Math Honors 8

Probability Quiz Retest, 2016-2017

Knowledge and Understanding Component

Name______________________________ Block _____________ Date________ KU score ______

1. Teacher John needs to make a new ISM IT password. The first four
characters should be letters of the alphabet with no repetition. The next four
characters should be digits from 0-9 with no repetition.

He is allowed to use characters from his previous password that was

john0324.

How many possible passwords can be made? Show your work and your
calculator input.

2. Block C on Wednesdays at ISM MS starts at 8:30 and ends at 9:40.

What is the probability of having a fire drill during the first four minutes of
class, and an earthquake drill from 8:38 to 8:40, and a lock-down in the last
eight minutes of class? Show your work, and answer as a simplified fraction.

This is a separate question. What is the probability of having a typhoon drill

or a lockdown in the first minute of class? Show your work, and answer as a
simplified fraction.
3. Two gambling dice with twelve sides are rolled. One is red and one is white.
What is the probability of rolling a 10 or a 12? Show your work and answer
as a simplified fraction.

4. A mutant plant that is tall and red is mated with one that that is short and
pink. The tall plant has genotype Tt. In these plants T (Tall) is dominant
over t (short), and R is co-dominant with r, such that TT and Tt are both
TALL. RR is RED, Rr is pink and rr is white.

If 64 seedlings grow up, what will they look like and how many each will
there be according to their appearance?

Show a matrix method to find the results.

5. The third season sports for boys at ISMHS are Athletics, Badminton, Softball,
and Golf.

For Athletics, 35 boys try out, but 14 are chosen.

For Badminton, 17 try out but only 7 are chosen.
For Softball, 18 try out, but only 10 are chosen.
For Golf, 13 try out, but only 4 are chosen.

How many ways are there to choose a final list of ISMHS boys to represent the
school for third season?

Show your calculator input.

Answer in scientific notation with three digits to the right of the decimal point.

6. The 8th Grade teacher awards are Funniest, Best Socks, Funniest Accent, Best
Advice Giver, and Most Likely to be a Back-Up Dancer, and Most Likely to
Have an Epic Retirement. If a teacher wins an award, he or she may not win
another (big sigh………. )

How many arrangements for awards are possible if there are 45 teachers
who are candidates?

Show 3 Methods with calculator input:

Method 1

Method 2

Method 3
 7. The diagonal of the central square of this square pyramid (the same one you
constructed) is 5 cm. Calculate the probability of a projectile striking the
inside of the shaded area. Show all steps clearly for full credit.

You may answer as a fraction, even if there is a radical in the denominator.

You may also answer as a decimal with three digits to the right of the decimal point.