Binomial
Geometric
Weird Questions
100

These are the 4 letters we use to determine if a setting is binomial

BINS

100

Javier volunteers in community events each month. He does not do more than five events in a month. He attends exactly five events 35% of the time, four events 25% of the time, three events 20% of the time, two events 10% of the time, one event 5% of the time, and no events 5% of the time. Find the probability that Javier volunteers for less than three events each month.

Nice

100

Mr. Zenner Trivia

Yes

200

These are the four things we have to check to satisfy a binomial setting

Binary

Independent

Fixed # of trials

Probability of success stays the same

200

Amy's husband has a .18 chance of getting flowers for her on any given day.  In a week, what is the probability that she gets exactly 1 set of flowers?


Which condition is not satisfied (if ay)?

Trials

200

Which instrument does Mr. Zenner NOT play

a. Saxophone

b. Flute

c. Clarinet

d. Tuba

d. Tuba!

300

If there are 24 skittles in a particular bag, this is the probability of finding 4 orange skittles.

Which condition is not satisfied here (if any)?

Success

300
This is the probability that the first success of a series of trials is on the 5th trial when the probability of success is 0.38.
What is 0.056 or 5.6%?
300

What class did Mr. Zenner take in high school to get his PE credit?

online bowling

400

This is the probability of a binomial distribution where the probability of success is .34, and we are looking for exactly 5 successes out of 15 trials.

What is .214 or 21.4%?

400
The probability that a typical bag of potato chips is under filled is 68%. This is the probability that the first bag of potato chips bought from a vending machine that is under filled is the 6th bag of chips bought.
What is 0.0022 or .22%?
400

Let D = Mr. Zenner's age and let A = Ariana Grande's age.  Which of the following is true?

a) D > A

b) D < A

c) D = A


b.

500

This is the probability that 7 out of 10 surgeries will be successful when the probability of having a successful surgery is 90%.

What is .0574

500
This is the probability that the on a multiple choice quiz with 4 options for each question, if you randomly select answers, your first correct answer will be on the 4th question.
What is 0.105 or 10.5%?
500

What country produces Mr. Zenner's favorite coffee

Ethiopia

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