FOURTH QUARTER ASSESSMENT IN MATHATICS 10

May 20 – 21, 2024

Name: ____________________________________ Grade & Section: __________ Score: ________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on the space provided
before each number. (2 points each; 40 points)
_____1. From a bag containing 4 blue balls, 6 brown balls, and 5 red balls, 1 ball is drawn. What is
the probability that it is either brown or blue?
1 2 1 3
A. B. C. D.
3 3 4 4
_____2. A bag contains 5 red balls, 4 green balls, and 3 blue balls. One ball is taken from the bag,
then placed back. Then another ball is taken from the bag. What is the probability of
choosing a green and then a blue ball?
1 2 1 3
A. B. C. D.
7 7 12 4
_____3. A box contains 3 white marbles and 4 yellow marbles. What is the probability of drawing 2
yellow marbles and 1 white marble in succession without replacement?
48 36 9 6
A. B. C. D.
343 343 70 35
_____4. A die is rolled once. What is the probability of getting an odd number or getting a number greater
than 3?
5 4 3 2
A. B. C. D.
6 6 6 6
_____5. If P(E) is the probability that an event will occur, which of the following must be false?
1 1
A. P ( E )=1 B. P ( E )= C. P ( E )= D. P ( E )=−1
2 3
_____6. A standard deck of 52 cards has been shuffled. What is the probability of choosing the 5 of
diamonds?
1 1 5 1
A. B. C. D.
5 13 52 52
_____7. A die is rolled. What is the probability that the number will show up is greater than 2 and that
is even?
1 1 2 5
A. B. C. D.
2 3 3 6
_____8. When we subtract the probability of an event from 1, we are using the:
A. rule of subjective probability C. the General Rule of Addition
B. the complement rule D. the Special Rule of Multiplication
_____9. There are 10 pens and 15 pencils in a box. If a student selects two of them at random, then
what is the probability of selecting a pen and then a pencil?
7 1 1 11
A. B. C. D.
12 4 2 12
_____10. A basket contains 5 purple pencils and 9 brown pencils. If two pencils are picked at random
one after the other without replacement, then what is the probability that both the pencils are
purple?
 9 2 5 10
A. B. C. D.
182 91 182 91
_____11. In a box there are 3 red pens, 2 green pens, and 1 blue pen. What is the probability of
picking a red pen, not replacing it, and then picking a blue pen?
1 1 4 2
A. B. C. D.
2 10 11 3
_____12. A bag contains 9 green marbles, 5 yellow marbles and 6 red marbles. You choose one
marble. What is the probability of selecting a green or red marble?
8 3 6 2
A. B. C. D.
15 4 11 3