Question ID ecd09c38
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: ecd09c38
Employees working for a customer service line at an electric company recorded all the calls last Monday and noted
whether the caller asked for repairs and whether the caller asked about a bill. The results are summarized in the
table below.
Asked for Did not ask
Total
repairs for repairs
Asked
48 623 671
about a bill
Did not ask
130 90 220
about a bill
Total 178 713 891
If a caller last Monday who asked about his or her bill is selected at random,
which of the following is closest to the probability that the customer also asked
for repairs?
A. 0.05
B. 0.07
C. 0.20
D. 0.27
ID: ecd09c38 Answer
Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. According to the table, a total of 671 customers asked about a bill. Of these, 48 also asked for
repairs. Therefore, if a customer who asked about a bill is selected at random, the probability that the customer also
asked for repairs is .
Choice A is incorrect. This is the probability that a customer selected at random from all customers who called on
Monday both asked for repairs and asked about a bill. Choice C is incorrect. This is the probability that a customer
selected at random from all customers who called on Monday asked for repairs, regardless of whether or not the
customer asked about a bill. Choice D is incorrect. This is the probability that a customer selected at random from those
who asked for repairs also asked about a bill.
Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID f8696cd8
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: f8696cd8
Human Resources Accounting
Bachelor’s degree 4 3
Master’s degree 2 6
The table above shows the number of people who work in the Human
Resources and Accounting departments of a company and the highest level of
education they have completed. A person from one of these departments is to
be chosen at random. If the person chosen works in the Human Resources
department, what is the probability that the highest level of education the
person completed is a master’s degree?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: f8696cd8 Answer
Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. In total, there are 6 people in the Human Resources department. Of those 6, 2 have a master’s
degree as their highest level of education. Therefore, the probability of an employee selected at random from the
Human Resources department having a master’s degree is , which simplifies to .
Choice A is incorrect; it is the probability that an employee selected at random from either department will be in the
Human Resources department and have a master’s degree. Choice C is incorrect; it is the probability that an employee
with a master’s degree selected at random will be in the Human Resources department. Choice D is incorrect; it is the
probability that an employee selected at random from either department will have a master’s degree.
Question Difficulty:
Medium
Question ID 2a08d878
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: 2a08d878
There are n nonfiction books and 12 fiction books on a bookshelf. If one of
these books is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a
nonfiction book, in terms of n ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 2a08d878 Answer
Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Since there are n nonfiction and 12 fiction books on the bookshelf, represents the total
number of books. If one of these books is selected at random, the probability of selecting a nonfiction book is
equivalent to the number of nonfiction books divided by the total number of books. Therefore, the probability of
selecting a nonfiction book, in terms of n, is .
Choice A is incorrect. This expression represents the number of nonfiction books divided by the number of fiction
books. Choice C is incorrect. This expression represents the number of fiction books divided by the number of
nonfiction books. Choice D is incorrect. This expression represents the probability of selecting a fiction book.
Question Difficulty:
Easy
Question ID 38a9ac45
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: 38a9ac45
If 1,200 customers register for new accounts at a social media website every
day, what fraction of the first 60,000 new accounts are registered in the first 5
days?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 38a9ac45 Answer
Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. If 1,200 customers register for new accounts every day, then (1,200)(5) = 6,000 customers
registered for new accounts in the first 5 days. Therefore, of the first 60,000 new accounts that were registered,
, or , were registered in the first 5 days.
Choice A is incorrect. The fraction represents the fraction of accounts registered in 1 of the first 5 days. Choice C is
incorrect and may result from conceptual or computation errors. Choice D is incorrect. The fraction represents the
fraction of the first 60,000 accounts that were registered in 1 day.
Question Difficulty:
Medium
Question ID dae79de4
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: dae79de4
visit or more visits Total
Less than years old
At least years old
Total
The table summarizes customers who visited a car dealership in the last month by age and number of visits they made
to the dealership. If a customer from the last month is selected at random, what is the probability that the selected
customer is at least years old?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: dae79de4 Answer
Correct Answer:
D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. Based on the table, there are a total of 135 customers who visited the car dealership in the last
month, and 105 of these customers are at least 40 years old. If a customer from the last month is selected at random,
the probability that the selected customer is at least 40 years old is equal to the number of customers who are at least
40 years old divided by the total number of customers. Therefore, the probability that the selected customer is at least
105
40 years old is .
135
Choice A is incorrect. This is the probability that the selected customer is less than 40 years old.
Choice B is incorrect. This is the probability that the selected customer visited the dealership 1 time in the last month.
Choice C is incorrect. This is the probability that the selected customer visited the dealership 2 or more times in the last
month.
Question Difficulty:
Easy
Question ID b6569d0e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: b6569d0e
United States
Presidents
from 1789 to
2015
Ages Number
40–44 2
45–49 7
50–54 13
55–59 11
60–64 7
65–69 3
The table above gives the number of United States presidents from 1789 to
2015 whose age at the time they first took office is within the interval listed. Of
those presidents who were at least 50 years old when they first took office, what
fraction were at least 60 years old?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: b6569d0e Answer
Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. The sample space is restricted to the presidents who were at least 50 years old when they first took
office. Therefore, the sum of the values in the final four rows of the table, , is the total number of
presidents in the sample space. The number of presidents who were at least 60 years old is the sum of the values in the
final two rows of the table: . Thus, the fraction of the 34 presidents who were at least 50 years old when they
first took office who were at least 60 years old is .
Choice A is incorrect. This is the fraction of all presidents in the table who were at least 60 years old when they first took
office. Choice C is incorrect and may result from treating the number of presidents who were between 50 and 59 years
old when they first took office, instead of the number of presidents who were at least 50 years old, as the sample space.
Choice D is incorrect and may result from a calculation error.
Question Difficulty:
Medium
Question ID 5dc386fb
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: 5dc386fb
The table below shows the distribution of US states according to whether they have a state-level sales tax and a
state-level income tax.
2013 State-Level Taxes
State sales tax No state sales tax
State income tax 39 4
No state income tax 6 1
To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percent of states with a state-level sales
tax do not have a state-level income tax?
A. 6.0%
B. 12.0%
C. 13.3%
D. 14.0%
ID: 5dc386fb Answer
Correct Answer:
C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. The sum of the number of states with a state-level sales tax is . Of these states, 6
don’t have a state-level income tax. Therefore, , or about 13.3%, of states with a state-level sales tax
don’t have a state-level income tax.
Choice A is incorrect. This is the number of states that have a state-level sales tax and no state-level income tax. Choice
B is incorrect. This is the percent of states that have a state-level sales tax and no state-level income tax. Choice D is
incorrect. This is the percent of states that have no state-level income tax.
Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 014c47ab
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: 014c47ab
Site A Site B Total
Tulip
Daffodil
Total
The table shows the distribution of two types of flowers at two different sites. If a flower represented in the table is
selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a flower from site A, given that the flower is a tulip? (Express
your answer as a decimal or fraction, not as a percent.)
ID: 014c47ab Answer
Correct Answer:
0.7, 7/10
Rationale
35
The correct answer is 50
. Based on the table, there are a total of 50 tulips, and 35 of these tulips are from site A. The
probability of selecting at random a flower from site A, given that the flower is a tulip, is equal to the number of tulips
35 7
from site A divided by the total number of tulips, which can be written as 50
, or 10
. Note that 35/50, 7/10, and .7 are
examples of ways to enter a correct answer.
Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 89f20d9e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: 89f20d9e
The table summarizes the distribution of age and assigned group for participants in a study.
– years – years years Total
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total
One of these participants will be selected at random. What is the probability of selecting a participant from group A,
given that the participant is at least 10 years of age?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 89f20d9e Answer
Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Since the participant will be selected at random, the probability of selecting a participant from group
A, given that the participant is at least 10 years of age, is equal to the number of participants from group A who are at
least 10 years of age divided by the total number of participants who are at least 10 years of age. Based on the table, in
group A, there are 17 participants who are 10–19 years of age and 8 participants who are 20 + years of age. Therefore,
there are a total of 17 + 8, or 25, participants in group A who are at least 10 years of age. Based on the table, of the total
number of participants, there are 30 participants who are 10–19 years of age and 30 participants who are 20 + years of
age. Therefore, a total of 30 + 30, or 60, of the participants are at least 10 years of age. Thus, the probability of selecting
25 5
a participant from group A, given that the participant is at least 10 years of age, is 60
, or 12
.
Choice A is incorrect. This is the number of participants from group A who are at least 10 years of age divided by the
total number of participants, rather than divided by the number of participants who are at least 10 years of age.
Choice C is incorrect. This is the probability of randomly selecting a participant from group A, given that the participant
is 10–19 years of age, rather than given that the participant is at least 10 years of age.
Choice D is incorrect. This is the probability of randomly selecting a participant who is at least 10 years of age, given
that the participant is in group A.
Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 1dcea480
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving and Probability and
Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: 1dcea480
A bag contains a total of 60 marbles. A marble is to be chosen at random from
the bag. If the probability that a blue marble will be chosen is 0.35, how many
marbles in the bag are blue?
A. 21
B. 25
C. 35
D. 39
ID: 1dcea480 Answer
Rationale
Choice A is correct. Multiplying the number of marbles in the bag by the probability of selecting a blue marble gives the
number of blue marbles in the bag. Since the bag contains a total of 60 marbles and the probability that a blue marble
will be selected from the bag is 0.35, there are a total of blue marbles in the bag.
Choice B is incorrect and may result from subtracting 35 from 60. Choice C is incorrect. This would be the number of
blue marbles in the bag if there were a total of 100 marbles, not 60 marbles. Choice D is incorrect. This is the number of
marbles in the bag that aren’t blue.
Question Difficulty:
Easy
