Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A clothing manufacturer offers 2 different styles of jeans, relaxed fit and
regular fit, in 5 different colours. How many combinations of a style and a colour are
possible?
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A lunch menu consists of 4 sandwiches and 5 drinks. How many possible meals
with a sandwich and a drink can you order?
a. | 9 meals | b. | 20 meals | c. | 14 meals | d. | 23
meals |
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Ms. Wong is redecorating her office. She has choices of 6 colours of carpet and
4 styles of furniture. How many possible ways can she choose a colour of carpet and a style of
furniture?
a. | 24 ways | b. | 20 ways | c. | 28 ways | d. | 10
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Janelle wants to buy a shirt. Her choices of material are polyester and cotton.
Shirts are available in yellow, orange, and blue. Make a list that shows the possible choices
Janelle has.
a. | Polyester, orange Polyester, blue Polyester, yellow Cotton,
orange Cotton, blue Cotton, yellow
| c. | Polyester, orange Polyester,
blue Polyester, yellow Cotton, orange Cotton, blue
| b. | Polyester,
orange Polyester, blue Polyester, yellow | d. | Polyester Polyester Polyester Cotton Cotton Cotton |
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This table shows the colours of the 4 scarves, 3 pairs of gloves, and 2 hats
that Tamara has. Tamara randomly picks a scarf, hat, and a pair of gloves. What is the
probability of Tamara choosing a pair of black gloves and a red scarf? Scarf | Gloves | Hat | Red | Black | White | White | Brown | Red | Brown | Red | | Black | | | | | |
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A coin is tossed 4 times. What is the probability of tossing 4
tails?
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A red die, a blue die, and a green die are rolled. Each is a regular 6-sided die
labelled 1 to 6. What is the probability of rolling an even number on each die?
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A regular tetrahedron labelled 1 to 4 is rolled 4 times. What is the
probability of rolling a 3 each time?
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9.
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Find the probability that 4 students chosen at random are all born on a
Wednesday.
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10.
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A spinner has 8 equal sectors. 2 sectors are coloured red, 3 are coloured blue,
and 3 are coloured yellow. The pointer on the spinner is spun 3 times. What is the probability of
the pointer not landing on red all 3 times?
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Short Answer
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This tree diagram shows the choices of topping and size available at a pizza
parlor. How many possible combinations have pepper as a topping?
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Two coins are tossed. What is the probability of tossing 2 tails?
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Two regular 6-sided dice, each labelled 1 to 6, are rolled. What is the
probability of rolling 2 even numbers?
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An experiment consisted of rolling a regular 9-sided die labelled 1 to 9 and
tossing a coin. What is the probability of rolling a 7 and tossing a head?
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A set of 5 cards is numbered 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. Another set of 5 cards is
numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. A card is picked at random from each set. What is the probability of
each event? a) The sum of the 2
numbers is even. b) The sum of the 2 numbers is odd.
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A spinner is divided into 4 equal sectors coloured red, blue, yellow, and green.
A regular 6-sided die is labelled 1 to 6. Ronald spins the pointer on the spinner, rolls the
die, and tosses a coin. What is the probability of the pointer landing on green, rolling an even
number, and tossing a tail?
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A bag contains 8 red marbles and 2 blue marbles. Leila draws a marble
without looking, records the colour, then returns the marble to the bag. This process is repeated
5 times. What is the probability that a blue marble is drawn each time?
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The probability of a new-born puppy being male or female is 0.5. What is the
probability that a litter of 4 puppies would contain 2 males and 2 females? Use coin tosses to
simulate the problem. Give your answer as a fraction and as a percent.
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Problem
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You spin the pointers of 2 spinners, each of which is divided into 5 equal
sectors labelled 1 to 5. a) List all
possible outcomes. b) How many outcomes have a sum of the 2 numbers
greater than or equal to 8?
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Three red cards are numbered 1 to 3. Three blue cards are numbered 2 to
4. Three green cards are numbered 3 to 5. One card of each colour is picked at random and the
numbers added. Find each probability. a) The sum is
even. b) The sum is 10. Show your work.
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A regular 4-sided red die is labelled 1 to 4, a regular 8-sided blue die is
labelled 1 to 8, and a regular 12-sided green die is labelled 1 to 12. The 3 dice are rolled once.
What is the probability of each event? a) Rolling an even number on each
die b) Rolling a sum of 22 Show your work.
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22.
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A drawer contains 2 red shirts and 4 blue shirts. A second drawer contains
3 pairs of grey pants and 2 pairs of blue pants. A third drawer contains 8 pairs of white socks and 7
pairs of blue socks. You choose one item from each drawer without looking. What is the
probability of each outcome? a) A blue
shirt, blue pants, and blue socks b) A red shirt, blue pants, and
white socks c) Nothing blue
Show your calculations.
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