Hands-on math!

Washington State Math Olympiad
Hints and Solutions
2017 Grade 5 Probability & Statistics

Problem

1) Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the product is even?
(express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms)

2) How many ways can you arrange the letters in the word "MATH"?

3) There are 5 red balls, 2 yellow balls, and 1 orange ball in a bag. You will select a ball without looking and then put it back. If you do this 60 times, how many times would you expect to pick a yellow ball?

4) What number would you add to this list to make the median the same as the mode?
    75, 63 75, 20, 15, 70, 63, 21

5) The mean of 4 numbers is 16. When the smallest number is removed, the mean of the remaining 3 numbers is 17. What number was removed?