Exam Questions on Basic Statistics
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This document contains 11 probability questions covering topics like choosing letters from the alphabet or a word, rolling dice, choosing marbles from a jar, and picking beads from a bag. The questions involve calculating probabilities of events like choosing a vowel, rolling an even number on a die, picking a marble that is not red, and picking a yellow bead from a bag containing beads of different colors.
Exam Questions on Basic Statistics
- 1. Quiz # 6 (A) 1. What is the probability of choosing a vowel from the alphabet? 2. What is the probability of choosing a day from a week? 3. A single 6-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling an even number? 4. What is the sample space for choosing 1 letter at random from 5 vowels? 5. What is the sample space for choosing 1 letter at random from the word DIVIDE? 6. A single 6-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number that is not 4? 7. A glass jar contains 20 red marbles. If a marble is chosen at random from the jar, what is the probability that it is not red? 8. Two coins are tossed, find the probability that two heads are obtained. 9. Two dice are rolled; find the probability that the sum is equal to 8. 10. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the jar at random, what is the probability that this marble is white? 11. There are 6 beads in a bag, 3 are red, 2 are yellow and 1 is blue. What is the probability of picking a yellow?