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MOCK TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
[Link] refers to the different possible arrangements of a set of objects where order matters?
A. combination B. events C. outcomes D. permutation
2. What refers to the number of ways of selecting from a set when the order is not important?
A. combination B. events C. outcomes D. permutation
3. Which situation illustrates a combination?
A. Unlocking a combination lock
B. The colors in a traffic light
C. A team of 8 basketball players needs to choose a captain and co-captain.
D. A group of 25 people are going to run a race. The top 8 finishers advance to the finals.
4. Which situation illustrate permutation?
A. Picking 6 balls from a basket of 12 balls.
B. The colors in a traffic light
C. Forming a committee of 5 members from 20 people.
D. A group of 25 people are going to run a race. The top 8 finishers advance to the finals.
5. How many signals can be made from 7 flags if there are 3 red, 2 blue and 2 white flags?
A. 5 040 B. 3 150 C. 840 D.210
6. How many possible permutations are there in the letters of the word BASKETBALL?
A. 60 B. 50 400 C. 453 600 D. 907 200
7. What is the value of r in C ( 7 , r ) =35?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
8. A board has 10 members. In how many ways can 3 representatives be chosen?
A. 110 B. 115 C. 120 D. 125
9. In how many ways can a committee be formed from 6 girls and 7 boys if there are 2 boys and 2 girls?
A. C ( 6 ,6 ) · C ( 7 , 7 ) B. C ( 2 , 6 ) ·C ( 2 ,7 ) C. C ( 6 ,2 ) ·C ( 7 , 2 ) D. C ( 2 , 2 ) · C ( 2 , 2 )
10. There are 462 possible ways that a customer has to get a certain number of food items from 11 different choices in a
buffet, if you were the costumer which of the following did you possibly choose?
A. 6 out of the 11 items. B. 4 out of the 11 items. C. 5 out of the 11 items. D. 3 out of the 11 items.
11. In how many ways can a committee of 7 students be chosen from 9 juniors and 9 seniors if there must be 4 seniors in
the committee?
A. 10,584 B. 1,764 C. 210 D. 84
[Link] SPNHS – MPC catering offers 3 kinds of soup, 7 kinds of main dish, 4 kinds of vegetable dish, and 4 kinds of
dessert. In how many possible ways can a customer form a meal consisting of 1 soup, 2 main dishes, 1 vegetable dish,
and 2 desserts?
A. 140 B. 336 C. 672 D. 1,512
13. In how many ways can 5 people be arranged in a circle such that two people must sit together?
A. 6 B. 12 C. 20 D. 24
14. Suppose a six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability that the die lands on an even or a prime number?
1 5 2 1
A. B. C. D.
4 6 3 2
For items 15-17. The Venn diagram shows the Grade 10 students joining either in singing (A) or in dancing (B).
15. What is the probability of Grade 10 students joining in singing?
15 8 1 4
A. B. C. D.
34 17 2 17
16. What is the probability of Grade 10 students joining in dancing?
9 19 10 21
A. B. C. D.
17 34 17 34
17. What is the P (A B)?
29 15 31 16
A. B. C. D.
34 17 34 17
18. Events have no outcome in common or they cannot happen at the same time?
A. Independent Event B. Not Mutually Exclusive C. Dependent Event D. Mutually Exclusive
19. Which shows independent events?
A. The occurrence of one of the events affects the other event.
B. A ball is picked and returned.
C. P( A∧B )=P ( A ) + P ( B )−P( A∧B)
D. P ( A∨B ) =P ( A )+ P ( B )−P (A∧B)
20. Which of the events are Not Mutually Exclusive?
A. A magazine contains twelve pages. You open to a random page. The page number is eight or ten.
B. rolling a 3 or 5 on a single roll of a number cube.
C. tossing a coin or rolling a number cube.
D. rolling a number greater than 3 or a multiple of 4 when a pair of dice is rolled.
