CLARK COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Third Quarter

Quiz in Statistics and Probability

Name: __________________________ Section: ______________ Date: __________

General Direction: Read each item carefully. Show your complete solution and box your final answer. Always
express answer in simplest form.

I. Identify what is being described in each statement below.

________________1. This refers to the chance that an event will happen.

________________2. The term used for the observations of the experiment.

________________3. An event which consists of two or more events.

________________4. It is an action or process that leads to one of several possible outcomes.

________________5. It is known as the subset of sample space.

II. Solve for the following problems.

1. In a class of 40 Grade 11 students, 21 students live in Mabiga, 10 students live in Camachiles and the rest
are from Dau. What is the probability of calling a student

A. Who lives in Mabiga?

B. Who is not from Camachiles?

C. Who is from Mabalacat City?

2. A tray contains sandwiches of the following kinds: 4 ham sandwiches, 6 cheese sandwiches, 2 tuna
sandwiches, and 3 egg sandwiches. What is the probability of

A. Not picking ham sandwich?

B. Picking an egg sandwich?

C. Picking a chicken sandwich?

3. From a pack of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of drawing

A. A black card?

B. A spade?
 C. A card which is not a face card?

4. What is the probability of picking the letters that can be found in the word STATISTICS from an envelope
containing the letters of the English alphabet?

5. What is the probability of getting an even number from the dates of October calendar?

III. The following problem involves the addition and multiplication rule of probability. Read each problem
carefully and use the appropriate formula for each item.

1. When a die is tossed twice what is the probability of getting a sum of:

A. 3 or 6

B. 9 and 12

2. If a card is drawn from a standard deck of card, what is the probability of drawing:

A. A “7” or a Jack

B. A black card or an ace

Prepared by:

Kim Gabrielle M. Del Puerto

Subject Teacher