Mathematics 10 Quarter 4

Examination Reviewer
(Part 1)
1. How many possible outcomes are there in tossing
three coins once? To find the total number of possible outcomes when tossing
three coins once, you can use the concept of permutations.

A. 3 possible outcomes Each coin toss has 2 possible outcomes: either heads or tails.
Since there are 3 coins being tossed, the total number of

B. 4 possible outcomes outcomes is found by multiplying the number of outcomes

for each coin toss together.

C. 6 possible outcomes So, for three coins, it would be

2×2×2=8.
D. 8 possible outcomes Thus, the correct answer is: D. 8 possible outcomes
2. If you were only guessing on a true-or-false test,
what is the probability of choosing the correct answer?
In a true-or-false test, there are only two possible outcomes

A. 1/4 for each question: true or false. Therefore, if you were

guessing randomly, you would have a 50% chance of
selecting the correct answer for any given question.
B. 1/2
So, the correct answer is: B. 1/2
C. 3/4 This is because there's a ½ or 50% probability of choosing
D. 1 the correct answer by random guessing.
3. When a fair die is rolled once, what is the probability
of not getting a 5?
When a fair die is rolled once, there are six possible
outcomes: getting a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Since each outcome is
equally likely, the probability of rolling any specific number
A. 1/6 is
1/6.
B. 1/3 To find the probability of not getting a 5, you need to
C. 2/3 consider all the outcomes that are not 5, which are 1, 2, 3, 4,
and 6. There are 5 outcomes that satisfy this condition out of
D. 5/6 the 6 possible outcomes.

So, the probability of not getting a 5 is

5/6.

Therefore, the correct answer is: D. 5/6

4. A letter is randomly chosen from the word
“STATISTICS”. What is the probability that a letter A
or T is selected? First, let's count how many occurrences of the letters A and
T there are in the word "STATISTICS":

A. 1/2 There are 3 occurrences of the letter T.

There are 2 occurrences of the letter A.
So, there are a total of 3 + 2 = 5 occurrences of either A or T.
B. 7/8 Now, the total number of letters in the word "STATISTICS"
C. 4/9 is 10.

D. 2/9 Therefore, the probability of selecting a letter A or T is the

number of occurrences of A or T divided by the total number
of letters: 5/10 or 1/2

So, the correct answer is: A. 1/2

5. A fair die is rolled. What is the probability of getting
a number more than 3 or a prime number?
Let's break down the possibilities:

Numbers more than 3: These are 4, 5, and 6. So, there are 3 outcomes.
A. 5/6 Prime numbers: These are 2, 3, and 5. So, there are 3 outcomes.
However, we need to be careful not to double-count the number 5, which is both more than 3 and a
B. 2/3 prime number.

C. 1/4 So, the total number of outcomes that meet either condition is 5.

D. 1/6 Now, the total number of possible outcomes when rolling a fair die is 6.

Therefore, the probability of getting a number more than 3 or a prime number is the number of
outcomes that meet the condition divided by the total number of possible outcomes is 5/6.

So, the correct answer is: A. 5/6

6. In a graduating class of 100 students, 45 will study
Mathematics, 60 will study Physics, and 35 will study
both Mathematics and Physics. If one of these students is
selected at random, find the probability that the student
will study Physics but NOT Mathematics.
Using the principle of inclusion-exclusion, we find that the number of students studying Physics
A. 1/2 only is: Total number studying Physics - Number studying both Physics and Mathematics
60−35=25

B. 1/3 So, there are 25 students studying Physics only.

Now, the total number of students in the class is 100.
C. 1/4 Therefore, the probability of selecting a student who studies Physics but not Mathematics is: 25/100
or 1/4
D. 2/3 So, the correct answer is: C. 1/4
7. Two fair dice, each with faces numbered 1 to 6 are
rolled once. What is the probability of getting a sum
that is greater than 4 and less than 8?
Let's calculate the total number of possible outcomes when rolling two fair dice.
Since each die has 6 faces, there are 6×6=36 possible outcomes.

A. 1/4 Out of these, the outcomes with sums 5, 6, and 7 are as follows:

Sum 5: (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1) - 4 outcomes

B. 4/9 Sum 6: (1, 5), (2, 4), (3, 3), (4, 2), (5, 1) - 5 outcomes
Sum 7: (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1) - 6 outcomes
C. 5/12 Therefore, the total number of outcomes that meet the condition is 4+5+6=15.

D. 1/2 So, the probability of getting a sum greater than 4 and less than 8 is:

15/36 = 5/12

So, the correct answer is: C. 5/12

8. Let the universal set contain the first 20 natural
numbers. If set A contains the set of even numbers
while set B contains the set of odd numbers, then what
is the intersection of the two sets?
A. null set The intersection of two sets contains the elements that are common to
both sets. In this case, set A contains the even numbers from the

B. {1, 2} universal set, and set B contains the odd numbers from the universal
set.

C. {1, 2 , 3 ,4 , …, 20} The intersection of sets A and B, denoted by A∩B, would contain
elements that are both even and odd. However, there are no numbers
D. {2, 4, 6, 8, ..., 18, 20} that are both even and odd; they are mutually exclusive properties.
So, the intersection of sets A and B is a null set.

Therefore, the correct answer is: A. null set

9. A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards.
What is the probability of drawing a 4 or a heart?
To find the probability of drawing a 4 or a heart from a standard deck of 52 cards, we need to consider the

A. 4/13 following:

Number of 4s in the deck: There are four 4s in the deck, one for each suit (hearts, diamonds, clubs, and
B. 1/2 spades).
Number of hearts in the deck: There are 13 hearts in the deck (one for each value from Ace to King).
C. 3/4 However, we need to be careful not to double-count the 4 of hearts. So, we subtract 1 from the total count.
D. 12/13 So, the total number of cards that are either a 4 or a heart is 4+13−1=16.
Now, the total number of cards in the deck is 52.

Therefore, the probability of drawing a 4 or a heart is:

16/52 = 4/13

So, the correct answer is: A. 4/13

10. A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards.
What is the probability of drawing a 2 or a face card?
To find the probability of drawing a 2 or a face card from a standard deck of 52 cards, we need to consider
the following:
A. 9/13 Number of 2s in the deck: There are four 2s in the deck, one for each suit.
B. 5/13 Number of face cards in the deck: There are 3 face cards in each suit (Jack, Queen, King), making a total
of

C. 4/13 3×4=12 face cards in the deck.

So, the total number of cards that are either a 2 or a face card is
D. 3/13 4+12=16.

Now, the total number of cards in the deck is 52.

Therefore, the probability of drawing a 2 or a face card is:

16/52 = 4/13
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So, the correct answer is: C. 4/13
11. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 6
yellow marbles. Jim draws one marble at random from
the bag. What is the probability that the drawn marble
is either red or blue?
To find the probability that the drawn marble is either red or blue, we need to calculate the total
number of red and blue marbles and then divide by the total number of marbles in the bag.

A. 3/5 Number of red marbles: 5

Number of blue marbles: 4
B. 4/5 So, the total number of red and blue marbles is 5+4=9.

C. 7/15 Now, the total number of marbles in the bag is

5+4+6=15.
D. 8/15 Therefore, the probability of drawing a red or blue marble is:
9/15 = 3/5
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So, the correct answer is: A. 3/5
12. Each of the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J is
written on each of the ten congruent sectors of a
spinner. What is the probability that the spinner stops
both at a vowel if it is spun twice?
A. 1/25 To find the probability that the spinner stops at a vowel when spun twice, we need to consider the total number of
outcomes and the number of favorable outcomes.

B. 1/10 Total number of outcomes when the spinner is spun twice: There are 10 sectors on the spinner, and each spin is
independent, so there are 10×10=100 possible outcomes.

C. 1/5 Number of favorable outcomes: Out of the 10 letters (A, E, I, O, U), there are 5 vowels. So, the probability of
spinning a vowel on each spin is 5/10 = 1/2
D. 1/4 ​
Since each spin is independent, to find the probability of both spins landing on a vowel, we multiply the
probabilities of each spin landing on a vowel:

Probability of spinning a vowel twice: 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4

Therefore, the correct answer is not listed among the given choices. The correct probability should be: D. 1/4
13. Two cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards. What
is the probability of drawing an ace first followed by a
Jack if the first card is not replaced?

A. 5/169 Total number of outcomes: When drawing two cards without

replacement, there are
B. 5/171 52×51=2652 possible outcomes.

C. 4/663 Number of favorable outcomes:

There are 4 aces in the deck.

D. 4/665 After drawing an ace, there are 4 Jacks left in the deck (since one Jack
has been drawn already).

4/52 x 4/51 = 16/2652 or 4/663

So, the answer is C. 4/663.

14. In an experiment of tossing a coin and rolling a die,
What is the probability of obtaining a head and a five?

A. 1/11
B. 1/12 Probability of getting a head in tossing a coin: ½

C. 1/15 Probability of getting a 5 when rolling a die: 1/6

D. 1/17 Probability of getting a head and a five: 1/2 x 1/6 = 1/12

The answer is: B. 1/12

15. A coin is tossed seven times. What is the
probability that heads turn up in all seven tosses?

A. 1/16
B. 1/32 Probability of getting heads on one toss of a fair coin: Since there are
two equally likely outcomes (heads or tails) when tossing a fair coin, the
C. 1/64 probability of getting heads on one toss is 1/2 .

D. 1/128 So tossing a coin seven times makes,

½ x ½ x ½ x ½ x ½ x ½ x ½ = 1/128.

The answer is D. 1/128