35. Two dice are rolled. In how many ways can they fall?
(36 ways)
40. In how many ways can a committee of 4 be form from 6 students? (15
ways)
Engineering Math
45. The probability of ECE board examinees from a certain school to pass the
subject Mathematics is 3/7 and for the subject Communications is 5/7. If
none of the examinees fails both subject and there are 4 examinees who
pass both subjects, find the number of examinees from that school who took
the examinations. (28 examinees)
50. How many 4-digit numbers can be formed without repeating any digit
from the following digits: 1,2,3,4, and 6? (120 numbers)
55. In how many ways can a PSME Chapter with 15 directors choose a
President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Auditor, if no
member can hold more than. One position? (360, 360 ways)
60. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at a time are taken and
arranged any way. How many such combinations are possible? (6
combinations)
65. In Mathematics examination, a student may select 7 problems from a set
of 10 problems. In how many ways can he make his choice? (120 ways)
70. There are 50 tickets in the lottery in which there is a first and a second
prize. What is the probability of a man drawing a prize if he owns five tickets?
(1/5)
75. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of
drawing a king or a red card. (0.5385)
80. There are 3 questions in a test. For each question 1 point is awarded for a
correct answer and none for a wrong answer. If the probability that Janine
correctly answers a question in the test is 2/3, determine the probability that
she gets zero in the test. (8/27)
85. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in
succession without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are
black? (5/14)
90. There are 5 white balls, 8 red balls, 7 yellow balls and 4 green balls in a
container. A ball is chosen at random.
a. What is the probability of choosing red? (1/3) b. What is the probability
of choosing green? (1/6)
b. What is the probability of choosing either red or white? (13/24)
c. What is the probability of choosing neither white nor green? (5/8)
d. What is the probability of choosing a ball other than yellow? (17/24)
e. What is the probability of choosing black? (0)
A pair of dice is rolled.
95. Find the probability of showing either prime number on the first die or
multiple of 5 on the second die. (7/12)
100. Find the probability of not showing factors of 5 on both dice. (1/12)
105. Find the probability of showing the product 12. (1/9)
110. Find the probability of showing same numbers on both dice. (1/6)
115. Find the probability of showing sum of 13. ( O)
A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards.
120. Find the probability of drawing either a jack or queen or king. (3/13)
125. Find the probability of drawing either a spade or diamond. (1/2)
130. Find the probability of drawing a red ace. (1/26)
10 cards are numbered from 1 through 10. The cards are well
shuffled and are drawn at random.
135. Find the probability of selecting 6 of 7 in the first draw and 8 or 9 in the
second draw without replacement. (4/169)
A box contains 2 red marbles, 3 white marbles, 4 green marbles and
1 blue marble. Two marbles are drawn at random without
replacement. Find the probability of
140. Three cards are drawn without replacement. The first and the second
cards show 4 and 6 respectively. Find the probability of selecting an even
number in a third draw. (3/8)
A month is chosen from a year.
145. Find the probability of choosing a month starting with the letter M. (1/6)
150. Find the probability of selecting a month ending with the letter Y. (1/3)
Numbers from 1 to 50 are written on a piece of paper and dropped
into a box. A paper is chosen at random.
155. Find the probability of choosing an even number. (1/2)
160. Find the probability of choosing numbers greater than 25. (1/2) 161.
Find the probability of choosing numbers less than 30. (29/50)
165. Find the probability of choosing prime numbers. (3/10)
A number is chosen at random from 1 to 25.
170. Find the probability of selecting a prime number. (9/25)
A number is chosen at random from 1 to 10.
175. Find the probability of selecting a multiple of 3. (3/10)