Probability and American Culture

Question 1

Area of the rectangle

Accepted Answer

L X W

Question 2

A die is rolled. What is the complement of rolling a 5?

Accepted Answer

Rolling a 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6

Question 3

What do you call an equal fraction ?

Accepted Answer

Equivalent fraction

Question 4

When a die is rolled, what is the complement of getting an odd number?

Accepted Answer

Getting an even number

Question 5

There are 52 cards in a deck. What is the probability of choosing a jack?

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{13}

Question 6

Sarah has 4 tomatoes, 3 potatoes, and 5 apples in her bag. What is the probability of the complement eating a tomato?

Accepted Answer

\frac{8}{12}

Question 7

Add 0.125, 15.0039, 8.000576, 126.000084 and 17.0395

Accepted Answer

166.169060

Question 8

Where would you place 1/3 on a number line?

Accepted Answer

Before 3/3

Question 9

If you flipped 2 coins, what is the probability that both will land on tails?

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{4}

Question 10

\frac{7}{20} as percent

Accepted Answer

35 %

Question 11

Calculate 125.076 − 28.0041 + 8.0006

Accepted Answer

105.0725

Question 12

There are red, yellow and green lollipops in a bag. What is the probability of selecting a blue one?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 13

What’s the largest ancestry group in the US?

Accepted Answer

German

Question 14

What is probability?

Accepted Answer

A way for people to predict if something will happen

Question 15

How should you greet American colleagues?

Accepted Answer

Greet them with a firm handshake

Question 16

What is an equivalent fraction for \frac{5}{6} ?

Accepted Answer

\frac{25}{30}

Question 17

Calculate 125.076 − (28.0041 + 8.0006)

Accepted Answer

89.0713

Question 18

When do people in the US celebrate Thanksgiving each year?

Accepted Answer

On the fourth Thursday in November

Question 19

John spends 6 hours a day studying. What percent of the day is that?

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 20

280 of the 700 people in a town are retired. What percent is that?

Accepted Answer

40%

Question 21

5 foot is 60 inches the 8 foot is how many inches ?

Accepted Answer

96 inches

Question 22

What is the probability of a face with less than 5 spots turning up when you toss a die?

Accepted Answer

\frac{4}{6}

Question 23

What do the red and white stripes on the American flag symbolise?

Accepted Answer

The 13 colonies that declared independence

Question 24

Decimal form of \frac{1}{3}

Accepted Answer

0.333

Question 25

The US is the world’s largest producer of which of the following products?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 26

Which of the following should you try to avoid when speaking to new contacts in the US?

Accepted Answer

Standing too close to people and making physical contact

Question 27

James thinks 1/2 is equivalent to 4/8. Is James True?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:

Accepted Answer

\frac{5}{12}

Question 29

If you rolled a 6-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a 3?

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{6}

Question 30

A lolly bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue gum balls. What is the probability of selecting a green one?

Accepted Answer

\frac{3}{7}

Question 31

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is even?

Accepted Answer

\frac{3}{4}

Question 32

What is \frac{7}{9}-\frac{3}{5} ?

Accepted Answer

\frac{8}{45}

Question 33

What do Americans celebrate on the 4th July?

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence

Question 34

A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king of heart is

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{26}

Question 35

What are “grits”?

Accepted Answer

A dish popular in the southern states of the US

Question 36

Sigrun drew a card from a deck of cards. What is the probability that she drew a heart or a club?

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{2}

Question 37

What is the probability of selecting the diamond suit from a deck of playing cards?

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{4}

Question 38

What’s the most popular sport in the US?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 39

What is the most spoken language after English in US?

Accepted Answer

Spanish

Question 40

If you rolled a 6-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a even number

Accepted Answer

\frac{1}{2}

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