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MATHEMATICS – ALGEBRA

PROBLEM SET # 4
INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your choice.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. One fair die is used in a dice game. The player wins $25 if he rolls either a 1 or a 6. He loses $5 if he turns up
any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of the die?
A. $1.00 B. $3.00 C. $5.00 D. $7.00

2. An urn contains four black balls and eight white balls. What is the probability of getting one black ball and one
white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn without replacement?
A. 0.285 B. 0.485 C. 0.685 D. 0.885

3. A marksman can hit a bull’s-eye from 100 m with three out of every four shots. What is the probability that he will
hit a bull’s-eye with at least one of the next four shots?
A. 215/256 B. 235/256 C. 255/256 D. 275/256

4. What is the probability that either three heads or four heads will be thrown if six fair coins are tossed at once?
A. 0.147 B. 0.347 C. 0.547 D. 0.747

5. What are the mean and sample standard deviation of the following numbers?
71.3 74.0 74.25 78.54 79.4
A. 75.5, 3.39 B. 77.5, 4.39 C. 79.5, 5.39 D. 73.5, 6.39

6. Five fair coins are tossed at once. What is the probability of obtaining three heads and two tail?
A. 0.1125 B. 0.3125 C. 0.5125 D. 0.7125

7. What is the sample variance of the following numbers? 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
A. 20 B. 22 C. 24 D. 26

8. What is the probability of picking an orange ball and a white ball out of a bag containing seven orange balls, eight
green balls, and four white balls?
A. 0.16374 B. 0.36374 C. 0.56374 D. 0.76374

9. A bag contains 100 balls numbered 1 to 100. One ball is drawn from the bag. What is the probability that the
number on the ball selected will be odd or greater than 90?
A. 0.15 B. 0.35 C. 0.55 D . 0.75

10. 100 random samples were taken from a large population. A particular numerical characteristic of sampled items
was measured. The results of the measurements were as follows.
45 measurements were between 0.759 and 0.800
0.801 was observed twice
0.802 was observed twice
0.803 was observed four times
0.804 was observed twice
45 measurements were between 0.805 and 0.858
The smallest value was 0.759, and the largest value was 0.858. The sum of all 100 measurement was 81.170.
except those noted, no measurements occurred more than twice. What is the mean of the measurements?
A. 0.412 B. 0.612 C. 0.812 D. 1.012

11. What is the sample variance of the following data?

0.50, 0.80, 0.75, 0.52, 0.60, 0.83
A. 0.021 B. 0.121 C. 0.221 D. 0.321

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12. How many different sequences of 10 signal flags can be constructed from 4 red flags and 6 blue flags?
A. 200 B. 210 C. 220 D. 230

13. Two cards are drawn from an ordinary deck of 52. What is the probability of getting a spade and a diamond?
A. 0.127 B. 0.227 C. 0.337 D. 0.557

14. Determine the sum of odd numbers from 1 to 681 of the following integers.
A. 198,093 B. 189,041 C. 116,281 D. 418,419

15. In how many ways an organization with 10 directors choose a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a
Treasurer and an Auditor, if no member can hold more than one position?
A. 30,240 B. 32,945 C. 34,092 D. 36,384

16. A PSME has 20ME’s, 12PME’s and 8 CPM. If a committee of 3 members, one of each from each group is to be
formed, how many such committees can be formed?
A. 1620 B. 1720 C. 1820 D. 1920

17. An urn contains 10 black balls and 15 white balls. What is the probability of getting 1 black and 1 white ball in
two consecutive draws from the urn?
A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 1.50 D. 2.0

18. An organization held a lottery to raise funds for their organization, with P100,000 top prize and with 5,000 tickets
printed and sold. What is the mathematical expectation of a member if he bought 30 tickets?
A. P200 B. P300 C. P500 D. P600

19. In a dice game, one fair die is used. The player wins P24.00 if he rolls either a 1 or 6. He losses P6.00 if he
turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for one roll of die?
A. P2.00 B. P3.00 C. P4.00 D. P5.00

20. The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket will function correctly is 0.95. The reliability of the first
stage is 0.98. What is the reliability of the second stage?
A. 0.95 B. 0.96 C. 0.97 D. 0.98

21. How many permutations can be made from the word ALCORCON?
A. 10,080 B. 11,080 C. 12,080 D. 13,080

22. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like Chemistry. How many like both Calculus and Chemistry?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13

23. A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tail?
A. 1/8 B. 3/8 C. ¼ D. ½

24. On a bookshelf there are 10 different Algebra books, 6 different Geometry books and 4 different Calculus books.
In how many ways can you choose 3 books, one of each kind?
A. 240 B. 260 C. 280 D. 300

25. In how many ways can two numbers whose sum is even be chosen from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, and 11?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 7 D. 9

26. A basketball coach has a total of 10 players. In how many ways can be field a team of 5 players if the captain
ball is always included?
A. 42 B. 70 C. 126 D. 25

27. An association has 15 officials. How many 4-member committees can be formed from these officials?
A. 1,365 B. 1,966 C. 1,638 D. 1,138

28. Determine the number of permutations of 8 distinct objects, taken 3 at a time.

A. 504 B. 210 C. 120 D. 336

29. A student is to answer 8 out of 10 questions on an exam. Find the number of choices.
A. 45 B. 50 C. 40 D. 60

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30. Find the number of ways in which 6 teachers can be assigned to 4 sections of an introductory psychology
courses if no teacher is assigned to more than one section.
A. 60 B. 240 C. 120 D. 360

31. American was tested by their blood samples A, B, AB and O. The proportion of the blood type samples of the
Caucasians are 0.41, 0.1, 0.04 and 0.45 respectively. Find the probability that the Caucasian that he or she is
either A or AB.
A. 0.43 B. 0.51 C. 0.55 D. 0.45

32. Find the probability of getting a spade and a face card (Jack, Queen, King) in an ordinary deck of 52 cards.
A. 3/39 B. 3/52 C. 1/52 D. 1/49

33. Given a well-balanced coin, what is the probability of getting a head or a tail in the long run?
A. 70:50 B. 50:50 C. 40:60 D. 30:50

34. With a throw of 3 dice, what is the probability of getting a 9 or an 11?

A. 50/216 B. 54/216 C. 56/216 D. 52/216

35. If a card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards of 4 suits. What is the probability that it will be a Jack, Queen or a
King.
A. 4/52 B. 12/52 C. 8/52 D. 16/52

36. A drawer contains 10 white and 6 black balls, what is the probability of randomly drawing two black balls?
A. 0.125 B. 0.250 C. 0.117 D. 0.500

37. A box contains 8 red, 3 white, and 9 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, determine the probability that all 3
are red.
A. 12/285 B. 14/285 C. 16/285 D. 18/285

38. Determine the probability p of the event one or more heads appear in the toss of three fair coins.
A. 7/8 B. 8/9 C. 5/6 D. 2/3

39. Box A contains 5 red marble and 3 blue marbles, and Box B contains 2 red and 3 blue. A marble drawn at
random from each box. Find the probability that one is red and one is blue.
A. 3/8 B. 5/8 C. 3/20 D. 21/40

40. The probability that Ed hits a targets is ¼. He fires 6 times. Find the probability that he hits thetarget at least
once.
A. 0.780 B. 0.740 C. 0.820 D. 0.800

41. A family has six children. Find the probability that there are three boys and three girls. Assume that the
probability of any particular child being a boy is ½.
A. 1/8 B. 5/16 C. 3/8 D. ¼

42. The probability that A hits a target is 1/3 and the probability that B hits the target is 1/5. They both fire at the
target. Find the probability that A does not hit the target.
A. 8/5 B. 2/3 C. 1/3 D. 1/15

43. One prominent physician claims that 70% of those lungs cancer are chain smokers. If his assessment is correct.
Find the probability that of 10 patients recently admitted to a hospital, fewer than half assessment are smokers.
A. 0.0382 B. 0.0344 C. 0.0438 D. 0.0474

44. Given n = 5 with measurements 2, 1, 1, 3, 5. What is the sample variance?

A. 1.496 B. 2.24 C. 2.8 D. 2.4

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ANSWER KEY:

1. C 10. C 19. C 28. D 37. B

2. B 11. A 20. C 29. A 38. A
3. C 12. B 21. A 30. D 39. D
4. C 13. A 22. C 31. D 40. C
5. A 14. C 23. C 32. B 41. B
6. B 15. A 24. A 33. B 42. B
7. C 16. D 25. D 34. B 43. D
8. A 17. A 26. C 35. B 44. C
9. C 18. D 27. A 36. A

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