Easy Expected Value Interview Questions
Working a topic at its easiest level first is how you find out whether the gap is the concept or the speed. These are the expected value questions to start on.
41 questions, 41 of them free to practise right now.
- A coin that branches into a dieEasyCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- A die decides how many balls to drawEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Capped exponential payoutEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Color switches in a drawEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Even first die given a sum of eightEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips after a losing startEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips for three headsEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips for two heads in a rowEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected profit on a scratch ticketEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Expected sets for a favored playerEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected sum given a sixEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair mid on a dice product that voids on doublesEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price for the higher of two diceEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a dice-product gameEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a die that rerolls on a sixEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a heads-majority betEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price of a high-faces-only dice sumEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a higher-die contractEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a sum-divisible-by-three betEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- First success on an even trialEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Gap between two dice, given they differEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Heads given at least one headEasyExpected ValueView →
- How many sixes on the die?EasyExpected ValueBrainteasersView →
- Keep it or draw againEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Keep the d8 or gamble on the d12?EasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Matching chips, two drawsEasyCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- One re-roll allowedEasyExpected ValueView →
- Paid a dollar or the drawEasyExpected ValueStatisticsView →
- Paid the last roll before you stopEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Pairs who swap hatsEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Profit from a favourable stopping gameEasyExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Reflipping for valueEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Retries under a hard capEasyExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Rolling a die to size the next dieEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Rolling until a high face, at a costEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Rolling until you match the first rollEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Rolls until an even sumEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Squared payout on even facesEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- The costliest roulette bet on the tableEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Weighting a fixed sumEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Which side of a two-sided marketEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
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