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100
How many ways can we order a four topping pizza if there are seven toppings to chose from?
35
100
There are 11 clowns in a circus, how many ways can you group the clowns if only three preform in a show. Would this be a combination problem or a permutation problem?
Combination
100
An arrangement of objects or values where order matters.
What is a permutation?
100
n!/(n-r)!
What is the formula to find the number of permutations in a problem?
100
The difference between my highest value and lowest value.
What is the range?
200
Compute 6P3
120
200
There is a school raffle this week, the first prize is a coffee mug, the second prize is a car, and the third prize is a candy bar. How many ways can you hand out the prizes in 100 students entered the raffle? Would this be a combination problem or a permutation problem?
Permutation
200
A way of arranging objects or values where order does not matter.
What is a combination?
200
The expected outcome divided by the the total number of outcomes.
What is probability?
200
The middle value in a set.
What is the median?
300
Solve 8P2
56
300
An unfair sample taken that will skew my final results towards something I want.
What is sampling bias?
300
A sampling technique where every kth object is surveyed.
What is a systematic sampling?
300
A compound probability where one event has an effect on the probability of another.
What is a dependent event?
300
The presidential election is an example of this measure of central tendency.
The mode.
400
How many ways can you deal a five card hand from a standard deck if order doesn't matter?
2,598,960
400
The total number of objects to choose from.
What is 'n' in nPr or nCr?
400
The total number of outcomes in an experiment.
What is sample space?
400
Events that have no overlapping outcomes.
What are mutually exclusive events?
400
From this list of numbers: 3, 2, 6, 6, 8. This measure of central tendency is 5.
The mean
500
There are 53 band students performing in a show. In how many ways can I rearrange them so my two be saxomophone players sit closest to the microphones?
1,378
500
To open your locker, you must dial a sequence of three numbers called the lock’s combination. Given that there are 40 numbers on a lock, how many different locker combinations are there?
59,280
500
The ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials or times the activity is performed.
What is experimental probability?
500
A question framed in a way that leads the answerer to one type of response.
What is a biased question?
500
This is the group from which I take a sample.
What is the population?
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