Category 4 Arithmetic Meet #5 Worksheet With Answers - 2001 Page 11
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Arithmetic
Meet #5, March 2006
1. For his daughter’s birthday, Thornton plans to buy one of five different models
of bicycle, one of four different styles of helmet, and either a bell or a horn. How
many different set-ups of bicycle, helmet, and noise maker are possible?
2. There were 8 people stranded on a desert island when a lifeboat washed up on
the beach. Unfortunately, the lifeboat would only hold 4 people. How many
different groups of 4 people could be chosen from the 8 people to go off in the
lifeboat?
3. In the game of Backgammon, there is a cube with the following powers of two
on its six faces: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64. Consider the possible sums you get when
this cube and a number cube with whole numbers 1 through 6 are rolled together.
What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the tops of the two cubes is
a prime number? Express your answer as a common fraction in lowest terms.
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