GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › Calculating discrete probability
A coin is flipped seven times. What is the probability of getting heads six or fewer times?
A coin is flipped four times. What is the probability of getting heads at least three times?
Presented with a deck of fifty-two cards (no jokers), what is the probability of drawing either a face card or a spade?
The upper semicircle of the above target has radius twice that of the lower semicircle.
A blindfolded woman throws a dart at random at the above target. Let be the probability that the dart lands inside a green region; let
and
be similarly defined for a red or yellow region. Which of the following is a true statement?
(Assume that skill is not a factor, and that the dart hits the target.)
Some balls are placed in a large box, which include one ball marked , two balls marked
, and continuing up to
balls marked
.
What is the probability that a ball randomly drawn from this box will be marked with a prime number?
Some balls are placed in a large box, which include one ball marked "A", two balls marked "B", three balls marked "C", and so forth up to twenty-six balls marked "Z".
A ball is drawn at random. Give the odds against the ball being marked "I".
Some balls are placed in a large box, which include ball marked "A",
balls marked "B",
balls marked "C", and so on up to
balls marked "Z".
A ball is drawn at random. Give the probability that the ball will be marked "O".
Some balls are placed in a large box; the balls include one ball marked "A", two balls marked "B", and so forth up to twenty-six balls marked "Z". A ball is drawn at random.
Given a particular letter of the alphabet, does the probability that that ball will be marked with that letter exceed ?
Statement 1: The letter appears in the word "lousy".
Statement 2: The letter appears in the word "skunk".
Pilar inserts the joker into a standard deck of 52 cards. By how much has she decreased the probability that a card drawn at random from the deck will be a diamond?
Marianna inserts the joker into a standard deck of 52 cards. By how much has she decreased the probability that a card drawn at random from the deck will be an ace?