8.

A coin is tossed four times, if H = head and T = tail, what

is the probability of the tosses coming up in the order
Chapter1 Lesson 2 HTHH?

A. 1. 3/16
1. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is
drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket B. 2. 1/16
drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?

A. 1/2 C. 3. 5/16
B. 2/5
C. 8/15 D. 4. 7/16
D. 9/20
Answer: D
2.What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws Answer: B
of a dice?
9. Find the probability of throwing a total of 8 in a single
A. 1/6 throw with two dice.
B. 1/8
C. 1/9 A. 1/36
D. 1/12
Answer:C
B. 5/36
3.Find the value of x in the table

C. 25/36
x 0 1 2 3
P(X=x 0.41 0.45 0.11 0.03
D. 12/36
)
Answer: B
4.A pack contains 4 blue, 2 red and 3 black pens. If 2 pens
are drawn at random from the pack, NOT replaced and then
another pen is drawn. What is the probability of drawing 2 10. Construction the probability distribution the probability of
blue pens and 1 black pen?
baking factory producing 10, 20, 30 ,40 stocks per day are 0.12,
A. Probability of drawing 1 blue pen = 4/9
B. Probability of drawing another blue pen = 3/8 0.30, 0.34, 0.50
C. Probability of drawing 1 black pen = 3/7
D. Probability of drawing 2 blue pens and 1 black pen = 4/9
* 3/8 * 3/7 = 1/14 x

5. Three coins are tossed up in the air, one at a time. What is

the probability that two of them will land heads up and one P(X=x)
will land tails up?

A. 0
B. 1/8
C. 1/4
D. 3/8
Answer: D

6. A two-digit number is chosen at random. What is the

probability that the chosen number is a multiple of 7?

A. 1/10
B. 1/9
C. 11/90
D. 12/90
E. 13/90
Answer: E

7. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of

getting at most two heads?
A. 3/4
B. 1/4
C. 3/8
D. 7/8

Answer: A