Probability Involving Algebraic or Number-Theoretic Conditions

The question asks for the probability that randomly chosen numbers satisfy an algebraic, divisibility, or number-theoretic condition (e.g., coprimality, divisibility, sum constraints with modular arithmetic).

cmi-entrance 2017 QA1 4 marks View
Positive integers $a$ and $b$, possibly equal, are chosen randomly from among the divisors of 400. The numbers $a, b$ are chosen independently, each divisor being equally likely to be chosen. Find the probability that $\gcd(a, b) = 1$ and $\text{lcm}(a, b) = 400$.
csat-suneung 2019 Q10 3 marks View
A bag contains 7 marbles, each labeled with a natural number from 2 to 8. When 2 marbles are drawn simultaneously from the bag, what is the probability that the two natural numbers on the drawn marbles are coprime? [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 8 } { 21 }$
(2) $\frac { 10 } { 21 }$
(3) $\frac { 4 } { 7 }$
(4) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(5) $\frac { 16 } { 21 }$
gaokao 2022 Q5 View
5. From 7 integers from 2 to 8, two different numbers are randomly selected. The probability that these two numbers are coprime is
A. $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$
B. $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
C. $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
D. $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
grandes-ecoles 2025 Q19 View
We fix $n \in \mathbf { N } ^ { * }$ and draw successively and with replacement two integers $p$ and $q$ according to a uniform distribution on $\llbracket 1 , n \rrbracket$. We define the events:
  • $A _ { n }$: "We obtain $p = q$".
  • $B _ { n }$: "We obtain $q > p$ and $q$ is divisible by $p$".

Show that $$\mathbf { P } \left( B _ { n } \right) = \frac { 1 } { n ^ { 2 } } \sum _ { p = 1 } ^ { n } \left\lfloor \frac { n } { p } \right\rfloor - \frac { 1 } { n } ,$$ and deduce $\mathbf { P } \left( A _ { n } \cup B _ { n } \right)$.
isi-entrance 2024 Q2 View
Let $j$ be a number selected at random from $\{1, 2, \ldots, 2024\}$. What is the probability that $j$ is divisible by 9 and 15?
(A) $\frac{1}{23}$
(B) $\frac{1}{46}$
(C) $\frac{1}{44}$
(D) $\frac{1}{253}$
jee-advanced 2014 Q55 View
Box 1 contains three cards bearing numbers $1,2,3$; box 2 contains five cards bearing numbers $1,2,3,4,5$; and box 3 contains seven cards bearing numbers $1,2,3,4,5,6,7$. A card is drawn from each of the boxes. Let $x_i$ be the number on the card drawn from the $i^{\text{th}}$ box, $i = 1,2,3$.
The probability that $x_1 + x_2 + x_3$ is odd, is
(A) $\frac{29}{105}$
(B) $\frac{53}{105}$
(C) $\frac{57}{105}$
(D) $\frac{1}{2}$
jee-advanced 2017 Q43 View
Three randomly chosen nonnegative integers $x , y$ and $z$ are found to satisfy the equation $x + y + z = 10$. Then the probability that $z$ is even, is
[A] $\frac { 36 } { 55 }$
[B] $\frac { 6 } { 11 }$
[C] $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
[D] $\frac { 5 } { 11 }$
jee-advanced 2021 Q17 View
A number is chosen at random from the set $\{ 1,2,3 , \ldots , 2000 \}$. Let $p$ be the probability that the chosen number is a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 7 . Then the value of $500 p$ is $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2017 Q76 View
If two different numbers are taken from the set $\{ 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , \ldots , 10 \}$; then the probability that their sum as well as absolute difference are both multiple of 4, is:
(1) $\frac { 6 } { 55 }$
(2) $\frac { 12 } { 55 }$
(3) $\frac { 14 } { 45 }$
(4) $\frac { 7 } { 55 }$
jee-main 2017 Q90 View
If two different numbers are taken from the set $\{0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots, 10\}$; then the probability that their sum as well as absolute difference are both multiples of 4, is:
(1) $\dfrac{6}{55}$
(2) $\dfrac{12}{55}$
(3) $\dfrac{14}{45}$
(4) $\dfrac{7}{55}$
jee-main 2021 Q80 View
Let $A$ be a set of all 4-digit natural numbers whose exactly one digit is 7. Then the probability that a randomly chosen element of $A$ leaves remainder 2 when divided by 5 is:
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$
(2) $\frac { 122 } { 297 }$
(3) $\frac { 97 } { 297 }$
(4) $\frac { 2 } { 9 }$
jee-main 2022 Q80 View
Let $S$ be the sample space of all five digit numbers. If $p$ is the probability that a randomly selected number from $S$, is a multiple of 7 but not divisible by 5 , then $9 p$ is equal to
(1) 1.0146
(2) 1.2085
(3) 1.0285
(4) 1.1521
jee-main 2023 Q90 View
Let M be the maximum value of the product of two positive integers when their sum is 66 . Let the sample space $S = \left\{ x \in Z : x ( 66 - x ) \geq \frac { 5 } { 9 } M \right\}$ and the event $\mathrm { A } = \{ \mathrm { x } \in \mathrm { S } : \mathrm { x }$ is a multiple of $3 \}$. Then $\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { A } )$ is equal to
(1) $\frac { 15 } { 44 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$
(4) $\frac { 7 } { 22 }$
jee-main 2024 Q80 View
Let the sum of two positive integers be 24. If the probability, that their product is not less than $\frac { 3 } { 4 }$ times their greatest possible product, is $\frac { m } { n }$, where $\operatorname { gcd } ( m , n ) = 1$, then $n - m$ equals
(1) 10
(2) 9
(3) 11
(4) 8
jee-main 2025 Q8 View
Two numbers $\mathrm { k } _ { 1 }$ and $\mathrm { k } _ { 2 }$ are randomly chosen from the set of natural numbers. Then, the probability that the value of $\mathrm { i } ^ { \mathrm { k } _ { 1 } } + \mathrm { i } ^ { \mathrm { k } _ { 2 } } , ( \mathrm { i } = \sqrt { - 1 } )$ is non-zero, equals
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(2) $\frac { 3 } { 4 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(4) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$