1.   In a college of 1000 girls, the dean wanted to choose a sample of 30 girls to represent the whole school. She wanted to determine average height. Which survey would get the best results?
    A. Choose 30 girls on the basketball team. B. Choose every third girl out of 100 randomly selected names.
    C. Choose 30 girls in the cafeteria at noon. D. Choose 30 gymnasts at the school.
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  2.   A pin is dropped at random onto the square below. The point of the pin lands on one of the small regions. What is the probability that the point lands inside a red area?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  3.   A history teacher has a stack of four different books. How many ways can these books be stacked?
    A. 4 B. 48
    C. 12 D. 24
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  4.   How many ways can a committee of 2 girls and 1 boy be formed from a class of 13 girls and 7 boys?
    A. 1,092 B. 546
    C. 169 D. 91
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  5.   There are 4 white marbles, 6 red marbles, and 2 blue marbles. Once a marble is selected, it is not replaced. Find the probability of selecting 2 blue marbles.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  6.   If you roll a number cube 12,000 times, predict the number of times you would roll a 6.
    A. 3,000 B. 1,000
    C. 6,000 D. 2,000
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  7.   Over the last 10 years, the probability that corn seeds planted by Mr. Johannes produce corn is . This probability is an example of _________.
    A. a theoretical probability B. both
    C. an experimental probability D. neither
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  8.   A coin is weighted so that the probability of its landing heads is 0.6. If the coin is tossed twice, find the probability of getting two heads.
    A. 0.36 B. 0.24
    C. 0.16 D. 0.08
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  9.   How many outcomes are possible from choosing a card from a standard deck of playing cards, rolling a die, and tossing a coin?
    A. 208 B. 624
    C. 312 D. 60
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  10.   How many different 5-card hands can be drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?
    A. 260 B. 62,375,040
    C. 5,197,920 D. 2,598,960
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  11.   Out of 570 jellybeans, 120 are yellow. What is the probability that a jellybean picked at random is not yellow?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  12.   Marcus can buy a white or gray sweatshirt in size medium or large. Which tree diagram represents the situation?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  13.   Consider all of the six-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 where no digit is used twice. Find the probability that one of these numbers picked at random is between 100,000 and 300,000.
    A. 24% B. 33%
    C. 40% D. 16%
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  14.   To determine what people think about the construction of a new school, the school board asks citizens to call a certain number and express their opinions. Describe the sample used by the school board.
    A. The sample is biased because it is a convenience sample.
    B. The sample is unbiased because it is a simple random sample.
    C. The sample is unbiased because it is a systematic random sample.
    D. The sample is biased because it is a voluntary response sample.
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