Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability P that the sum is exactly 4?
Probability worksheet with answers
1.Easy
2 dice= 4
P =
2.Easy
Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability P that the sum is at least 3?
2 dice≥ 3
P =
3.Medium
In how many ways N can a committee of 4 people be chosen from a group of 13? The order does not matter.
n = 13k = 4
N =
4.Medium
A fair die is rolled 6 times. What is the probability P of getting at least one six?
n = 6
P =
5.Hard
A game costs €5 to play. You win €25 with probability 0.15 and €50 with probability 0.02; otherwise you win nothing. The stake is not returned. Find the expected net gain E(G) per game.
stake = €5€25: p = 0.15€50: p = 0.02
E(G) = €
6.Hard
A test has 5 multiple-choice questions. A student who guesses gets each one right with probability 0.6, independently. What is the probability P of exactly 1 correct answers?
n = 5p = 0.6k = 1
P =
Answer key
- 1. P = 0.08333
- 2. P = 0.9722
- 3. N = 715
- 4. P = 0.6651
- 5. E(G) = −0.25 €
- 6. P = 0.0768
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