Pre-Algebra 2025 Final Exam Practice

What is the probability when rolling two dice that the total shown on the dice is 2 or 3?

• 1/6

• 1/4

• 1/36

• 1/12

In a weekend bingo game Agnes has a 5% chance of winning the pot. Her friend Dorothy bought more cards than her and has an chance 8% of winning. What is the probability that Agnes or Dorothy will win the pot?

• 13%

• 5%

• 8%

• 3%

In computer languages, an identifier is a word the programmer uses to name a variable, function, or label. Some languages allow all letters, the underscore character '_', and the digits 0-9 to be used in identifiers, but the first character cannot be a digit. If the language is not case sensitive, i.e., upper and lower case letters are the same, how many possible 4-character identifiers are there?

• 1,874,161

• 1,213,056

• 1,367,631

• 531,441

Three cards are chosen at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. If each card is replaced before the next card is drawn, are the events dependent or independent? And, what is the probability of drawing a five, then a red card, and then a face card?

• F dependent; 3/338

• G dependent; 42/2197

• H independent; 3/338

• J independent; 42/2197

The probability of a student passing a certain multiple-choice test if he or she guesses at all of the answers is 3/20. What are the odds that the student will pass?

• 3:20

• 3:17

• 17:3

• 3:23

A recent insurance industry survey discovered that 25% of teenage drivers will have an accident within 6 months of receiving their license. What is the probability that a teenage driver will not get into an accident within 6 months of receiving his or her license?

• 60%

• 25%

• 75%

• 33%

There are five finalists at the Edgewater Kennel Show. The German Shepherd has a 1/6 chance of winning the show. The Boxer is 1/2 as likely to win as the German Shepherd, and the Black Lab, Poodle, and Border Collie have an equal chance of winning. What is the probability of the Border Collie’s winning the show?

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 1/6

Kitty watches the birds fly by the windows. She notices that out of 52 birds, 17 are finches. Estimate to the nearest percent the probability that the next bird flying by will be a finch.

• 25%

• 33%

• 50%

• 75%

What is the percent increase from 19 to 27, to the nearest percent?

• 30%

• 42%

• 22%

• 46%

If a stock started the week at $23.04 per share, and at the end of the week it had lost 8.5% of its value, to the nearest penny what was the final price of the stock?

• $1.96

• $20.96

• $21.08

• $27.56