Vocabulary
Permutations
Combinations
Probability
Hodge Podge
100
Selection of r objects from a group of n objects where the order is not important.
What is combination?
100
P 9 1
What is 9?
100
C 7 7
What is 1?
100
Actually doing an event and coming up with a certain number of trials is called ______________.
What is experimental probability?
100
P (A) = 0.3 P (B) = 0.4 P (A and B) = _____
What is 0.12?
200
The expression 3 x 2 x 1 can also be written 3!
What is factorial?
200
P 10 2
What is 90?
200
c 18 4
What is 3060?
200
A card is randomly drawn from a standard deck.
What is 1/3?
200
You and two friends go to the same store at different times to buy prom dresses. There are 15 different prom dresses at the store. The store has 3 of each dress. What is the probability that each of you chooses a different dress?
What is .809?
300
Triangular pattern named after a French mathematician.
What is Pascal's Triangle?
300
P 12 7
What is 3,991,680?
300
A standard deck of 52 playing cards has 4 suits with 13 different cards in each suit. How many different 5-card hands are possible?
What is 2,598,960?
300
A card is randomly drawn from a standard deck. What are the odds against drawing a queen?
What is 12/1?
300
Of 100 students, 23 are taking Calculus, 29 are taking French, and 12 are taking both Calculus and French. If a student is picked at random, what is the probability that the student is taking Calculus or French?
What is 2/5?
400
Two events are ______if the occurrence of one has no effect on the occurrence of the other.
What is independent?
400
An ice skating competition features 8 skaters. How many different ways can the skaters finish the competition?
What is 40,320?
400
William Shakespeare wrote 38 plays that can be divided into three genres. Of the 38 plays, 18 are comedies, 10 are histories, and 10 are tragedies. How many different sets of exactly 2 comedies and 1 tragedy can you read?
What is 1530?
400
Page 736, # 23 a
What is 5/32?
400
page 729, # 45 a.
What is about 0.143?
500
Two events that have no outcomes in common.
What is disjoint or mutually exclusive?
500
If there are 8 skaters, how many different ways can 3 of the skaters finish first, second, and third?
What is 336?
500
When finding the number of ways both an event A and an event B can occur you need to _____________. When finding the number of ways that event A or event B can occur, you ___________.
What is multiply? add?
500
Page 736, # 23 b
What is 1/6?
500
page 737, # 24
What is about 0.163?
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