Probability
1. A box contains 10 pairs of shoes (20 shoes in
total). If two shoes are selected at random,
what is the probability that they are matching
shoes?
A. 1/190 B. 1/20 C. 1/19
D. 1/10 E. 1/90
2. At a certain car dealership, the 40 vehicles
equipped with air conditioning represent 80% of
all cars available for sale. Among all the cars,
there are 15 convertibles, 14 of which are
equipped with an air- conditioning system. If a
customer is willing to purchase either a
convertible or a car equipped with air
conditioning, what is the probability that a
randomly selected vehicle will fit customer
specifications?
3. The seller at a gifting shop has noticed that
33% of the people bought Roses and
Chocolates. However, 25% of the people who
bought chocolates did not buy roses. What is the
probability that the next person will not buy
chocolates?
A. 25% B. 35% C. 44% D. 56% E.88%
4. Jane and Jack have six children. If the
probability of having a girl child is 50%,
independent of whether they have a girl child or
not. What is the probability they have exactly 3
girls ?
A. 1/32 B. 2/25 C. 5/16 D. 8/25
E. 1/6
5. If x is a randomly chosen integer between 1
and 20, inclusive, and y is a randomly chosen
integer between 21 and 40,inclusive, what is the
probability that xy is a multiple of 4?
A. 1/4 B. 1/3 C. 3/8
D.7/16 E.
6. Bill has a small deck of 12 playing cards made
up of only 2 suits of 6 cards each. Each of the 6
cards within a suit has a different value from 1 to
6; thus, for each value from 1 to 6, there are two
cards in the deck with that value. Bill likes to play
a game in which he shuffles the deck, turns over 4
cards, and looks for pairs of cards that have the
same value. What is the chance that Bill finds at
least one pair of cards that have the same value?
A. 8/33 B. 62/165 C. 17/33 D. 103/165
E. 25/33
7. In a room filled with 7 people, 4 people
have exactly 1 sibling in the room and 3
people have exactly 2 siblings in the room.
If two individuals are selected from the
room at random, what is the probability
that those two individuals are NOT siblings?
A. 5/21 B. 3/7 C. 4/7 D. 5/7
E. 16/21
8. At a blind taste competition a contestant is
offered 3 cups of each of the 3 samples of tea
in a random arrangement of 9 marked cups. If
each contestant tastes 4 different cups of tea,
what is the probability that a contestant does
not taste all of the samples?
A. 1/12 B. 5/14 C. 4/9 D.
E. 2/3
9. If 13 + 40 = and p is a positive
integer between 1 and 10, inclusive, what is the
probability that q < 0?
.
A. 1/10 B. 1/5 C. 2/5 D. 3/5 E.3/10
10. There are y different travellers who each have
a choice of vacationing at one of n different
destinations. What is the probability that all y
travellers will end up vacationing at the same
destination?
A. 1/n! B. n/n! C. 1/
D. 1/ E. /
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11. A license plate in the country Kerrania
consists of four digits followed by two
letters. The letters A, B, and C are used
only by government vehicles while the
letters D through Z are used by non-
government vehicles. Kerrania's
intelligence agency has recently captured
a message from the country Gonzalia
indicating that an electronic transmitter
has been installed in a Kerrania
government vehicle with a license plate
starting with 79. If it takes the police 10
minutes to inspect each vehicle, what is
the probability that the police will find the
transmitter within three hours?
14. There are 5 pairs of white, 3 pairs of black and
2 pairs of grey socks in a drawer. If four socks are
picked at random what is the probability of
getting two socks of the same color ?
A. 1/5 B. 2/5 C. 3/4 D. 4/5 E. 1
15. Meg is baking a cake that requires 3 eggs, and
she has a carton of one dozen eggs. Half of the
eggs are white and the other half is brown. If she
chooses 3 eggs at random, what is the probability
that she chooses a white egg, then a brown egg,
and another brown egg, in that order?
A. 1/144 B. 1/48 C.1/16 E.1/4

A. 18/79 B. 1/6 C. 1/25 D. 1/50

E. 1/900

12. Two dice have sides numbered 1 to 6.

When these two dice are rolled the score is
the sum of the numbers on the upper face

Quantity A Quantity B
Probability of score Probability of score
3 4

13. Matthew is playing a game in which the

object is to toss a ball into a coloured hole in a
grid with only coloured and non-coloured holes. If
the probability of his getting the ball into a
coloured hole is 1/15, then which of the following
could be the total number of holes in the grid?
Indicate all such values.

15

25

30

45

50

65