Cebu Doctor’s University

College of Arts and Sciences

Senior High School
Statistics and Probability

Probability Drills

1. If we select a random arrangement of the letters of the word LEXICOGRAPHY, what is the probability
that there are exactly three consonants in the last five letters of the random arrangement?

2. If a six fair dice are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that
(a) each of the possible numbers 1 through 6 will occur?

(b) Exactly 3 pairs of numbers will occur?

3. A card is selected at random from an ordinary deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card
is
(a) is black

(b) a heart

4. In a sample of 50 people, 21 had type O blood, 22 had type A blood, 5 had type B blood, and 2 had
type AB blood. Find each probability.
(a) P(Type O)

(b) P(A or B)

(c) P(neither A nor O)

 (d) P(not AB)

5. Hospital records indicated that the knee replacement patients stayed in the hospital for the number of
days shown in the distribution
Number of
days stayed Frequency
3 15
4 32
5 56
6 19
7 5

Find these probabilities.

(a) A patient stayed exactly 5 days (c) A patient stayed at most 4 days

(b) A patient stayed less than 6 days (d) A patient stayed at least 5 days

6. Rolling Two Dice. If two dice are rolled one time, find the probability of getting these results.
(a) A sum of 9 (d) A sum less than 9

(b) A sum of 7 or 11 (e) A sum greater than or equal to 10

(c) Doubles

7. A city has 8 coffee shos: 3 Starbuck’s, 2 Bo’s Coffees, and 3 Abaca Coffees. If a person selects one
shop at random to buy a cup of coffee, find the probability that it is either a Starbuck’s or Abaca Coffees.

8. A day of the week is selected at random. Find the probability that it is a weekend day.
9. Twelve books are placed on a shelf. Four of these are Mathematics Books. Find the probability that the
four Mathematics Books are together.

10. A six-digit number is formed from the digits one through seven inclusive. No digit appears more than
once in each number. Find the probability that the number will be
(a) even (c) divisible by 5

(b) odd