1.   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 blue region?
   
    A. 0 B.
    C. D. 1
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  2.   A restaurant offers a choice of four types of pasta with two types of sauce. Each pasta entrée comes with or without a meatball. How many possible entrées are there?
    A. 16 B. 24
    C. 8 D. 12
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  3.   A history teacher has a stack of four different books. How many ways can these books be stacked?
    A. 24 B. 4
    C. 48 D. 12
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  4.   How many different ways can you arrange the letters in the word compare?
    A. 7! B. 5!
    C. 4! D. 6!
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  5.   How many ways can a committee of 2 girls and 1 boy be formed from a class of 13 girls and 7 boys?
    A. 546 B. 91
    C. 169 D. 1,092
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  6.   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. 0.08 B. 0.16
    C. 0.24 D. 0.36
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  7.   A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability of drawing a Jack, Queen, or King?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  8.   When randomly drawing from a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of drawing a 9 four times in a row if the cards are not replaced?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   A bag contains 5 green marbles, 4 black marbles, and 2 white marbles. The table shows the results of random drawings of marbles with replacement. What is the theoretical and experimental probability of drawing a black marble?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  10.   A ‘’word’’ is made up of three letters from a to z chosen at random. What is the probability that the word is cat?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  11.   There are 20 students in student council. Three of these students are picked to be on a committee to plan the spring dance. Does this represent a combination or a permutation? How many possible committees can be formed?
    A. combination; 6,840 committees B. combination; 1,140 committees
    C. permutation; 6,840 committees D. permutation; 1,140 committees
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  12.   Over the last 6 years, the probability that corn seeds planted by Mrs. Thompson produced corn is . If Mrs. Thompson wants to have 14,000 corn-bearing plants, how many seeds should she plant?
    A. 22,0000 seeds B. 16,000 seeds
    C. 20,000 seeds D. 18,000 seeds
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  13.   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 unbiased because it is a systematic random sample.
    B. The sample is biased because it is a voluntary response sample.
    C. The sample is unbiased because it is a simple random sample.
    D. The sample is biased because it is a convenience sample.
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  14.   To determine if a certain assembly line is producing quality radios, an employee checks every thirtieth radio leaving the assembly line. Describe the sample used by the employee.
    A. The sample is unbiased because it is a systematic random sample.
    B. The sample is biased because it is a convenience sample.
    C. The sample is unbiased because it is a stratified random sample.
    D. The sample is biased because it is a voluntary response sample.
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