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Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Statistics and Probability
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{No. of children} & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\ \hline \text{No. of families} & 7 & 11 & 6 & 7 & 7 & 5 & 3 \end{array}\) Find the mode and median respectively of the distribution above
A
2, 1
B
1, 2
C
1, 5
D
5, 2
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Statistics and Probability
Two perfect dice are thrown together, Determine the probability of obtaining a total score of 8
A
\(\frac{1}{12}\)
B
\(\frac{5}{36}\)
C
\(\frac{1}{6}\)
D
\(\frac{7}{36}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Statistics and Probability
The probability of an event P is \(\frac{3}{4}\) while that of another event Q is \(\frac{1}{6}\). If the probability of both P and Q is \(\frac{1}{2}\). What is the probability of either P or Q.
A
\(\frac{1}{96}\)
B
\(\frac{1}{8}\)
C
\(\frac{5}{6}\)
D
\(\frac{11}{12}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Statistics and Probability
(a) In a game, a fair die is rolled once and two unbiased coins are tossed at once. What is the probability of obtaining 3 and a tail? (b) A box contains 10 marbles, 7 of which are black and 3 are red. Two marbles are drawn one after the other without replacement. Find the probability of getting: (i) a red, then a black marble ; (ii) two black marbles.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
The mean of 30 observations recorded in an experiment is 5. lf the observed largest value of 34 is deleted, find the mean of the remaining observations
A
5
B
4
C
3.9
D
3.4
E
3.0
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
Find the mean of the distribution
Attached Figure / Diagram
Question diagram
A
3.5
B
4.0
C
4.4
D
5.0
E
5
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
Find the mode of the distribution
Attached Figure / Diagram
Question diagram
A
40
B
9
C
7
D
5
E
2
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
No. of chairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Frequency 2 7 5 4 9 7 6 Find the median of the distribution
A
9
B
6.5
C
5
D
4.5
E
4
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, one after the other without replacement, what is the probability of picking two marbles of different colors?
A
2/3
B
3/5
C
2/5
D
7/20
E
3/10
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
Mrs. Jones is expecting a baby. The probability that it will be a boy is 1/2 and probability that the baby will have blue eyes is 1/4. What is the probability that she will have a blue-eyed boy?
A
1/8
B
1/4
C
3/8
D
1/2
E
3/4
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Statistics and Probability
Fifty boxes each of 50 bolts, were inspected for the number which were defective. The following was the result No of defective per box 4 5 6 7 8 9 No. of boxes 2 7 17 10 8 6 The mean and the median of the distribution are, respectively
A
6.7, 6
B
7.6, 5
C
5.7, 87
D
34, 6
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Statistics and Probability
A crate of soft drinks contains 10 bottles of Coca-cola, 8 of Fanta and 6 of sprite. If one bottle is selected at random, what is the probability that it is NOT a Cocacola bottle?
A
\(\frac{5}{12}\)
B
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
C
\(\frac{3}{4}\)
D
\(\frac{7}{12}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Statistics and Probability
A man has 9 identical balls in a bag. Out of these, 3 are black, 2 are blue and the remaining are red. (a) If a ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is (i) not blue? (ii) not red? (b) If 2 balls are drawn at random, one after the other, what is the probability that both of them will be (i) black, if there is no replacement? (ii) blue, if there is a replacement?
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1990 Statistics and Probability
The mean of ten positive numbers is 16. When another number is added, the mean becomes 18. Find the eleventh number
A
3
B
16
C
18
D
38
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1990 Statistics and Probability
Two numbers are removed at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers removed is even?
A
\(\frac{2}{3}\)
B
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
C
\(\frac{1}{2}\)
D
\(\frac{1}{4}\)
medium Difficulty
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