they are all apples?

    <p>1/44</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A die is rolled twice. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers rolled is greater than 8?

    <p>5/18</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A classroom contains 6 boys and 9 girls. If two students are selected at random, what is the probability that both students are girls?

    <p>1/3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card is a face card (Jack, Queen, or King)?

    <p>3/13</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the probability of forming a committee of exactly 3 men and 2 women from a group of 6 men and 4 women?

    <p>2/77</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A lottery has 10 prizes and 90 blanks. What is the probability of drawing a ticket that wins a prize?

    <p>1/10</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability of getting at least one head?

    <p>7/8</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the product of the numbers rolled is even?

    <p>3/4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A jar contains 8 red, 7 blue, and 5 yellow marbles. If three marbles are drawn without replacement, what is the probability that all three are red?

    <p>56/969</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A school is composed of 60% boys and 40% girls. If you randomly select a student, what is the probability of selecting a boy or a girl?

    <p>1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A card is drawn randomly from a standard 52-card deck. What is the probability of drawing either a queen or a heart?

    <p>5/13</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A batch of cookies includes 10% that are burnt. If you randomly select 12 cookies, what is the probability that none are burnt?

    <p>0.2824</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A box contains 144 pens, and 20 are defective. If a pen is selected at random, what is the probability it is not defective?

    <p>31/36</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A batsman hits 6 boundaries in 30 balls. What is the probability that in a given ball he won't hit a boundary?

    <p>4/5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A number is chosen randomly from the first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability it is a multiple of both 3 and 4?

    <p>2/25</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If $x$ is chosen from the set {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2}, what is the probability that $x^2$ is less than or equal to 4?

    <p>4/5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A dice is thrown twice. What is the probability the product of the two numbers is even?

    <p>3/4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If two dice are thrown, what is the probability of getting an even number on one die and an odd number on the other?

    <p>1/2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the probability of winning a game is 0.3, what is the probability of losing the game?

    <p>0.7</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the probability of rolling a 1 and then a 5 when a fair six-sided die is thrown once?

    <p>1/3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the probability of randomly selecting a ball that is neither red nor green from a box containing 8 red, 7 blue, and 6 green balls?

    <p>1/3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the probability of a husband being selected for a job is 1/7 and for his wife it is 1/5, what is the probability that only one of them is selected?

    <p>2/7</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When two dice are rolled, what is the probability that the total score is a prime number?

    <p>5/12</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a lottery with 10 prizes and 25 blanks, what is the probability of drawing a prize?

    <p>2/7</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the probability of drawing two cards from a pack of 52 such that both cards are black or both are queens?

    <p>55/221</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From tickets numbered 1 to 20, what is the probability that the drawn ticket is a multiple of 3 or 5?

    <p>9/20</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Three students have chances of solving a problem as 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved?

    <p>3/4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the probability of Rachel flipping two heads with her biased coin if the probability of flipping two heads is 0.16?

    <p>0.36</p> Signup and view all the answers

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    Test your knowledge in combinatorial mathematics with this quiz. It covers various probability and combination problems, from selecting cereal boxes to forming lunch lines and calculating outfit combinations. Perfect for students looking to strengthen their understanding of counting principles.

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