SAT · Mathematics · Probability — Spot the Error

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement parts

   1. The
   2. probability
   3. of
   4. an
   5. event
   6. ranges
   7. from
   8. 0
   9. to
   10. 10
   11. .

   Correction

   1

   Incorrect part

   10

2. Statement parts

   1. P(A
   2. or
   3. B)
   4. =
   5. P(A)
   6. +
   7. P(B)
   8. always
   9. for
   10. any
   11. events
   12. .

   Correction

   only for mutually exclusive

   Incorrect part

   always

3. Statement parts

   1. P(A
   2. and
   3. B)
   4. =
   5. P(A)
   6. ×
   7. P(B)
   8. always
   9. holds
   10. .

   Correction

   only when A and B are independent

   Incorrect part

   always

4. Statement parts

   1. Probability
   2. of
   3. a
   4. sure
   5. event
   6. is
   7. zero
   8. .

   Correction

   one

   Incorrect part

   zero

Instructions

Tap the wrong word in each probability statement.