Category 4 Arithmetic Meet #5 Worksheet With Answers - 2001 Page 7

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Category 4
Arithmetic
Meet #5, April 2004
1. Hadley has pizza for lunch three out of every five days and drinks chocolate
milk one out of every three days. What is the probability that she has pizza and
chocolate milk on any given day? Express your answer as a simple fraction in
lowest terms.
2. Aaron, Beth, Cecille, Darius, Edward, Fred, Gabrielle, and Herbert plan to run
in a race. At the awards ceremony, the first, second, and third place runners will
stand on a platform such as the one shown here for a photograph. The
photographer won’t be able to attend the awards ceremony, so he had the eight
runners pose for all the possible ways that three of them could place first, second,
and third. How many different photographs did the photographer take if each
possibility was photographed just once?
First
Second
Third
3. Aaron, Beth, Cecille, Darius, Edward, Fred, Gabrielle, and Herbert were
climbing in the Himalayas. They agreed that three of the eight should stay at base
camp while the other five attempt the summit. How many different groups of
three people from the eight people can be chosen to stay at base camp?
Answers
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________

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