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Probability
What do you know about probability?
Quiz ID:
#5624
Fun:
(2.15)
Difficulty:
(1.85)
Category:
Science
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Math
Created By:
rp3000gt
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#1 You flip a fair coin 49 times. It comes up heads all 49 times. What are the odds it is heads on the next flip?
100%
50%
0%
Cannot determine
75%
#2 In American Roulette, a black number is spun 10 times in a row. What are the odds that the next number is red?
100%
48%
50%
25%
0%
#3 In a pick 5 lottery with 55 numbers, the odds of getting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are much lower than getting 23, 18, 16, 53, 32.
True
False
Cannot be determined
#4 In a pick 5 lottery with 55 numbers, the first number is 42. The odds of the next number being 43 is...
1/55
1/(2^55)
1/(2^54)
1/54
#5 With a deck of 52 cards, how many five-card hands are there?
52! (52 factorial) = 8.06*10^68
52C5 (52 combinations of 5 cards)= 52!/(5!(52-5)!) = 2,598,960
52P5 (52 permutations of 5 cards) = 52*51*50*49*48 = 311,875,200
#6 What are the odds of rolling 7 with two six-sided dice?
1/36 (2.78%)
7/36 (19.4444%)
6/36 (16.6667%)
Cannot be determined
#7 How many seven-digit phone numbers are available?
10,000,000
9,999,999
7,777,777
100,000,000
Cannot Determine
#8 In a pick-3 lottery where you pick three digits 0-9, what are the odds of 365 coming up two drawings in a row?
1/1,000
2/1,000
1/(2^1,000)
1/1,000,000
Cannot be determined
#9 Today is April 27 (4/27). There is a drawing today for a pick-3 lottery where you pick three digits 0-9. What are the odds of today's date (427) being drawn?
1/1,000
1/1,000,000
1/10^9
Cannot be determined
#10 In American football, the Rochester Tigers have beaten the Orlando Penguins the last ten times that they have played against each other. What are the odds that Orlando will win this time?
50%
25%
75%
100%
Cannot be determined
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