Probability, Permutation and Combination, Statistics - One Line Questions

1. A coin is tossed. What is the probability of getting a head? 1/2
2. If the probability of an event is 0.75, what is the probability of the event not occurring? 0.25
3. A bag contains 6 green balls and 4 yellow balls. If one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability it is green? 6/10
4. A lottery has 10 prizes and 500 tickets. If you buy one ticket, what is the probability of winning a prize? 1/50
5. A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card is a King or a Queen? 2/13
6. Two cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards without replacement. What is the probability that both are hearts? 1/17
7. A number is chosen at random from the numbers 1 to 30. What is the probability that the number is a multiple of 5? 6/30
8. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers shown is 7? 1/6
9. A die is rolled once. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 4? 3/6
10. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads? 3/8
11. If the mean of 5 numbers is 10, and the mean of 3 of these numbers is 8, what is the mean of the remaining 2 numbers? 14
12. The sum of 5 numbers is 100. Their mean is 20. If one number is removed, the sum of the remaining 4 numbers is 80. What is the removed number? 20
13. The mode of the data set: 10, 12, 15, 12, 10, 12, 15, 12 is: 12
14. A committee of 3 members is to be selected from 4 men and 5 women. What is the probability that the committee consists of 2 men and 1 woman? 10/21
15. In how many ways can a president, vice-president, and secretary be chosen from a group of 10 people? 720
16. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'ENGINEERING' be arranged? 11! / (3! * 3! * 2! * 2!)
17. How many permutations are there of the letters in the word 'APPLE'? 60
18. How many permutations are possible for the letters of the word 'ASSASSINATION'? 13! / (4! * 3! * 2! * 2!)
19. The median of the following data: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 is: 15
20. The mode of the data set: 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3 is: 3
21. In how many ways can a committee of 4 members be selected from a group of 10 people? 210
22. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, a committee of 5 people is to be formed. What is the probability that the committee has exactly 3 men? 126/429
23. A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that one is red and the other is black? 24/45
24. The mean of a set of 15 numbers is 25. If one number is removed, the mean of the remaining numbers is 23. What is the removed number? 63
25. The mean of the first 6 positive integers is: 3.5
26. A bag contains 3 red, 5 green, and 4 blue balls. If a ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is not blue? 9/12
27. A number is selected at random from the first 20 natural numbers. What is the probability that the number is a multiple of 3? 7/20
28. What is the value of ⁶P₂? 30
29. The average of 5 numbers is 27. If 45 is added to the numbers, the new average is: 36
30. The mean of 10 numbers is 30. If each number is increased by 5, the new mean is: 35
31. The sum of 8 numbers is 320. If one number is removed, the mean of the remaining 7 numbers is 35. What is the removed number? 50
32. A bag contains 5 red balls and 7 blue balls. If two balls are drawn at random without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are blue? 49/132
33. The mean of 8 numbers is 40. If one number is removed, the mean of the remaining 7 numbers is 38. What is the removed number? 54
34. How many ways can 4 different colors be arranged in a circle? 6
35. The median of the data set: 5, 2, 8, 1, 9, 4, 7 is: 5
36. What is the probability of drawing a spade or an ace from a standard deck of 52 cards? 18/52
37. The mean of the first 10 natural numbers is: 5.5
38. Find the median of the following data set: 3, 7, 2, 8, 5, 9, 4. 5
39. In how many ways can 5 distinct books be arranged on a shelf? 120
40. What is the value of ⁵C₃? 10
41. In how many ways can 5 people be seated in a row? 120
42. The mean of the first 5 odd numbers is: 5
43. How many ways can the letters of the word 'SUCCESS' be arranged? 420
44. What is the value of ⁶C₄? 15
45. In how many ways can 6 distinct items be arranged in a line? 720
46. The mean of the first 5 even numbers is: 6
47. How many different arrangements can be made from the letters of the word 'BANANA'? 120
48. In how many ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be seated in a row so that all the girls sit together? 144
49. Find the range of the following data: 15, 8, 22, 10, 18. 14
50. What is the value of ⁸C₅? 56