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How many possible outcomes are there if a die is rolled and a coin is tossed at the same time? |
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12 |
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36 |
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6 |
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2 |
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A weather forecaster states that the probability of rain is 30%. What are the odds that it will rain? |
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A. |
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What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 6 on a number cube? |
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B. |
1 |
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C. |
0 |
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A hockey team has red sweaters, white sweaters, and blue sweaters. The team uses red or blue pants and red or white socks. Find the number of possible uniforms. |
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5 |
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12 |
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C. |
10 |
D. |
7 |
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In how many different ways can someone arrange 8 books on a shelf? |
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362,880 |
B. |
36 |
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C. |
40,320 |
D. |
4,096 |
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A number cube is rolled and a coin is tossed. What is the probability of rolling a 5 and tossing tails? |
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The table shows the results when a number cube was rolled. What is the experimental probability of rolling a five? |
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A. |
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The table shows the results when a number cube was rolled. What is the experimental probability of rolling an even number? |
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A. |
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B. |
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C. |
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In a game a player tosses a number cube and chooses one of 26 alphabet cards. What is P(1 or 6, X or Y)? |
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B. |
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C. |
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D. |
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A bag of marbles has 4 blue marbles, 1 red marble, 5 green marbles and 6 orange marbles. One marble is taken from the bag. It is not replaced. Then another marble is taken from the bag. What is the probability that the first marble is blue and the second marble is orange? |
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A. |
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B. |
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A movie company polled 700 of its 500,000 moviegoers to select their favorite type of movie. The results are shown in the chart. How many moviegoers can be expected to see a musical or cartoon? |
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A. |
115 |
B. |
8,214 |
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C. |
82,143 |
D. |
115,000 |
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A movie company polled 700 of its 500,000 moviegoers to select their favorite type of movie. The results are shown in the chart. How many moviegoers can be expected to see a drama? |
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128,571 |
B. |
12,857 |
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C. |
180 |
D. |
180,000 |
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A chess club is thinking of selling magazines as a fundraiser. The company states the probability of making $6,000 is 0.67 and the probability of losing $2500 is 0.27. The company claims that on average any club makes over $5000. Is this claim accurate? Why or why not? |
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no; The expected value was over $5000. |
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yes; The expected value is under $5000. |
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no; The expected value is under $5000. |
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yes; The expected value was over $5000 |
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A school is thinking of selling candy bars as a fundraiser. The company states the probability of making $20,000 is 0.7 and the probability of losing $6500 is 0.37. The company claims that on average any club makes over $10,000. Is this claim accurate? Why or why not? |
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yes; The expected value was over $10,000 |
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yes; The expected value is under $10,000. |
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no; The expected value is under $10,000 |
D. |
no; The expected value was over $10,000 |
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