Word Problems
Beth has a fruit basket that holds 4 apples, 4 peaches, and 5 pears. If she randomly selects a piece of fruit, what is the probability that it's an apple or a peach?
8/13
The odds against winning a game if the odds in favor is 10:3.
3:10
Donald is rolling a number cube labeled 1 through 6, what is the probability of rolling an odd number?
3/6, 1/2, or 0.5
Given the numbers 13, 16, 113, and 15, which number is the outlier?
113
Jason flips a coin and rolls a 6 sided die. What is the probability that the coin lands on heads and the die rolls an even number?
1/4
The odds in favor of sitting in a desk of the odds against is 25:1
1:25
The odds of winning a game is 1:7, what is the probability of not winning?
6:7
Define what the term Range is in Probability
What is the largest number the smallest number (How far apart the nmbers are)?
The desks in a classroom are organized into 4 rows and 4 columns. Each day the teacher randomly assigns you to a desk. You may be assigned to the same desk more than once. Over the course of 5 days, what is the probability you are assigned to a desk in the front row at least 3 times?
45/512
Odds in favor of finding a paper in a stack if the odds against it are 250:1
What is 1:250?
You roll a 6- sided die, what is the probability of a 3 given you know the number is odd?
1/3
Find the Median of these numbers:
12, 14, 82, 61, 56, 23, 8
What is 61?
A jar is filled with colored gumballs, inside it, there are 5 blue, 7 yellow, 9 red, 4 green, and 5 purple gumballs. What is the probability of selecting a gumball that is NOT red?
3/4
You've entered your name into a drawing to win one of 25 prizes. There are 12 coupons for a free movie, 6, $25 coupons for a restaurant, 6 coupons for free admission into an amusement park, and 1 gift card for $100. Find the odds of getting the gift card.
What is 1:24?
Two cards are selected in sequence from a standard deck. Find the probability that the second card is a queen, given that the first card is a king. (Assume the king is not replaced)
4/51 or 0.078
The Statistical measure MAD, which is insensitive to outliers, uses the _________
What is Mean?
A drawer contains 5 red socks,5 white socks, and 2 blue socks. Without looking you draw a sock, return it and draw a second sock. What is the probability that the first sock is red and the second one is white?
3/20
A gumball machine contains 10 yellow, 6 red, 18 orange, and 20 blue gumballs in the machine. If a child put in a quarter find the odds of not getting a yellow gumball.
What is 22:5?
The probability that a student will pass the final examination in both English and Hindi is 0.5 and the probability of passing neither is 0.1, if the probability of passing the English examination is 0.75, then what is the probability of passing the Hindi exam?
Find the Range of the following:
2,2,4,5,8,12,18,29
What is 27?